Re: Dak Convertible

From: Walter_Felix (Walter_Felix@email.msn.com)
Date: Sat Aug 08 1998 - 10:50:11 EDT


The Dakota Convertibles were 89 & 90 and were only available with a V6. The
only pre-91 V8 model was the Shelby. From what I has been told there were
only about 1800 convertibles built each year.

Walter_Felix@MSN.COM
88' Dakota Sport 4x4
WWW.GeoCities.Com/MotorCity/Downs/9219
-----Original Message-----
From: W. Jack Hilton III <hemi@mindspring.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, August 07, 1998 1:13 PM
Subject: DML: Dak Convertible

>
>I think the convertible Daks were 88 or 89 and were only made for a couple
>of years .
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>I bet that insurance killed em cuz I asked about insurance on one a few
>years ago and I almost had a stroke !
>
>As I recall , they didn't have a V8 in the Dak at the time they made the
>rag-top , they were all V6s . (I think)
>
>All the ones I have seen have been 4wd and have all been severley punished
>. From what I hear , a nice un-destroyed original is hard to come by .
>
>At 09:14 AM 8/7/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>>I saw one at the gas station a few day ago. It was white with black
>>"sport" stickers. It was a pre-97 (first gen?). thick tube roll bar and
>>manual top. I didn't see the front but it didn't sound like a V-8.
>>
>>alan
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>>'98 Dakota R/T (what? Not a Ford?)
>>'89 Mustang GT (347, Griggs, S-trim and the list goes on...)
>>'88 x-CHP Mustang LX (daily beatings from a teenager)
>>Ducati 916 (someday)
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: STRICKLAND, Tate [mailto:tstricklan@shl.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 8:11 AM
>> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
>> Subject: DML: RE:OFFICIAL! / Dak Convertible
>>
>> Cool - best of luck!! Yesterday in Addisson (north
>>Dallas) I saw a
>> SWEET Dak (maybe a 95 or 96) - - it was a CONVERTIBLE.
>>Man..... it
>> was sharp!!!!! Black with a black padded rollbar.
>>Freakin sweet!!!
>> I would have chased him down, but he was headed in the
>>opposite
>> direction in thick traffic.
>>
>> Tate
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: W . Jack Hilton III [SMTP:hemi@mindspring.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 9:20 PM
>> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: It's now OFFICIAL ! ! !
>>
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>> Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>> At 08:58 PM 8/6/98 EDT, you wrote:
>> >Just got off the phone with Mr. Shelby's attorney, and
>>they have
>> given me the
>> >"go ahead" to call my club "The Official Shelby Dakota
>>Register.
>> >
>> >What a guy... that Carroll is !
>> >
>> >Thanks goes out to all of your Shelby Dakota members
>>that have given
>> me
>> >assistance and info along the way. You'll be seeing
>>more of me and my
>> club in
>> >the future.
>> >
>> W . Jack Hilton III
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>> HEMI@mindspring.com
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>Jack Hilton
>
>Black '98 R/T Club Cab
>
>http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.html
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