Hi Everyone,
This sounds great. I have to admit that I've thought about this before as
well, but all I've done is collect all the brochures from '91 to '00. If
you guys need any info from these brochures, let me know. I can probably
scan them and forward them over. Maybe you could link the actual brochure
scans with the pictures on the page as well? Just a thought.
Norah
current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 CC V8/5.2L/Auto
current: '95 Dakota Sport white 4x4 Reg Cab V6/3.9L/5spd
RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
previous: '93 Dakota blue 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of dakman@freewwweb.com
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 1:36 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: dakota years
>
>
> JON, HI! The next time you got your Dak at Cayuga let's see it go.
> I'm a little confused about your statement about 94 to 95 badging being
> different. Are you refering to the V8 Magnum badges. If so I have owned
> both a 95 and my 94. Sorry - no difference. I have check actual photos
> of both and brouchures. ??? D
>
> Jon Steiger wrote:
> >
> > At 10:34 PM 5/4/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Good point Mike.....
> > >
> > >With all this year model talk going on I've been thinking (well,
> > >actually it's an idea I've had for quite some time). Who would be
> > >interested in helping me create a year model identification FAQ for
> > >Dakotas? There are plenty of visual clues on the gen II's that will
> > >tell you about what year they are like; third tail light ('94 and up)
> > >Magnum engine badges ('92 and up, but the badge design changed in '95
> > >too), other things like wheel designs, paint schemes and stuff like
> > >this. We could even go into engine component changes like how they
> > >moved the cruise control module in '93 back towards the firewall
> > >instead of up next to the battery, the deletion of the EGR valve in
> > >'96, the smaller Y pipe after '93...... the list goes on and on. I
> > >think with all the knowledge of the list members combined I could
> > >compile a pretty thorough FAQ on identifying the year model.
> >
> > 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-
> >
> > .--- jon@dakota-truck.net -- or -- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu
> ------------.
> > | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA,
> USUA * RP-SEL |
> > | '92 Ram 150 4x4 V8, '96 Dakota V8, '96 Intruder 1400, '96
> FireFly 447 |
> > `----------------------------
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