New member from Kansas and 1st time Dakota Owner. Just bought a 95 regular cab long bed 4x4 slt with the 5.2 and auto. 146,000 miles and runs good to me.
I think i got a really good deal at $2100.00. So far, tires and shocks on 4 corners, and that egr transducer thing.
Bought a Leer High Top topper for $200.00 and even half way matches color. Really happy with the truck, plan on enjoying for many years.
Runs great, going to make a great rig for fishing and wheeling this part of the country.

 

here's mine the day I bought it. It used to have 31's but two day's before I bought it the guy had them stolen so he put these and brought the price down from 1200 cad to 550 cad. since I've removed the ugly cap and will put new 31,s on about next week and will take pics and post them to the before and after tread. Planning on installing a ram cummins setup next year since I'm busy with the race car and the magnum getting fixed also the old wife's nova resto. It has a 4 inches body lift and will crank up the suspension at the same time than the cummins installation. other plans are fab and installation of a custom wincher front and rear bumpers also a custom cage in the bed so I can install a tent on top of it, a solar battery system so I get power when needed in trails or expeditions, also custom flood and driving LED lights for at night trail driving. so it'll be an expedition rig. right now it has a 3.9 liter v-6 with manual tranny and 4x4. Maybe I'll never get the cummins installed.... will depend on different things and how much money I'll have to spend on it.

 

I just love these frame up builds! Fantastic work!

Killer, that's a nice looking truck! Wish you were closer, I'd like that cap to use occasionally.

 

Fish, welcome to Dakota! I think you're going to love these trucks! I've had a few different trucks over the years, but my '93 Dakota is my all time favorite!

 

I had ford and gm small pick ups in the past and my dakota is my favorite too so far and now I just wish I could buy a new ram dually to complete my dodge fleet haha

 

Just got done washing her. (with mud) Front bumper is a little bent along with the mount under the driver side fog light from a recent accident that totalled the other car. All she needs is paint and a new frame in a few years. Body has light surface rust, but the underside and all fender wells don't even have a spot of rust. It surprised me that the truck lived in the rust belt for the past 180k miles and only had one rotted out fender when I got it.

Future plans are to build a heavier duty frame when the time comes, extend front fenders and hood 6", weld the ext cab portion of another cab onto the back of mine so an adult can fit back there, 40" wheel wells on the bed, new bumpers, and new axles. I'm not really a fan of trucks with 2 foot lifts, so I might as well build it so I can fit a decent size tire in the fenders.

 

Nice truck Inuchan.... I wish I had those tires on mine this morning after we had about 12 inches of snow up here and my truck was shoveling the way out in my street

 

I found those tires with 75% tread for $300 on craigslist. They perform well in just about every situation off road and only have one small chunk after about 300 miles of rock crawling. On road, they are much quieter than similar tires and probably will get even quieter when I get new tire rod ends and get rid of the 1/4 turn of play in my steering wheel. With many of the more expensive tires having problems with chunking and tread separation, I will probably stick to Hankooks for the next couple sets.

 

What size are they????

 

33x12.5R15