You're talking about Kris Burl, right? He tried to get them to get them to
install his blower before the motor went in,and some other stuff.I think
even if you were the one standing there putting leaf springs on, they
wouldn't let you swap for hotchkis,or if you were assembling engines, you
couldn't go ahead and out your roller rockers on.Kinda crazy.I would like to
be able to go down and tell the dealer I would like a deep amethyst
318/5-speed sport built with the '99 chassis and interior,with all the R/T
stuff on it,like matched bumpers,17's,swaybars,special badging,etc.But it
can't happen and I'll just have to keep building until I get my truck just
like I would like it.I'm sure there are a lot of people out here that would
like a dana 44 slung up under the front end of their 4x4,but it doesn't
happen.I wish that the vehicle manufacturers would come out with new
vehicles like they do, but keep the option to order any vehicle that they
ever produced,How many of you would be interested in buying that muscle car
you couldn't afford thenmand don't want to have to find and restore now.Just
be able to walk into a dodge dealer and order up a charger daytona,a
challenger R/T,how cool would that be? Or what about being able to order a
brand new '95 dakota w/a '70 hi-po 340? A brand new '93 ram because you
liked the old body style? Or you don't like the way the dash on the '01
dakota,well just order a '00! I think this is the way it should be!
Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
'00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
1ST place Dakota-truck at 11th annual Houston Mopar show and race/National
DML meet!!
----Original Message Follows----
From: Terry Herrin <therrin@isaac.net>
Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: dakota-truck-moderator@twisted.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Manual R/T's
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:51:55 -0500
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:49:54 EST, WMBARRET@aol.com wrote:
>I think Terry H. toured the assembly line and someone talked to
>folks on the line and they had said it was not possible to get special
>order stuff like that. However, its very possible it was a dealer
>built truck.
That's correct, a special order truck like that would not come off the
assembly line. The cost to do something like that would be
horrendous, and not worth it to DC or the person buying the truck. If
you saw how the line worked you would understand why it's not
economically possible. A person on the R/T list who works on the line
tried to get some special little things done, but to no avail. All he
could do was walk along and watch it being assembled to ensure
everything was done just right. The six speed could have been done by
a dealer, or a third-party shop, but it did not leave the Warren plant
like that.
Terry Herrin
99 FR CC R/T
14.425 @ 93.52
Wilmington, NC
http://users.isaac.net/therrin/dakota.html
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