99% of the Dakotas around here are 4wd, and this is a drag project.
A lot of this is idle curiosity, but there are a lot better 2nd gen bodies out
there than 1st gen.
FWIW, I did find a nice 4 banger second gen that I need to talk the wife-god into.

It may be ugly, but it sure is slow.

Girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors and the boys try to look so hard....