Hell, Im still not sold on the GenIII's!
But Petersons, does have a short review on it in this months issues along
with the o5 Power Wagon, WOOHOO!
Bill Day
billday@comwares.net
A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he wants and can
give..
AIM - BadManD73 (Catch me if you can!)
'95 Ext Cab 3.9L Mag 4x4 Flame Red 3.55 LSD turning 30x9.50x15's
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 6:16 PM
Subject: DML: '05s
>
> Took a look for myself today.
>
> Fuel tank hangs below the frame rail by about 2". truck is already
> sitting about 2-3" lower than a gen III. :eek:
>
> all skid plates are back to steel
>
> there's a nifty funnel sort of thing to keep oil filter changes from
> spilling onto the extremely low and large front crossmember. at least
> on the 3.7.....
>
> back seat room in the CC seems to have stayed the same or even shrunk a
> bit. seats in the CC now seem to be an option since there was an ST
> without any seats or provisions for seats.
>
> underseat storage is gone. the body bulges up to the bottom of the
> 40-40 (sic) split jump seats. couldn't get far enough under the truck
> to see if anything was using that space (my head doesn't fit under the
> frame rails in the middle of the truck)
>
> tow hooks make a return. they look better than the last incarnation.
>
> the rear bumper (optionally?) contains a real hitch. a bent tubular
> frame comes down from the frame rails to support a nice thick ball
> mounting plate housed by the rear bumper. very nice.
>
> styling-wise, from the B pillar back it's 110%. I'm not sold on the
> front. lift it 6" and replace the front bumper with something that
> isn't 8" in front of the grille and maybe we can talk.
>
> I was also surprised to see that the headlights are not shared with the
> Durango. They look incredibly similar, but have completely different
> reflector configurations.
>
> The salesman I was talking with was also a dink. he was new and
> confused (can get a dak with a HEMI, "that new" ABS, "those new" second
> gen airbags, etc.)
> --
> Michael Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dak/>
> '98 Dakota CC 4x4 318 '84 RamCharger 4x4 360
> mobile.612.618.4652
>
>
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