starting body work on the rust bucket

[deanler]

well as promised im posting pictures of the dakota in progress..started a rear fender today..riped off the running boards, bed rails, fender flares and bumper..updates to come..probably everyday

[batman13]

sweet

[nycdak]

Looks good, now come do mine.

[deanler]

thanks but you dont even wanna know how much i charge hahaha

[DRAGN94]

god damn you sure that not a truck from the U.P of Michigan?? fix that cancer.
*o yea you come to dakota nationals in august?? everyone is meeting in auburn hills and we r cruisin WOODWARD. and yes it is during woodward dream cruise.

[deanler]

hell yes ill be coming to the dakota nationals in august ..i was thinkin like once this things all painted up looking half respectable i should get it out to a show or something..IM IN!

and no its not from the u.p. but us canadians do love our salty roads..every dakota i see about that year is just shot...the way the inner and outer fenders come together in there is just a horrible desigen in the first place

and heres an update..all done except for about a gallon of bondo

[DRAGN94]

Originally Posted by deanler

hell yes ill be coming to the dakota nationals in august ..i was thinkin like once this things all painted up looking half respectable i should get it out to a show or something..IM IN!

and no its not from the u.p. but us canadians do love our salty roads..every dakota i see about that year is just shot...the way the inner and outer fenders come together in there is just a horrible desigen in the first place

and heres an update..all done except for about a gallon of bondo

not bad. i hate doing putty work. you just repainting it?

plus by that pic it looks like you need some new tires cuz you'v done a lot of one wheel-peels. lol

[deanler]

hahaahhaha ya its left its fair share of one liners on back country roads, city roads, school parking lots ect...i got 4 more tires in the shed ready to burn off too.. someday i might weld the diff and see if thats a good idea or not haha

ya im repainting it, doing a roll pan, frenching the liscence plate into the tailgate, shaving the 3rd brake light and filling the "pockets" in the top of the box..what else is there to do thats not rediculously hard

p.s. is dakota nationals like its own little festival or what?..i googled it and got nothin

[DRAGN94]

no it is not. its a large meet between our site and the dakota r/t club plus some other dakota sites. they decided to meet during the woodward dream cruise over here. (which is like 10 min from my house)...if you didnt know:
-the woodward dream cruise is the worlds largest one day car event. which takes place the third saturday of auagust every year.

are you buying a rollpan? please at least get metal. word of advise only buy grant kustoms rollpans, tailgate skins, or cali combos. also tail light fillers. they are the only ones that fit with out having the mod them. got my money back from sr michaels cuz it didnt match body lines.

shave the atenna its really easy. also lower it get some leafs for the rear and drop spindles and you set. i have a set of rims and tires for sale if your interested. r/t backspacing 6x4.5 lug pattern 255/55 on 17. im looking get rid of them cuz i dont like them on my 99 and they wont tuck on my 94

[deanler]

ya i know what the dreamcruise is..i watch it everyyear on channel 7!...defaintly wanna be involved..

im making the roll pan..have a 4x8 sheet of tin here and access to a break and roll at work (might see if i can slip it in tommorow) i was just gonna put a roll in it to match then a 90 at the top and bottom for strength...thought about shaving the antenna ...can i just lay the antenna in the bed or something and get enogh recepsh to get local stations or do i just listen to eminem cds all the time...ide like to not buy as much stuff as possible (ie roll pans) just to say that i did it myself with elbow grease and a case of redbull

oh, and im not gonna worry about rims yet..but if you still have them in about 2 months i might be interested haha thanks