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Thread: Anyone own or ever seen a Dakota R/T with the paint color Bright Jade Pearl Coat?

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    Default Anyone own or ever seen a Dakota R/T with the paint color Bright Jade Pearl Coat?

    I picked up a set of factory bed rails off a junker in the yard today and went through some of my old factory sales brochures because I remember seeing a picture of the bed rails in the back of one of the brochures. Near the back of the '97 Dakota brochure they show a shot of a Dakota Sport in Magenta with color-keyed front brush/grille guard, molded running boards and bed rails. Who ever heard of or has seen a Magenta Dakota? And then on the last page there is a shot of a truck in Bright Jade. This strange color I have seen many times at a local Home Depot in the back of the parking lot on a plain jane Dakota. I see that they still offered Jade in '98 so I suppose someone must have ordered an R/T in that color at some point in the production year. It looks like it bit the dust by 1999 as it was not offered in the sales literature for that year.

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    yes i have seen a magenta dakota dealer in my area had one or two can't remember for certain . as far as bright jade metallic was color i liked very much only have seen one dakota in that color around here and only two rams one 318 stick club cab and the 360 st cab 2wd i purchased new in 97 they sat side by side on the lot was the first brand new truck i ever bought as far as the color was a one year color 97 only as far as i know so pretty rare color . it was actually the truck i traded for my 98 dakota rt.

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    There was something online that stated that Jade was available in '98 as well but maybe it never made it to production. Another thing I saw once was that Patriot Blue, which came out in 2000, was not available on the R/T. I think it was in the 2003 brochure, why would they not allow a particular color for the R/T model?

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    R/T were only offered in certain colors depending on the year.Just how Dodge did it.

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    Yeah, hard to figure why they would do that but at least they pushed out a few Amber Fire R/T's like yours. Looks like Amber Fire was a 2000 color introduction and I have only seen one in the flesh on a Quad Cab. It's funny how colors you may not have considered ordering in the day somehow grow on you over the years. The rarer colors do have a certain appeal over time because they are so rare but I love the Amber Fire color now and would love to find one in a R/T.

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