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Any finished Dakota swap pictures? #131064
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I know a lot of people say they are gonna swap in a Dakota frame or front end. Has anybody got pictures of a finished vehicle? (41 Dodge truck pictures would be especially nice)

I get the feeling the Dakota is a little too wide.

Has anybody narrowed a Dakota front? Seems like the rack and pinion would make things easier.

Re: Any finished Dakota swap pictures? [Re: Flipper1938] #131065
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I can't help with finished pics, but I am working on one right now for a 41 dodge/fargo pick up. It's about 3" wider track width iirc. So far I have the frame shortened, welded back together and strengthened. Hopefully I'll get the cab mounted on the frame before winter, but with hunting season started my truck time has been shortened. Check out this guys web site:

http://personal.kitusa.com/stan/

A really nice guy too, I've emailled a few questions for him. The rack and pinion was one of the reasons I decided on the Dakota frame.
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I did one in my 49 dodge.

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Do you have any pictures of the finished product?

I'm more interested in how the wheels fit in the fenders and the ride height of the finished truck/car.

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I can't tell you what the ride height is because I don't have the engine in. I am probably going to cut a coil, since I want it lowered. The outside width is about 1" total wider, no problem with tire clearance under those big fenders.

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The ride height is another reason I went with a dakota frame (instead of volary/diplomat). It's easy to find lowering parts for the front, ie, spindles, springs. And the rear end is easy to adjust with blocks since the dif is already on top of the springs. You can also get the height close to what you want when you mount the cab and front clip by the brackets you make and their height location.
Moparron also has a link to a bunch of pictures of a friend of his' truck that has a dakota frame under it.
Matt

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here is the link to the dakota frame swap, but its not finished yet, the guy it was sold to is letting it sit till he gets some other things finished

LINK:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/300985977tszAFe


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here is the link to the dakota frame swap, but its not finished yet, the guy it was sold to is letting it sit till he gets some other things finished

LINK:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/300985977tszAFe


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Yep, I've drooled over those pictures a couple of times. I was hoping there were some other pics out there thta showed a finished project.

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Here is one a friend of mine did. It has air ride on it as well. It was a total Dakota frame and driveline. He claims it was a fairly simple, (Not quick), project. I have a better picture, I will try to find it!!!! (The purple one)

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Found them!!!!

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Here is one a friend of mine did. It has air ride on it as well. It was a total Dakota frame and driveline. He claims it was a fairly simple, (Not quick), project. I have a better picture, I will try to find it!!!! (The purple one)




Thanks! Tell your friend he has a nice car.

The wheels look like they have a very shallow dish (like a FWD car). Are they really offset like a FWD car, or is it just the style of the wheel?

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Though those are aftermarket wheels, even the stock Dakota wheels have the shallow look. The wheels are actually just about centered over the ball joints. My Dakota has the factory 15x 6 steel wheels and they look about the same offset as the ones pictured on that nice coupe. Gene

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Here is one a friend of mine did. It has air ride on it as well. It was a total Dakota frame and driveline. He claims it was a fairly simple, (Not quick), project. I have a better picture, I will try to find it!!!! (The purple one)




Thanks! Tell your friend he has a nice car.

The wheels look like they have a very shallow dish (like a FWD car). Are they really offset like a FWD car, or is it just the style of the wheel?





They are a very shallow dish. He used everything Dakota underneath.(If you look closely, the wheels are even still 6 bolt hole.)

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Are all Dakotas the same width?

If not, which model years fall into which width categories?

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not sure about widths, but the 87-90 Dakota uses 5 lug, 4 and a half bolt circle, just like the muscle years. Would think this would make for better, easier wheel selection. Have an 89 shortbed that is going to find itself under a 47 Dodge sedan when I get a little time


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not sure about widths, but the 87-90 Dakota uses 5 lug, 4 and a half bolt circle, just like the muscle years. Would think this would make for better, easier wheel selection. Have an 89 shortbed that is going to find itself under a 47 Dodge sedan when I get a little time




i`ve heard that the first generation rotors will swap on the second gen. dakotas

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there is aslo a dodge van rotor 5 lug that wil interchange with the dakota 6 lug


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Six lug wheels aren't a big deal for me. I found a cool set in the six lug dakota pattern.

I was curious about the actual frame/suspension dimensions.

When they went away from the boxy look, there were some magazine articles that said it was still the same truck underneath. I'm wondering how acurate those comments actually were.

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here is a pic from my unfinished build, 1955 Dodge 1/2 ton with a 90 Dakota ext cab frame.....just to show the front wheels fit in the front fenders, haven't mounted the box yeat, and there will be a MINOR amount of adjustment required, but this is very close to fit.

the rims are the stock dakota, just there for rolling it. the engine will be a 72 440 built, with a 72 torqueflite converted to pushbutton shift, using a 57 truck shifter assy.

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