05 dakota motor swap?
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Road were icy as vermont doesent like to keep up on the roads, Came around a corner deer were running across the road, I swerved Lost control, Caught it, Rear tires hit the slushy ice mix in the middle of the road lost it again, down into a ditch I went, Took out the front end, blew the brakes ripped the exhaust off ripped the wiring out of every light I had, Stereo somehow went in the dash, stabilizer bar broke, Fun stuff like that. Still runs!
and yeah I'm ok, was a little sore the next day but i'm ok, what saved my ***, was the metal bar under the bumper took most of the impact of the crash which was nice.
Insurance Adjuster came down and said 99% sure its going to be a total loss![Frown](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif)
First Dakota owned, not even 3 weeks old....
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and yeah I'm ok, was a little sore the next day but i'm ok, what saved my ***, was the metal bar under the bumper took most of the impact of the crash which was nice.
Insurance Adjuster came down and said 99% sure its going to be a total loss
![Frown](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif)
First Dakota owned, not even 3 weeks old....
![](https://dodgeforum.com/forum/attachments/3rd-gen-dakota/22780-05-dakota-motor-swap-wp_20140105_001_zps333eb7f8.jpg?dateline=1389124798)
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Only had the dakota for 3 weeks I did like it ALOT, minus the crappy stereo n speakers xD