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Old Feb 12, 2020 | 08:53 PM
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Sorry for the duplicate post.I can't figure out how to delete it.


I have a '95 2wd Dakota,but want a '94/ '95 Dakota 4wd,Club Cab,V8.
It won't let me post an ad here.I've searched craigslist,but can't find a decent one.
Where's the best place to look?
 

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Auto Trader, or maybe try using something like Search Tempest. It will search ALL of craigslist..... (within a range you specify) There's gotta be one out there for sale, just how far are you going to have to drive to get it. Try and find a southern truck, so, it won't be all rotted out.
 
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What HeyYou said, especially about a Southern truck.

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Old Feb 12, 2020 | 09:49 PM
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Thanks! I've seen a couple of nice ones around here,but the owners
don't want to sell them.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2020 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RoanokeDakota
Thanks! I've seen a couple of nice ones around here,but the owners
don't want to sell them.
Can you blame them?

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Old Feb 12, 2020 | 10:28 PM
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Try Fartbook. I don't like it, but I have a fake account on there with a picture of my dog that I use just for buying and selling crap. Around a year ago I started looking for a new 1st gen, and I noticed the slim pickings on Craigslist. I started looking on Facebook, and there are consistently 4-5 times as many ads, at least for Dakotas.
 
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Shrug https://www.edmunds.com/dodge/dakota/1994/
 
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Old Feb 13, 2020 | 12:42 AM
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Try Fartbook. I don't like it, but I have a fake account on there with a picture of my dog that I use just for buying and selling crap. Around a year ago I started looking for a new 1st gen, and I noticed the slim pickings on Craigslist. I started looking on Facebook, and there are consistently 4-5 times as many ads, at least for Dakotas.
I have found the same thing. More adds with FB Market place.
 
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Originally Posted by HeyYou
Auto Trader, or maybe try using something like Search Tempest. It will search ALL of craigslist..... (within a range you specify) There's gotta be one out there for sale, just how far are you going to have to drive to get it. Try and find a southern truck, so, it won't be all rotted out.

Southern, but not TOO southern. I'm right on the edge of the rust belt. 50 miles north and cars dissolve. 50 miles south and you just get surface rust. The kid and her husband live in Gulfport Ms. and he's looking up here or in Kentucky or Tennessee for another truck. The problem way down south is cars that run on the beach rust pretty bad as well as a LOT of Hurricane flood cars are showing up down there.
 
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I use autotempest and fb marketplace. The keys are being patient, looking everyday and being able/willing to travel (preferably with a trailer, but AAA can tow too).

Ive been looking for months with nothing decent showing up, then all of a sudden I found two I couldn't pass on.


 
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