Welll wellll wellll.... what DO we have here... Mister Jon Steiger is
looking to buy him a premagger Gen I! My Dak musta made a heck of an
impression on you this summer! LOL
Personally - I never liked the convertable Daks. I did not like the
fact that the top obscured the view out the rear view mirror or that the
top intruded into the bed so much. And all and all - I'm not much of a
fan of convertable trucks. Just my preferences. However... being a Gen
I premagger - I do worship convertable Daks just as I do hard tops.
My opinions Jon? BUY IT!! But get them down on the price to at least
low $4000 range. They are rare - 5 speeds are more rare. Smooth talk
them - is the top is decent shape? If not - tell them you want the price
lowered to cover that. But my position is personally biased... heh. I
want you to buy it to design performance parts for it, and for
subsequent use on my Premaggers heh. Muhahahahahahah!
Jon wrote:
>
>
> I need another vehicle like I need a hole in the head but... A Dakota
> Convertible just popped up on a local used car lot. Just for the heck of
> it, I stopped to see what they were asking. They have it listed at about
> $4900 but will come down a little. They said they would probably leave it
> there for a little while and if they didn't get any bites, would store it
> and put it back out in the spring or summer when it is more attractive.
>
> Its a 1990 V6, 2wd, 5-spd with just under 160,000 miles. The body is
> excellent and there doesn't seem to be any rust; very nice condition. The
> top isn't perfect, but its not too bad either. The interior looks good,
> and it is well optioned with air, tilt, power windows, etc.
>
> The only problem they said it had was a noisy throwout bearing in the
> clutch which they would replace. (How hard is that to do, maybe I could
> buy it as is and get 'em to drop the price some more?)
>
>
> Anyway, I thought I would stop and would consider it if it ere $3,000
> or so; I was thrown off a bit by the almost $5,000 they are asking, but
> after researching it a bit more, that *seems* to be about what people are
> asking for these things, though that is not reflected in any of the on-line
> blue book sites I have checked. (kbb, etc. seem to put the value closer to
> $3500-4000 or less)
>
>
> I just thought I would post here to see if I could get some opinions on
> this. The main reason I am considering it is lets face it, I'm kinda into
> Daks ;-) and this is a pretty unique one to have! It would probably make a
> nice summer parts chaser, and who knows maybe I could take it as a business
> expense and start developing some premag goodies via Steiger Performance.
> Hmmmm... :-)
>
> I'm not sure that it will ever be a "collectors item" in the sense that
> some vehicles are but if I hang onto it for 20 years, who knows? Another
> idea I have had was if the high mileage V6 decided to go on me, it might be
> interesting to throw a 318 Magnum into the engine bay.
>
> Any comments or advice would be appreciated. :-) Does this sound like
> a decent price for a very good condition Dak convertible, albeit with a
> high mileage engine?
>
> Thanks! :-)
>
> -Jon-
>
> .---- Jon Steiger ------ jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -----.
> | I'm the: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA. Rec & UL Pilot - SEL |
> | '70 Barracuda, '92 Ram 4x4, '96 Dakota, '96 Intruder 1400, '96 FireFly |
> `----------------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com ----'
>
-- ----------------------------------- Terrible Tom"It's a living thing... It breathes, it eats, ...and it hates..."
Silver '89 Reg Cab, V6, Auto, 8 footer, 4x2 Silver '89 Reg Cab, V6, Auto, 8 footer, 4x4 w plow - (aka Granpa)
DML Profile URL: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/LkxxVw49jp7dU/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:47:26 EST