1992 Dodge Dakota LE. It's a RWD truck that Started off life with a 3.9L V6... I had my mechanic friend drop in a used 5.2L Magnum 8 and a used transmission... Now that he's done the heavy lifting, I want to start doing more D-I-Y stuff. Wish I could have done the swap myself, but, alas.

 

Nice work you did out there i guess. The ride looks pretty awesome.



Tevida

 

Thanks, but to be truthful, it's no longer accurate. The truck needs a repaint, badly. Somehow, while sitting indoors at my friend's shop, the paint started to fail. The truck looks like crap at the moment.

Here's what I want to do to the the truck up to snuff, a resto-mod of sorts:
New paint
Low profile paint-matched tonneau
Rehang rear bumper properly
New headliner
New carpet
Reupholster and rebuild seats
Fix cracked dash cap
LED lights throughout interior including instrument cluster
Sound deadening mat all over cab
Mopar Magnum valve covers
Fresh valve springs
Roller rockers
Aftermarket ignition coil
New battery
Reinstall fan shroud after trimming to fit
Shorty headers
Full custom stainless exhaust, new mufflers, dual exits
Poly tie rod and sway bar link bushings
Rubber bushings everywhere else
New shocks all four corners
V8 springs up front (only v6 springs currently)
Reattach cruise control vacuum line (mechanic disconnected it)
Oxygen sensor dying?
Fix rattle under truck
Driveshaft angle might be off due to transmission swap
Replace rear slider glass.
Install audio power amplifier under driver's seat, rewire speakers to remove from head unit power

 

Thats a lot of work to do. Post up in the 1st gen Dakota section if you have any technical questions.

 

Looks clean for the year, nice job taking care of it!