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Re: Early 90's Dakota
[Re: QuickDodge]
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12/09/16 06:00 PM
12/09/16 06:00 PM
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Freeport IL USA
poorboy
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Freeport IL USA
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Too many cars/trucks I've driven seemed like they were set up to be driven with your arms straight out. If my arms were comfortable, my legs were scrunched up. With my Dak, I can have my legs out, and the steering wheel at a comfortable reach. In this position too, the armrests fall at a usable location. On my Wife's Kia for example, I end up about 6" behind the (door) armrest, and the armrest on the console is too low.
You described my problem exactly! Long legs do NOT comfortably fit in many, many vehicles!! I'll try sitting in an extended cab Dakoka. Based on what you guys are saying, it will probably fit just fine! One more question on this point, does the passenger side have as much leg room as the driver's side? I actually went out and measured! Both trucks I have here are sticks, one a 95 extended cab, and the other a 01 standard cab. Both measure the same in the front floor pans. The shape of the trans tunnel is the biggest thing determining the leg space. On the driver side, the tunnel is basically straight from the firewall and drops off nearly straight down from the shiter base, the passenger side has a wide slow curve (towards the center of the cab) from the firewall to the seat, but the biggest issue is the tunnel also curves to the floor pan along the entire tunnel, that curve extends the tunnel about 4" into the passenger floor pan. At the shifter location, the width of the driver side between the tunnel bottom and the door is 18" At the same location on the passenger side, again, at the bottom of the tunnel curve to the door is about 15". Pictures: Hopefully they help. The tap measure is sitting at the beginning of the flat floor area, and the tape itself is 3" long. Excuse the mess, its a soon to be frame donor. The first 3 pictures are the passenger side. Gene
Last edited by poorboy; 12/09/16 06:02 PM.
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Re: Early 90's Dakota
[Re: QuickDodge]
#2211013
12/10/16 01:11 AM
12/10/16 01:11 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 16,840
Between Houston & Galveston TX
SattyNoCar
Smarter than no class Flappergass by a mile
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Smarter than no class Flappergass by a mile
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Between Houston & Galveston TX
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One more question on this point, does the passenger side have as much leg room as the driver's side? On mine, the passenger seat doesn't go back quite as far as the drivers side, less than 2" difference? I never measured it (I can this weekend if you'd like). I just assumed it was a little further forward to allow access to the back. 
John
The dream is dead, long live the dream.......😥
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Re: Early 90's Dakota
[Re: SattyNoCar]
#2211030
12/10/16 01:38 AM
12/10/16 01:38 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 10,634
Freeport IL USA
poorboy
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I Live Here
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Freeport IL USA
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One more question on this point, does the passenger side have as much leg room as the driver's side? On mine, the passenger seat doesn't go back quite as far as the drivers side, less than 2" difference? I never measured it (I can this weekend if you'd like). I just assumed it was a little further forward to allow access to the back. All the extended cabs I've seen have bucket seats, maybe the seats are not bolted to the floor in the same location, most of the early standard cad trucks I've noticed have bench seats, but that one of those things I seldom would take notice of. I'll have to check that out on my extended cab, it looks like it goes back the same, but I didn't really pay much attention. Gene
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