I bought this truck in early 2007 and sold it in November 2008. It's a club cab (i.e. it has a rear bench seat) and has a 3.9l V6 under the hood.
The colour is Flame Red with silver viper stripes along most of the length. A "Snug Top" hard bed cover is fitted.
As soon as I got it home, I immediately started removing some of the "interesting features"
that the previous owner had added. I had already got him to agree to remove the 20 inch chrome wheels
and personalised number plate in return for a price reduction, but here are some of the other little
jobs I had to undertake in the first year of ownership:
- 5 new 235/75TR15 Michelin tyres
- Fix the PRNDL shift indicator - the cable had broken off and required re-soldering
- Remove silver viper stripe from front bumper... the rest of the stripes will stay for now
- Replace the blue LEDs in the interior dome lights with standard bulbs, so that I can see in the dark
- Replace flashing Red Green Blue LEDs in the stepwells with standard bulbs
- New brake disks, as the old ones were downright dangerous
- Remove the air horns that played "Dukes of Hazzard" (Dixie) - replace with new set of
factory horns
- New battery (the old one failed after a few weeks, trapping me at work)
- Remove "V8 Magnum" fender emblems, and fit correct "V6 Magnum" items
- Replace the driver's door mirror that was glued on with a used item from the States (this one
is bolted on!)
- Replace ridiculously loud side-exit exhaust system with a more standard rear-exit system, that includes
a catalytic convertor
- New water pump bearing (once the exhaust was made quieter, you could hear the noise the bearing was making)
- Replace damaged rear centre lap-belt with aftermarket Securon lap-belt
- Replace tail light lenses (originally they were fitted with "blue dots" but one had fallen off,
leaving a nice big round hole)
- Replace aftermarket clear headlights with standard ones, so I can see where I'm going this Winter
History
The truck was imported from Canada into the UK in September 1999 by comedian Jim Tavaré.
A plaque inside the truck suggests it was previously used at the July 1999 CART Molson Indy race in Toronto, as a drivers parade
vehicle for Juan Pablo Montoya.
VIN decode
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1b7gl22x6xs307201
1 US
B Dodge
7 Truck
G 5,001-6,000 lbs.
L Dakota / sport 4x2
2 sport/SLT
2 2-door Club Cab
X 3.9L V6 MPI
6 (check digit)
X Dodge City (Warren), Michigan
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My truck at Wheels Day 2007, pic by Dean Phillips
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Side view by Greg Lakin
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