Is there a difference between the 4wd and 2wd frames?
By 89 Ma Mopar was getting pretty good at one-size-fits-all parts. I
can vouch for that with the body tin... when I put the '94 NV3500 in
my '89 Dak (born an automatic), every screw hole I needed for the
stickshift already existed as a divet stamped by the factory. (There
were several other conveniences allowed me by the one-size-fits-all
engineering.)
And heck Tom, if there are major differences in the front of the
frame, just add a solid axle swap to your list of projects (if it's
not already).
Don in CT
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:46 AM, Terrible Tom<silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Azie L. Magnusson wrote:
>
>> Terrible T. writes: >> The newest frame that I can just bolt on, is now
>> 13 years old. Subtract major wrecks, junk yard crushers, rust issues, and
>> the rare 124 long bed option, and its slim pickings out there. <<
>>
>> & >> I'm going to ask those on the list to keep an eye out for a suitable
>> donor truck for me. Basically 124 inch wheel base, 4x4.
>>
>> Sorry about your trucks demise.. Until I got to the 4X4 part I thought I
>> had you covered.. There is a salvage yard near me here in N. Alabama that
>> had 4 of the 2wd earlier Gen Daks just 3 weeks ago & all were lwb.... Did
>> not see a 4X4 though.
>> Good luck.
>>
>
> Hey Azie! Thats interesting news. My 2wd 1989 Dakota is slated for a full
> restoration and build up some time in my life time. (heh) that was my first
> dakota and was my grandfathers truck. It would be the very last of my fleet
> that I would ever part with. And not unless I was at gunpoint. The issue
> is, I don't know what the frame on that truck looks like. I might be in the
> market for a solid 2wd long bed frame. I've been meaning to get under that
> truck and inspect it, in light of recent developments.
>
> The 2wd truck has been in the rust belt its entire life so I'm thinking its
> frame might be in nasty shape too. I'll keep this info in mind!
>
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