A buddy of mine who hauls scrap called the other night and said he had a Dakota for parts and he would take scrap price for it.I went out to check the truck out and it was an 87 Dakota,short bed,4 wheel drive with V6 and 5 speed.It was full of garbage and the bed was full of old window air conditioners but it had aluminum wheels and a reciever hitch so I gave him $300 and he delivered it to my shop.When it got there we threw in a battery and it fired but wouldnt run more than a few seconds.I put some plugs in it and it started up and smoothed out now it idles and runs great.I took all the A/c units to scrap(probably get back half my money) and threw all the gaebage in the dumpster.We stuck it on a lift to check the brakes and running gear and we found that it had a 2 inch body lift and 2 tow hooks and the rear end has a posi. We washed it down and put on some Sherwin Williams camo job,traded the aluminum wheels for some stockers with 31's salvaged from my sisters Durango and I got myself a killer hunting truck for $300. Only thing it needs now is a muffler.I will try and post a couple of pictures tommorrow.[/align]

 

sweet man should get some wellthis should workLOL[sm=ttiwwp.gif]

 

you dont NEED a muffler lol. but yea thats a pretty good deal. i got my 88 for 400$ and it was already in perfect running condition. i've never had a problem with it at all.

 

I got my 92 for $100, it needed a front rotor and brake pads were i got from murrays for $30 but then later on the radiator Popped, ($100) and then the water pump took a dump ($90) and then ever since knock on wood no probs!!

 

Good Find!!! Bought mine for $400. I could have just done some simple things and left it alone, but $2,800 later its becoming a really comfortable truck!