RE: truck trend magazine says...

From: Stlaurent Mr Steven (STLAURENTS@MCTSSA.USMC.MIL)
Date: Fri Jan 03 2003 - 09:10:29 EST


The wheelbase of the new Durango is not based on the Dakota.

Yet, I do see the magical number of ten inches from the Dakota.
Duh.....shorten the bumper....an whalla - 10 inches.

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-----Original Message-----
From: andy levy [mailto:andylevy@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 4:38 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: truck trend magazine says...

Art DiRamio wrote:
> I looked at the RC 2wd for the '03 Dak and Ram 1500, and here are the
> specs...
>
> Length: Ram = 207.7 Dak = 196 Diff = 11.7"
> WheelBase: Ram = 120.5 Dak = 112 Diff = 8.5"
>
> That's still a pretty significant difference either way.

Now add 10" to the Dako (since that's the amount they strestcheedd the
platform for the Durango). That difference just evaporated.

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