Sounds great Jon! Perhaps I can start on the skeleton in a few weeks
after finals. Any ideas you have for it would be welcome for sure. I
like the idea about the frames too.... Originally I had planned on
making a "gen II identification FAQ" but I think a full out Dakota
identification FAQ would be better. It will encompass all Daks from
87 up. And I know what you mean on distinguishing a gen III from a
Ram. I had to look twice for a while until I learned to look at the
headlights.
Here's another obscure difference.... the '93 grey interior is a
darker interior than later models like the '95 (two confirmations on
this, but unknown exactly when the lighter shade was implemented)
--Mike www.mikesdakota.com
Thursday, May 04, 2000, 10:36:09 PM, you wrote:
> Jon Steiger wrote:
>> I think this is an excellent idea, Mike. I would certainly be willing
>> to help out however I can. Regarding the differences, I think it would be
>> cool to have pictures of the differences too. (Being worth a thousand
>> years and all.) :-) What about including the Gen I's too? Obviously
>> those are easy to distinguish via the front clip, but it might not be a bad
>> idea to put that in there too. I like the idea of going over the
>> mechanical differences too. (Another example; 9.75" rear available now...)
>>
>> Another idea; what about something to show someone how to tell a Gen III
>> Dak from a '93+ Ram? No, that's not a shot at the Gen III's... When they
>> first came out, I had some trouble telling them apart. Especially so for
>> the 4x4 Gen IIIs as they are a bit taller. Now, I can easily tell them
>> apart, but it wasn't so easy at first, unless of course they're parked
>> right beside each other. A buddy of mine is getting a QC Dak, and his Mom
>> is always asking him "is that a Dakota?" while pointing at a Ram. :-)
>>
>> Anyway, I'd be glad to help however I can, and I would certainly be
>> willing to give it a home on the DML home page. I don't want to step on
>> any toes here, but maybe call it something like "The Dakota Timeline"? I'm
>> picturing a different page for each year, and a frame for the person to
>> click on the years (doesn't have to be a frame though), and each year would
>> list the differences from the previous year. 1987-2000, and tack on a new
>> one each year. This is also something that will probably grow larger and
>> larger as the details get even more nit-picked. :-) Its also something
>> which would be easy to get started, with a basic skeleton, then fill it in
>> with data here and there...
>>
>> This could be really cool! :-)
>>
>> >This
>> >could be a subsection of the Dakota FAQ -- BTW, what ever happened to
>> >the Dakota FAQ??
>>
>> AFAIK, its dead; never got off the ground. That's another thing which
>> would be nice to have. :-)
>>
>> -Jon-
>>
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