ragtopfury
Well-Known Member
So after driving his 65 nearly every day since January, and winter coming around the corner, and working full time now, and starting University of Maryland in the Spring of 2015... Jake decided he would rather have seemingly more sensible daily driver. Back in June we found this 2001 Dakota in need of paint and supposedly suffering from a loss of oil pressure. The guy wanted $900 for it and had just done ball joints, tie rods/ends, brakes all around and a few other things. Then he changed the oil and filter. It was immediately after the oil change that he claims it lost pressure. We looked at it and decided to take a chance on it. Has 170k on it, interior is spotless, SLT trim level. Trailered it home, removed the 99 cent Champ oil filter, put on a Fram PH43 (I know some don't like Fram, but I've always used them), and the oil pressure was fixed. We prepped it for paint and added a cat back dual exhaust to it and swapped in a bigger Durango rear end for the limited slip. It is the 3.9 v6 and auto trans. Jake's lil brother helped me load it on the trailer the other week. Jake and I just picked it up from my paint man yesterday. Jake wanted a true 20-footer that he can beat on for the next 4-5 years...lol He's now into it for a total of $1900. He blacked out the bumpers and grill. On the fence about blacking out the wheels, or leaving them bright....
