you wrote:
" In the future I plan on complimenting the new seats with a center
console, and since wood looks so good on a black truck, an aluminum
framed, wooden (stained, polished, and weather protected) bed cover."
wouldn't that be heavy as hell? How about the bed floor like the
old-school wooden bedded trucks?
--- Mike Styer <m_sanders@go.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I just joined this mailing list and it looks like
> I will enjoy it. To get introductions out of the
> way, I'm Mike Sanders am a proud owner of a 1993
> Dodge Dakota Sport. It's an extended cab, black on
> the outside and black/grey on the inside. Most
> importantly, it has a strong 3.9 V6 mated to 5 speed
> transmission.
>
> Now that I've had my Dakota, I have owned one
> truck from each of the Big Three (more than 1-1/2
> years each), and I must say I can depend on and
> enjoy my Dakota the most. Naturally there are
> things that I think could be done better, and I am
> working on those. The main problem with being a
> picky, imaginative, 20 years old, working 50 hours a
> week, and trying to save for college is that I work
> on a budget. So at this point, I am basically
> replacing and customizing as the repairs dictate.
>
> So far I installed an electric fan to replace the
> stock unit, installed a Class III reciever hitch,
> and removed the gaudy and pealing "Sport" stripes.
> Inside my truck, I upgraded the enitire stock sound
> system with Premier speakers, a Pioneer tape deck w/
> cd controls, and a Pioneer 6-disc changer. This
> past Friday I finished intalling a pair of bucket
> seats from a '98 Dakota in my truck. I also
> replaced the black dash panels (cup holder and
> instrument cluster) with wood-grained ones from an
> SLT I found at the scrap yard. Next week I plan on
> spraying the new dash panels with a clear gloss (the
> arts and crafts type) so that I can get that
> "shiney" polished wood look.
>
> In the future I plan on complimenting the new
> seats with a center console, and since wood looks
> so good on a black truck, an aluminum framed, wooden
> (stained, polished, and weather protected) bed
> cover.
>
> There's lots more I want to do, but as I said
> before, I'm on a budget. Anyway, just wanted to let
> myself be known, and I look forward to any help I
> can give, though admittedly, I will mostly receive
> :)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> If you only knew...
>
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