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Old 09-10-2014, 02:05 PM
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So awhile back I bought this 97 Dakota 5.2 for 1200$. Had a bad wheel bearing so I bought it and replaced that first, and drove it for a while. Had horrible paint, bad window track for drivers side door, and the drivers side door plastic door panel was all cracked
, a bad heater core and a/c coil. Also it had bad door hung pins and a fat *** dent on the front left quarter panel... Lot of problems right? Well I can across a complete parts truck for 500$. So I got that and to or EVERY body part I could off of it. And scraped the rest out for a few hundred bucks. So finally here is a few pics of what I got going on. Right now I have the dash out along with the heater core and a/c coil, quarter panels off and doors/door hinges. Soon I will be replacing the hood and the bed.
 
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Well I don't see a thing??
 
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Well I don't see a thing??
TADAAAAA!!!!



Oh, wait...
 
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Ha ha............... what is that a Chevette?

Wow American-Made was crap for a few years back then ugly Chevy Vega was better?

 

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Ha ha............... what is that a Chevette?

Wow American-Made was crap for a few years back then ugly Chevy Vega was better?
The Chevette killed the Vega in the reliability dept. In my book, here is the worst POS ever made in America....even the K-Car was better....

 

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The Shove-It?

Only good if you wanted to say "Hey, I gots a 'vette!" without, you know, having a real car *grins*

RwP
 
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Still waiting on those cool pic's

Cant wait

Glad I owned a VW bug back then no heat worth crap in winter but an easy car to work on if you had a 6 foot long crack bar for replacing your rear brakes ha ha ha ha ha.
 
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Still waiting on those cool pic's

Cant wait

Glad I owned a VW bug back then no heat worth crap in winter but an easy car to work on if you had a 6 foot long crack bar for replacing your rear brakes ha ha ha ha ha.
Sorry guys I can't figure out how to post pics lol
 
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Well its easy to do an can be done a few ways photobucket is used the most

Check a few videos out first be warned some help others confuse you

 

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