The last Dakota made was longer, taller and heavier than my '73 D100, but the box was too narrow to carry a sheet of plywood flat on the floor. Too big...less useful...too expensive.

I recently shopped for a new Ram, but you can't get half the options I want with a standard cab...I have to get a four-door...so that means I'm not in the market for a new truck. I just don't understand the decisions made by modern auto manufacturers.

Give me a Mopar truck with the same dimensions as the early Dakota, but wide enough to haul 4'x 8' material, and let me option it with goodies to pamper and entertain a retired old man with a bad back and skinny butt, and I'm writing a check tomorrow