Re: dakota club cab 4x4 rt with a 5speed?

From: Jon (jon@dakota-truck.net)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 18:12:12 EDT


On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 Ohm347@aol.com wrote:
[...]
> the vin # on the truck is 1b7gg22y2xs225883 the two 8's were flat on the top.
> anyone know where i can run this vin to find out when it was made and what
> its options were. i ran it through the one at the dml homepage but it came
> back with a pretty general description.
>
> thanks for letting me vent
> derek

  Your dealer is correct. She is either messin' with you or doesn't know
the truth herself. The VIN above is for a '99 4x4 with a 318 (8th position
is a "Y"). Someone has just made a few cosmetic mods. (Though it is
possible someone has installed a 360.) All of the 360s I have heard sound
pretty much the same as the 318 though, so even that is questionable.

  You can check out the vin at http://www.dakota-truck.net/vin It'll tell
you the engine, which is all that's really needed in this case to punch
a hole in her story.

  And hey, if you could order a 4x4 R/T in the US, don'cha think the DML
would have been all over it by now? :-)

                                              -Jon-

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