Today I breached double digits...

[halfafish]

My sweet GF has suggested I have a problem with too many cars. Phoo, says I. There's always room for one more. So today I managed to cross the line into double digits bringing home number ten. That's just Mopars, it doesn't include my Subaru DD. It's a 98 Dakota extended cab in pretty good shape for almost 30 years old. There are a few bumps and bruises in the sheet metal but no real damage, no accidents, no bondo, no leaks, and no rust. 4WD, frame mounted receiver hitch, 5.2 Magnum, auto 4-speed OD, 3.55 gears with SG and sprayed in bed liner. Tires are good and the paint will get some clear coat when the weather cooperates. Power doors, windows, and mirrors, cruise control, tilt wheel, and a new radio will be here Friday. Everything works but it does need a new seat and stinks to high heaven of dog inside. This will allow me to send both of my other trucks on to a new happy home. Tomorrow will be clean up and disinfect day, then moving stuff into place to get it ready for some work. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Here it is with Big Brother giving an assist to Little Brother to get home.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Heck yeah! One thing you can never have enough of is a fleet of good running vehicles.

 

[JDMopar]

I've got an 04 Dakota quad cab. Good driving, good riding trucks. You'll love it until the heater core busts......then you will make up new cuss words during its replacement! Mine's a 4.7/545RFE 2WD. I'm looking around for an earlier parts truck that came with a 5.2 so I can Magnumize it when the 4.7 gives up.

 

[Kern Dog]

If we were talking chicks I reached double digits over 33 years ago.

 

[CFD244]

I'm at 7 including an RV.....At 61, I'm getting sick of it. All are insured and plated.

 

[gzig5]

My sweet GF has suggested I have a problem with too many cars.

Time to dump her!


I had a 98 Dakota just like that when we lived in Santa Rosa, CA and loved it. Same setup except in dark red. Great truck, until we moved to Wisconsin. The salt ate that thing up and reduced it to a rust stain on the driveway. I always regret not putting a 4" crank in that thing just for giggles. Enjoy it, but keep an eye on the frame condition and brake lines. The steel they used back then has zero antirust coating on it. Everything from that generation looks like Swiss cheese in the salt belt.

 

[YY1]

Those are great trucks.

Where is the indication of a limited slip axle?

I have looked for it on mine but can't find it ('00 R/T)

 

[FISHYPETE]

Ha! Big brother looks like my 2000 V-10

 

[Killer6]

My sweet GF has suggested I have a problem with too many cars. Phoo, says I. There's always room for one more. So today I managed to cross the line into double digits bringing home number ten. That's just Mopars, it doesn't include my Subaru DD. It's a 98 Dakota extended cab in pretty good shape for almost 30 years old. There are a few bumps and bruises in the sheet metal but no real damage, no accidents, no bondo, no leaks, and no rust. 4WD, frame mounted receiver hitch, 5.2 Magnum, auto 4-speed OD, 3.55 gears with SG and sprayed in bed liner. Tires are good and the paint will get some clear coat when the weather cooperates. Power doors, windows, and mirrors, cruise control, tilt wheel, and a new radio will be here Friday. Everything works but it does need a new seat and stinks to high heaven of dog inside. This will allow me to send both of my other trucks on to a new happy home. Tomorrow will be clean up and disinfect day, then moving stuff into place to get it ready for some work. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Here it is with Big Brother giving an assist to Little Brother to get home.

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Hmmmm lucky to find one, the Owner of the private shop I worked 25+ years exercised His greedy-bone & had one identical to that 'Cash for Clunkered', Cockhead......

 

[gzig5]

Those are great trucks.

Where is the indication of a limited slip axle?

I have looked for it on mine but can't find it ('00 R/T)

Buzz the tires will turning on wet pavement. If the back end tries to become the front end, you have limited slip. Or jack the back up with it in neural and turn the axle by hand. If both wheels go same direction, it's limited slip. I don't know where it would be indicated other than on the window sticker. May have been standard with the optional 3.55 gear?

 

[Icetech]

The dakota is the perfect truck to me.. i had a 99 with v6/5spd... loved it soo much til it got to rusty to be safe I hate how big new trucks are they are ridiculous.. I got a Nissan frontier now.. only mid size truck with a NA V6... the truck is ok.. the motor is glorious..

 

[ragtopfury]

The 03 we have has a label in the glove box that gives eng, trans, diff, gears.

 

[YY1]

Buzz the tires will turning on wet pavement. If the back end tries to become the front end, you have limited slip. Or jack the back up with it in neural and turn the axle by hand. If both wheels go same direction, it's limited slip. I don't know where it would be indicated other than on the window sticker. May have been standard with the optional 3.55 gear?

I was asking about where, on the factory body labels, it might be listed.

Much easier to use that in a junk yard, then try to turn one brake drum, and watch the other.

NOT standard with 3.55, I have a one wheel 3.55 in my shed.

Might have been standard with 3.92, I have an extra one of those in the shed as well.

 

[halfafish]

Enjoy it, but keep an eye on the frame condition and brake lines. The steel they used back then has zero antirust coating on it.

Thanks for the heads up. I got under this on a creeper all the way around and it's good, at least for now. I don't know the history on it but there are indications it was a PNW truck all along. We don't use salt out here so hopefully I dodge that bullet.

Where is the indication of a limited slip axle?

