03 Dakota ext cab

[Vimes]

Tiny update - cradle is out, K-member is tacked in. They are waiting on more steel for this now as they decided that it needed a larger diameter DOM tube for the LCA mounts. They said this one would work and would be plenty strong enough, but with the larger tube the alignment adjusters will fit better. While it's a lot cleaner looking under there than the Vette cradle was, they said it'll weigh about the same as the cradle. I was hoping it would be lighter, but in some areas stronger is better. This is one of them.



Sadly, one of the spots that I won't be saving money is the fuel tank. I was hoping the Challenger saddle tank might fit up in there but nope, no go. If I were to try a saddle tank in the space available I MIGHT manage a 2 gallon tank with one gallon on each side of the driveshaft. I'll have to figure something else out instead now and that can't happen until the truck comes home.