03 Dakota ext cab

[Vimes]

Finally, after two years of trying to find a shop to do the initial work to my truck, my project has begun! Putting this in under Projects instead of Trucks, since when this is done it'll be more of a 2-seater sports car with a huge trunk than a pickup truck. I won't bore you with pictures of every bolt being removed, I'll just put in pics at milestones and in places where I want to detail something.



Initial pictures - truck is in my shop, before I began (aside from pulling the battery and starting on the air intake) working on it. I will be pulling the engine, transmission, tailgate and interior preparing this for the suspension shop. I wish I'd have had the skill set needed to do the suspension on my own, but I can't weld and want to make sure this is done right the first time. Better to pay a shop that does custom jobs for a living than try and figure it out as I go.