I was surprised at how hard it was to find Dakota so I see your point. We do not have the rust problem here unless you park your car outside very near the ocean. This Dakota was the first I saw close by that drove so I could move around due to lack of space at my shop, plus it had the OD transmission I wanted for my Dart.

Cash for clunker program I bet got most of them, so that means allot of good frames got crushed EEEK

My R/T was bought new in Marietta, Ohio it must have not stayed there long or just sat in a garage because it had just tiny bit of rust behind right rear wheel well. I bought it in Colorado in `82