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

From: Ryan Stewart (firebird@kymtnnet.org)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 17:18:04 EDT


Seems like a lot of trouble, and that VIN doesn;t match an R/T VIN (no Z).
I'd think it ould b easier to start with a 4X4, drop in the 360, all the R/T
Appearance stuff, and have one then.

-Ryan
99 DA RC R/T

----- Original Message -----
From: Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:52 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Re: dakota club cab 4x4 rt with a 5speed?

> I wondering if someone didn't take a R/T and created an 4x4 out of the
> beast...
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Steven St.Laurent
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> Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Stewart [mailto:firebird@kymtnnet.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 1:34 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Re: dakota club cab 4x4 rt with a 5speed?
>
> Here's what carfax said on the VIN:
>
>
> Carfax(c) has no data on your VIN
> Carfax has no data available on the VIN you supplied, "1B7GG22Y2XS225883."
>
>
> Someone has went through a lot of trouble to make it look real, and keep
it
> untraceable form it's previous form. :)
>
> -Ryan
> 99 DA RC R/T
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Ohm347@aol.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:24 PM
> Subject: DML: dakota club cab 4x4 rt with a 5speed?
>
>
> > hey everyone
> > i saw something at home depot today that isn't supposed to exist. it
was
> a
> > blue dakota club cab 4x4 RT 4x4 edition. at least that is what the
decals
> on
> > the side said(they were silver/grey) and they looked authentic. the
> dakota
> > looked right as did the RT and the 4x4 edition was under the dakota RT
but
> it
> > was in the correct font. so i looked in side and it was a 4x4 with a
> 5speed.
> > the windshield wiper area looked the same as my 2000 which was
different
> > than my 98 so i assumed it was a 2000. now knowing that this particular
> > truck isn't supposed to exist i started taking a good look at it. the
> > exhaust was factory but definately larger than what came with with both
my
> > 5.2 and my 4.7. i couldn't get a look into the engine bay(owner wasn't
> > around) but i tried looking under the fender well into the engine
> > bay(couldn't see anything that would tell my untrained eye what the
power
> > plant was). so i took down the vin #. then i whipped into home depot
to
> > check out what i was there to see and ran back out so i could be there
> when
> > they came out to there truck(i really wanted to take a look under the
> hood).
> >
> > when i was walking out i saw a blue dak pulling out of the parking lot
so
> i
> > ran back to my truck(which i moved to beside their truck) and sure
enough
> > they were gone so i gave chase cut accross the parking lot to try to get
> > behind them. thankfully the driver pulled into the mcdonalds drive thru
> so i
> > parked my truck and walked over to ask them some questions. i of course
> > started with "that's not really an RT is it?(figuring the obvious decal
> > change)" the woman driving says " of course it is." so i say "a 5.9
with
> a
> > 5speed and a 4x4?" she says" my husband custom ordered it from the
> factory"
> > me "seriously?" she gooses it once. "that's a 5.9 all right. christ
my
> > salesman told me that wasn't possible." she says "he lied." so i
thanked
> > her very much and walked away thinking F@#$ F@#$ F@#$ i've got 32 more
> > payments to go in my lease and there is the truck i always wanted right
> from
> > the start in 97 that i was told can't be built by five different
salesman.
> > F@#$. i had every intention of making this truck(2000 club cab
sport+4x4
> > 4.7l 5speed black) my last truck for a long time and now i just want to
> get
> > out of it and custom order the truck i've been dreaming of for the last
4
> > years.
> >
> > 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
> >
>



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