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dakotabluert98
09-25-2013, 11:19 PM
Well my story starts back in spring of 1997 when i fell in love the new body lines of the Dodge Dakota. In April of 1997 i bought my emerald green extended cab 4x4. The following year they came out with the larger engine and more sporty r/t version of the truck, i was bummed I didn't wait it out but also knew it wasn't a practical truck for Chicago winters. A few years later, in 2001, I began to search for a Dakota r/t since the 97 was finally paid off and had my heart set on a 1998 Intense blue club cab and knew it wasn't gonna be easy to find one . Searching all over the internet and auto classifieds I was able to find black and red versions no problem but the intense blue alluded me till a friend of mine saw one for sale at a local school in the summer of 2003. I called the owner and went to look at the truck in his garage. His son was going off to school and he needed the truck sold so he could buy him a car, but what he was asking for the truck was out of my budget. So again i hit internet. In December 2003 I was searching Cars.com and the first thing I noticed was the rims on the truck and knew it was the same truck i was looking at back in July. Called my boss and i was at the dealership within 5 minutes since I already knew the history of the truck I was more into the asking price, after about 2 hours of counter offers i was able to get the truck for way under my budget :biggthumpup:. Its now been 10 years since I purchased the truck, and never thought I'd ever transform the truck into what it is today nor was I planning on it, it just seemed to happen :) Thats my r/t's story :biggthumpup:

December 2003
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Over the last 10 years......

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99dart
09-25-2013, 11:29 PM
VERY NICE! I love the stance! And, of course the AAR style stripe & ducktail spoiler! :biggthumpup::biggthumpup:

wyotech_cuda440
09-25-2013, 11:33 PM
Awesome! Good luck :hail:

Cheezie
09-25-2013, 11:53 PM
Pics no worky for me.... which sucks! Cause I reeeeealy wanna see pics of that gorgeous ib truck

lunchbox
09-25-2013, 11:56 PM
Freaking awesome! Another favorite IB truck!!

Friggin' R/T
09-26-2013, 12:25 AM
Simply Amazing, that's why you got my nom. And my vote! :hail: :biggthumpup:

Jontoad
09-26-2013, 05:20 AM
still one of my favorites.

darkenedrt
09-26-2013, 03:31 PM
Such a good looking truck, amazing how far its come in 10 years

dakotabluert98
09-26-2013, 10:35 PM
Thanks guys , it's been a fun and frustrating journey so far . :)

y2krtaf
09-28-2013, 10:21 AM
Thanks guys , it's been a fun and frustrating journey so far . :)

Know the feeling,and nicely done!!

1EVILR/T
09-30-2013, 12:28 AM
VERY nicely done

dakotabluert98
09-30-2013, 01:27 AM
Exterior mods
Street scene painted mirrors

Door handles painted to match

20" r/t rims

2/4 drop

Hotchkis coils and leafs

Bilstein shocks

Strobe strips made by xtreme graphics

Reflexxion hood

Cervini roll pan

Superior tonneau cover

Enterior mods

Katzkins leather seats

Custom leather steering wheel

Black liner and carpet

Rear seat kicker box .

Engine mods

Vortech supercharger

M1 painted intense blue

Mopar valve covers painted intense blue

Chrome plated ac compressor and alternator

If I remember anything else I'll update the list :)

sunike32
09-30-2013, 03:06 AM
Gotta love a fellow IB truck!!