It's noted on the window sticker, which came with the truck.

Today will be spent getting the basic crud and grime cleaned out, oil change, gas it up, get a spare key made, new wipers, and so forth so it can start earning its keep.

 

[YY1]

Crap. I was hoping it might be on the tire pressure/GVWR sticker or what's left of the fender tag.

 

[Professor Fate]

Those are great trucks.

Where is the indication of a limited slip axle?

I have looked for it on mine but can't find it ('00 R/T)

I *believe* limited slip was standard on the R/T.
Should be a tag on the diff cover.

 

[YY1]

I *believe* limited slip was standard on the R/T.
Should be a tag on the diff cover.

Yep.

No matter the ratio.

3.92 was standard but you could custom order.

 

[barbee6043]

My sweet GF has suggested I have a problem with too many cars. Phoo, says I. There's always room for one more. So today I managed to cross the line into double digits bringing home number ten. That's just Mopars, it doesn't include my Subaru DD. It's a 98 Dakota extended cab in pretty good shape for almost 30 years old. There are a few bumps and bruises in the sheet metal but no real damage, no accidents, no bondo, no leaks, and no rust. 4WD, frame mounted receiver hitch, 5.2 Magnum, auto 4-speed OD, 3.55 gears with SG and sprayed in bed liner. Tires are good and the paint will get some clear coat when the weather cooperates. Power doors, windows, and mirrors, cruise control, tilt wheel, and a new radio will be here Friday. Everything works but it does need a new seat and stinks to high heaven of dog inside. This will allow me to send both of my other trucks on to a new happy home. Tomorrow will be clean up and disinfect day, then moving stuff into place to get it ready for some work. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Here it is with Big Brother giving an assist to Little Brother to get home.

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You my friend, you are a primer example as to how NO man (or woman) can own too many old Mopars or old cars in general! Just fact!!

Bur remember, we are just caretakers.

 

[missing linc]

My sweet GF has suggested I have a problem with too many cars. Phoo, says I. There's always room for one more. So today I managed to cross the line into double digits bringing home number ten. That's just Mopars, it doesn't include my Subaru DD. It's a 98 Dakota extended cab in pretty good shape for almost 30 years old. There are a few bumps and bruises in the sheet metal but no real damage, no accidents, no bondo, no leaks, and no rust. 4WD, frame mounted receiver hitch, 5.2 Magnum, auto 4-speed OD, 3.55 gears with SG and sprayed in bed liner. Tires are good and the paint will get some clear coat when the weather cooperates. Power doors, windows, and mirrors, cruise control, tilt wheel, and a new radio will be here Friday. Everything works but it does need a new seat and stinks to high heaven of dog inside. This will allow me to send both of my other trucks on to a new happy home. Tomorrow will be clean up and disinfect day, then moving stuff into place to get it ready for some work. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Here it is with Big Brother giving an assist to Little Brother to get home.

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Most I've ever had at one time was 9, all but one of them was running/drivable. Usually I have 4 or 5 at any time, have owned close to 140 cars trucks and motorcycles over the last 48 years.

Looks like you found a good one, congratulations.

 

[harrisonm]

I had a 98 4cyl 5 speed Dakota. I loved that truck. I did a stunning black paint job on it and powder coated the wheels. The interior was next. THEN, the ***** across the street backed out of her driveway at about 30 MPH and totaled it. And it wasn't even directly opposite of their driveway. I was a good 30 feet up the street. She did have insurance, but it was garbage insurance. They fought me hard, and I wound up getting SCREWED. It would have cost way too much to hire a lawyer, and they knew it. I would still have that truck otherwise.

 

[TT5.9mag]

My sweet GF has suggested I have a problem with too many cars. Phoo, says I. There's always room for one more. So today I managed to cross the line into double digits bringing home number ten. That's just Mopars, it doesn't include my Subaru DD. It's a 98 Dakota extended cab in pretty good shape for almost 30 years old. There are a few bumps and bruises in the sheet metal but no real damage, no accidents, no bondo, no leaks, and no rust. 4WD, frame mounted receiver hitch, 5.2 Magnum, auto 4-speed OD, 3.55 gears with SG and sprayed in bed liner. Tires are good and the paint will get some clear coat when the weather cooperates. Power doors, windows, and mirrors, cruise control, tilt wheel, and a new radio will be here Friday. Everything works but it does need a new seat and stinks to high heaven of dog inside. This will allow me to send both of my other trucks on to a new happy home. Tomorrow will be clean up and disinfect day, then moving stuff into place to get it ready for some work. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Here it is with Big Brother giving an assist to Little Brother to get home.

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“Phoo says I!”

Yea yea phoo says I too! You can’t have too many.

 

[Kern Dog]

Is 12 vehicles too many?
What if four of them don’t have engines but 8 do run and drive?

 

[TT5.9mag]

Is 12 vehicles too many?
What if four of them don’t have engines but 8 do run and drive?

First question, NO
Second question, makes no difference

 

[Bobzilla]

Kind of a followup question to this thread; if we have "too many" vehicles and some of them have been stored in your own garage or barn, can we call it a barn find when it finally comes out again?

 

[halfafish]

Crap. I was hoping it might be on the tire pressure/GVWR sticker or what's left of the fender tag.

I also found the info on a sticker inside the glovebox. Sorry this is sideways, it won't rotate for me.