Pics of your tow vehicle?

I had a 1990 toyota truck, 4x2, 4 cyl, 4 speed, carb, vinyl bench, rubber floors… towed 3500 lbs (after I bought a back bumper for it anyway), did a decent job of it. Averaged 22 around town, got 30mpg with a fresh tune up on the way back from florida one spring break. Had it one month before someone ran into us and totaled while my buddy was driving the last leg of that trip from florida. Sweet little rig, 23 years later if I could buy something with similar size and performance I would.

I always laughed that the Dakota was the largest(at least in my area the cheapest) and yet lowest selling pickup of the s10,ranger,Toyota, Dakota crowd and yet on their redesign the other three all decided they needed to go bigger.

I had a little black 4x4 95ish Toyota 5 speed I liked to bop around in. It had huge tires so it was a complete dog (B2300 engine I think). With stock tires it would have been a nice little truck.

I love 97-03 Dakotas. They just all rust to the ground :(. My R/T would smash a 3.9 V6 in highway fuel economy. They were so under powered they gear hunted under normal highway operation.

If it was extremely cost effective I would still be a small truck buyer (new for that matter) but there is no point with the new half tons doing what they do. Oh and Dodge made the 05- Dakota look like complete garbage.

She doesn't drive much!!! I always liked the Z71 package on that.

JoeinNY wrote: I had a 1990 toyota truck, 4x2, 4 cyl, 4 speed, carb, vinyl bench, rubber floors… towed 3500 lbs (after I bought a back bumper for it anyway), did a decent job of it. Averaged 22 around town, got 30mpg with a fresh tune up on the way back from florida one spring break. Had it one month before someone ran into us and totaled while my buddy was driving the last leg of that trip from florida. Sweet little rig, 23 years later if I could buy something with similar size and performance I would. I always laughed that the Dakota was the largest(at least in my area the cheapest) and yet lowest selling pickup of the s10,ranger,Toyota, Dakota crowd and yet on their redesign the other three all decided they needed to go bigger.

The Terrorises choice....... Toyota Pickup 2 more parts after this......

phatsat67 wrote: I had a little black 4x4 95ish Toyota 5 speed I liked to bop around in. It had huge tires so it was a complete dog (B2300 engine I think). With stock tires it would have been a nice little truck. I love 97-03 Dakotas. They just all rust to the ground :(. My R/T would smash a 3.9 V6 in highway fuel economy. They were so under powered they gear hunted under normal highway operation. If it was extremely cost effective I would still be a small truck buyer (new for that matter) but there is no point with the new half tons doing what they do. Oh and Dodge made the 05- Dakota look like complete garbage.

Oddly, it seems the spam filters reject the words for the sport played on 18 holes and the vehicle in which one rides, so I will substitute the vehicle brand name Yamaha.

A previous boss thought the Dakota would work well for us Yamaha salesmen as it is the smallest truck in which one fits between the wheel wells. Circa 1985, with one Yamaha in the truck and another on the trailer, I threw a rod going up a long hill on 17 in the Catskill Mountains on a busy Holiday Friday afternoon, what a hassle and this was before cellphones. Shop guy brought me another truck on a flatbed and as we swapped it all out he asked if I'd checked the oil. I laughed and said...check it yourself, it's all over the ground.

They gave me another Dakota shortly thereafter. That one blew about a year later.

Just not up to the task in my mountain territory, but I actually liked them when empty, and the older squared look was good. the new Dakotas look like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down..

That 318 seems like such a sweet little engine in the CCs. I am surprised it is troublesome in the trucks.

john b wrote: That 318 seems like such a sweet little engine in the CCs. I am surprised it is troublesome in the trucks.

Who said it was troublesome in trucks? The engine 74 blew up 2 of were the 3.9 v6. Chopped down 318 to 6 cylinders.

That Vette is HOT!

Haha it's all good John.

One of my favorite vehicles to drive(especially in snow) is that generation of Cherokee.

I know every boat looks different in different lighting, but Gary, your boat looks downright yellow in the first pic...I don't care how hazy the lighting is, I wouldn't have thought it could wash the color out that much. Did you have the 70's weed haze filter on your camera?

phatsat67 wrote: One of my favorite vehicles to drive(especially in snow) is that generation of Cherokee.

+1 on the Cherokees being the most fun in the snow! Miss my '96 Cherokee, 5spd manual!

gR@HaM wrote: tasty!!!!!

The text loaded before the pic, I was 90% certain there would be a wife or girlfriend in it when it did.

IAughtNaut wrote: gR@HaM wrote: tasty!!!!! The text loaded before the pic, I was 90% certain there would be a wife or girlfriend in it when it did.

Keeping with the usual theme haha.

IAughtNaut wrote: I know every boat looks different in different lighting, but Gary, your boat looks downright yellow in the first pic...

Adam there have been a few boats thru here lately, that one is the one Tim found a couple of towns south of me. I got it and stored it until he could come and get it.

I wrecked my 95 Cherokee in the spring of 2000. Bought a beater s10 just to get me thru til the next year when I ordered this 01. Just got the order in on time since they were stopping production. Got everything I wanted but now kinda wish I'd got the limited.

Sorry,


Boat 021 by mann1ba, on Flickr