sup folks - here's pics of my truck - it's an 02 Dakota Quadcab: 440, 46rh, Atlas4, Dana 60 front, 14b rear, and 40" Toyos. It's been in work for over 3 years and is just recently rolling under its own power. It was built to be a 100% streetable rockcrawler/camping machine - I call it a 'Rocklander'.

How it looks right now -



The 440 is a 78 block from a 79 Winnebago motorcoach, and besides a stock 9-1 rebuild has these upgrades: Holley Sniper EFI and Hyperspark dizzy/ignition on a Performer RPM intake, MP valve covers, CVF serpentine conversion, Fast Fish rear main seal, Engine Pro MC1787 RV cam (278/288 advertised, 204/214 @ 50, .420/.443, 107/117 lobe sep), OE truck manifolds, Milodon 8-qt off-road pan, RV water pump housing and 180* Milodon RV skirted thermostat. Oh and yah it and the tranny are painted Cummins beige for an extra 10 lbs of torque...





The 46rh was pulled from a 94 Dakota 4x4 with a 318, and got a full diesel rebuild and a Hughes towing converter -



Did a solid axle swap up front and bolted up a high-pinion kingpin D60 from an '89 Ford F350; it's got 5.38 gears, Grizzly locker, Crane cover, RCV shafts, Reid knuckles, Yukon spindles, SpeedHouse GM brake conversion kit (enabling use of OE Chevy 3/4-ton discs), and Warn lockouts. The rear is a 14 bolt FF from an '03 Chevy 2500 gasser with 5.38s, Grizzly locker, Crane cover, and stock shafts for now.