well today i was looking around and found a 1989 dodge dakota with the shelby package, its only $1000 and basically interior needs to be done. Think this would be a good project? has a 5.2 and is turbocharged

 

Hell yea! Especially if it's number's matching. Anything with the Shelby name could be valuable some day. Plus its a Dodge!

 

That will definitely be worth it! How many miles on it? Is there alot of rust?

 

it has some rust around rear wheels, and the paint is basically all gone, but i was thinking of painting it blue with white racing stripes to match my indy

 

Sounds awesome! Are you gonna do that yourself?

 

That truck is rare! I would restore it to factory specs. According to this site, only 1500 were made.

http://www.allpar.com/model/ram/dodg...by-dakota.html

 

i plan on doing most of the work myself, im not sure if i would want to restore it to original or make it a super dakota and tear up the streets, dont know how common parts are for it yet, i gonna go test drive it tomorrow

 

wow, i would jump on that.....so, the turbo is not stock?

 

the turbo is stock, i was thinking getting twin turbos on it after i finish up the body with paint and everything, i guess the bad on it today was the motor knocks a little, so a complete rebuild would be in the future

 

I would get a build sheet and build it back to stock with only a few resto mods for better performance. You'll get a lot more money in the long run and still have a sick ride.