Nice. Been thinking about building a small block early Dak myself. Pretty clean ones pop up on occasion for a good price around here. I'll be following your build as well.
I think '89 or '90 is the year they lengthened the front end. The earlier years take more work to put in a sb or bb. Don't remember when they changed to 6 lug wheels ('94?). There are several way more Dakota-knowledgeable folks here and hopefully they will give a definite answer.


Tim