Dakota fender interchangability?
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03/27/15 08:34 PM
03/27/15 08:34 PM
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Went by the Pick-N-Pull in Pasadena today..... Apparently one of the oil refineries turned in their fleet of trucks. Aside from this line of Dakotas, there were at least double this amount scattered thru the yard. Interiors are beyond trashed on all of 'em, but, quite a few still have good body panels. All are '89-'91 vintage. My question is, is there a difference in the fender of a '91 that has the sealed beam head light rather than the areo one? How about the radiator support? Can an aero headlight be installed in a rad support that had a sealed beam mounted to it? Mine is smacked on the left front corner. I haven't pulled it apart yet to see the extent of the damage but, I'm thinking the rad support may need to be swapped too. (OR, would you pony up a few more dollars and just buy a new fender?) As usual, thanks!
John
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Re: Dakota fender interchangability?
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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03/27/15 08:42 PM
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HotRodDave
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I don't know about the deatails of interchangabiity but I would take my time and find one the right color from the factory so I did not have to paint it and have one shiny fender on an old dull truck.
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Re: Dakota fender interchangability?
[Re: HotRodDave]
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03/27/15 08:56 PM
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I don't know about the deatails of interchangabiity but I would take my time and find one the right color from the factory so I did not have to paint it and have one shiny fender on an old dull truck.
The pictures of my truck hide a LOT. My truck needs a repaint (brush and roll? ), so, I'm not too concerned about it matching.
The roof on mine for example (and its been repainted at least once already)..
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Re: Dakota fender interchangability?
[Re: RodStRace]
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03/28/15 05:09 PM
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The flat nose Dakotas and the round nose share fenders, but the hoods, radiator supports, bumpers, and grille assembly are different between them.
If you have a V8 you cannot put a flat nose on without mods to the fan assembly on the waterpump.
If they have any with a good clean, and solid rear bumper I would be interested in one if it could be shipped. I would prefer a painted bumper over chrome, but as long as its straight, and not rotted out I would be interested in a quote.
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