My track towing and shop vehicle.....

[customizedcreationz]

I know you guys all love my " I just bought it " videos.......Well atleast 2fear does lol.

This is my 1998 Dodge Dakota 5.2 ( 318 ) 5 spd with a 12 bolt 3.92 trac-lock or whatever Dodge calls their posi rearends. It came from Texas, 76,000 miles grandpa truck. Clear coat is peeling bad. I am going to paint it Solar Yellow or some kind of other peculiar color with either a flat black shaker hood or maybe some type of cowl hood. Not sure yet. I also got R/T wheels ( 17x9's) and should have some 275-55-17's mounted on it soon. Going to lower it 3 inches all the way around also. True Dual exhaust with some shorty headers, maybe an x cross over if I can fabricate it or buy one. Not sure motor wise if I ll do anything. If I do it will be a Hughes whiplash cam, maybe a set of ported heads with 2.02 valves and some heavy springs, possibly some 1.6 roller rockers as well. If I go that far I ll put a Hughes Big Gulp intake setup on it, maybe just maybe a squirt of juice and a new computer setup. If I go all that way I think this thing should run in the 12's on motor and low 12's to high 11's on the bottle. But I am not sure if I want that or not. That would kinda take away from the idea that its supposed to be a tow vehicle lol.

But I sold all my trucks and needed another shop truck, why not one that would be a little fun ?:biglaugh:

Also I ll paint this one myself if I do paint it. I might wrap it. Just not 100% sure yet what I want to do. Not sure if I want a little hot rod with my company name on it if I am doing burnouts at a stop light lol.

Hemi shaker hood

Cowl Hood

Another hood I was comtemplating.

Solar Yellow ( stock R/T Paint )

But anyways, as always there has to be a beginning.

Video of it below.

 

[tothemax93]

Truck looks good. I like the shaker hood. Reminds me of the old days.

 

[CaptainKyle]

Nice little truck !

 

[Redbone]

Sounds good and +2 on the shaker hood!unk:

 

[srk468]

+3 on the Shaker hood... I have a friend with the older body style and with a pretty stock engine other than exhaust and a computer he went 12.50's in it but it was an automatic...

 

[kaboom]

+4 on the Shaker Scoop.......unk:

My all time favorite style scoop

 

[customizedcreationz]

Stupid Shaker hood setup is $1000!!!!

Holy crap. Cool cost money I guess.

 

[tothemax93]

I passed a truck this week that had the hood that's on the red one. It looked good. The truck was all yellow. It said something Bee on the side. don't remember exactly.

 

[SPX38]

That's a nice little truck. I have a truck that is pretty similar to yours. It is an absolute money pit. Some of the major modifications include a supercharger, intake, full exhaust, full track suspension and so much more.

 

[PATMAX]

Bike and trailer don't eat squat so this is how I roll. Great on gas and don't even know its back there, except for the time I strapped it down wrong and it was almost half way over when I glanced back at it. Yeoweeee!

When in doubt...Gas it !!!

 

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Pat, are/were you an electrician? I thought electricians were the only ones who used uni-strut for any job that required fabrication.

Versatile stuff. I use it in a similar fashion for tying down my dirt bikes in a flat bed, vmax engine stand, home made bearing puller, case splitter.... Plus, it works pretty good for all the stuff we do at work too :biglaugh: