3.7 in a 2wd dakota is a dog, down shifting needed unless your going down hill, especially in an automatic. Have all the same issues as a 4.7 with no up side. It feels like driving one of those old dump trucks with a slant six when you try to pull ANYTHING and the MPG sucks.

Don't be afraid to look out of your area, they salt the roads in OH to ruin all the cars and support sales of new ones, even a trip down to nashville could net a great deal on a no rust dakota. I lived in TN for a long time and was appalled at the young rust bucket cars that would show up ocasionally from OH.