This is my 1989 dodge shelby dakota. Number 1005 /1500 ever made

I lurk here to admire all the trucks I see posted and wistfully reminisce about my old Dodge. I bought her in December of '92; she had the V6 with a 5 speed and posi rear, and for over 20 years she was a pleasure to drive, (aside from having the turning radius of a super-tanker, lol!) I truly envy all of you driving those Dakotas -- I let mine go to a friend when health took me off the road for a time, and what I wouldn't give to have that truck back! I painted this for myself, but I figured if anyone would get why I painted a portrait of an old Dakota covered in road salt, it would be here.

I needed to replace my old car, but instead of spending crazy money on a new one, I decided to get my dream truck and fix it up. I found this 99 Dakota with 100,000 on the body and 20,000 on the engine. After fixing a myriad of mechanical issues, I tried my hand at body work. Rust holes, bondo, sanding, molding, prepping, painting….Thank god for YouTube! I still have touch ups to do but I’m very happy with the results and I wanted to share.

Actually debating to sell my Subaru daily. And keeping this.

For the longest time, I wanted to build an RC replica of my 1999 Dakota Sport. I still have plans of eventually replicating the bed cap as well.

My dad is a used car dealer. He's been looking for a new work truck for me to buy for a little while since mine has been falling apart. That has come to a head since yesterday, so he FaceTimed me at a Mecum auction, said how bout this and I said just buy it lol. Paying $9,900. No idea if that's even a good price. He's generally very successful buying cars/trucks for less than their worth, but he for sure just took an educated guess of the trucks value on the spot. Happy with it regardless!

New to me 2001 Dodge Dakota. 4x4 with the 5.9L Magnum. Thoughts? 200k miles however there was plenty of Carfax with regular maintenance so I felt content with the mileage. How’s the engine on these? Any tips?

Just picked my RT from the detailer. Couldn't be happier. Love this truck. Got it the exterior ceramic coated and all of the tint replaced. Took the 5% off the doors( couldn't see anything at night) and got 20% ceramic tint. Replaced the 5% on the back with 5% ceramic and put a 65% ceramic on the windshield.

Wish there was snow but rain is about as good as we will get here

Bought it from an old lady who never used it. Great condition, 91k miles

For context, This was my first vehicle at 17, and from the age of 17-18 I travelled across Canada coast to coast and back over the course of a year and racked about 30k. kilometres on her. She’s served me extremely well, I learned a lot from maintaining it, and she turned heads wherever she went. But as some of might have seen last month I rolled it ): it’s going to be written off and I simply don’t have the means, money, or time to replace the cab. So this is the funeral, I’ve had many many memories with this truck, but it’s time to say goodbye.

Be honest, just based on these two videos how does she sound? I LOVE it, I just want other peoples opinions too, not sure what muffler is on it but got it done at my local muffler shop, I asked for a glasspack. I have since added a 3.5” tip on it and made it a bit deeper.

Fixed it up myself 133k miles

2007 Dakota ST Club Cab V6 only 66k miles on her, I get to ride to the 66,666 marker in only a couple hundred miles. A/C doesn’t work but the blower and heat work, may need an AC compressor or a just charge- hard to say. She drives smooth and good brakes. How’re the AC compressors on carparts.com? I see some for only like $250 might just pick one up and replace myself.

OG - R/T