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Well that just goes to show how many PU beds I've removed in my life.
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Stealing Pickup Beds?
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In my neck of the woods the hottest stolen item is trailer tags, not the trailer , just the tag. Seems two or three a week is reported in the local paper and some folks have no clue as to how long they were missing. This has been going on for months so SOMEBODY must be paying money for them.......
Ron_M
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Dakota beds are the same from 1987 - 1992 said:
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The bed interchanges, the front clips are not able to , doors do but there are internal differences , but sheet metal will swap. The other thing is the front headlamps , euro or glass sealed beam. Tail lamp harness plugs change in the mid 90s to the flat base bulb and the housings are different. From what I recall. This is for the old square body style, the other difference is short versus long bed. There is also a little red express bed too, for the square body style which I happen have too. I guess I’m the astute one mentioned below — my bad if I made a mistake.
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If you live in an area
where your bed rots out before the trucks used up
or you live in an area
where they are or prone to stealing your truck or the damn bed
you should freaken' move get the **** out of there
forget the bed
you could buy a damn whole truck
for what most people attempt to, or seem or get for just a bed
good luck with both issues
(not all Dakota beds are the same
like mentioned by another astute member)
where your bed rots out before the trucks used up
or you live in an area
where they are or prone to stealing your truck or the damn bed
you should freaken' move get the **** out of there
forget the bed
you could buy a damn whole truck
for what most people attempt to, or seem or get for just a bed
good luck with both issues
(not all Dakota beds are the same
like mentioned by another astute member)
Ron_M
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Thank you F4
As I posted earlier (or another thread) looking for a short box for my '05, two guys a body shop friend uses to buy parts so far haven't found me a box? They been south 2 or 3 times getting parts. If I got it right...the '05 box didn't change at all from '05 to '10 or '11 when the Dakota was killed. Ya'd think these boxes would be common as dirt. And I've checked with a couple others. Friday a bud and I are driving to drop off some stuff for my kid in northern WI and stopping at a place nearby that has two Dakota boxes...kinda odd...he gets his stuff out of the Montana area saying his boxes are rust-free. I'd think they use road salt there...anyway, we will see what they look like before I yank out my wallet.
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Sounds like it may be time to do a flatbed or a stake side project? Good Luck
Dang - I sure like my old Dakota. 2nd one I've had and before that a 1500...all 4WD. The size of this truck is fine 90% of the time and I have my old Dodge (91) 2500 plow truck with manual shift that I've used (aside from plowing) for hauling sand, mulch, etc. My Dak is well optioned being Laramie model and has AWD. Fantastic driving on slick roads. Has 83k on it. After checking out prices for new and newer mopar trucks (only brand I'd own) geezuz hey, high 30's, low 40's for used ones?
I could fork out; but I can put on new box, fenders, repair doors, etc. get it prepped/painted for around $12k as I estimate it and run it another 100k miles. At my age - this could be my last truck....
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3 years ago I had a box of checks stolen from my mailbox. The thief began writing them all over town. I quickly closed account. Bank did refund after I reported to police and gave bank the police report. Then bank and police did nothing! So I took it upon myself. The dumbass wrote one of the checks to his brother. From there was not hard to find him. I got security photos from one of the stores he cashed. I bundled all the information including driver license information and turned over to police. They arrested him and he pled guilty to misdemeanor check fraud.
I didn't even get a thanks from the city, police or bank. (Not that I needed any.) But do get the impression the thieves are winning?
I didn't even get a thanks from the city, police or bank. (Not that I needed any.) But do get the impression the thieves are winning?
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Simple fix for tailgate thieves. Install a hose clamp around the hinge that is open for removal.
May not prevent but will need tools to remove.
May not prevent but will need tools to remove.
Nice detective work. THIS is a good story with a great ending! Damn, posting about my lifted golf clubs, I was pretty certain I knew the fucks that did it – couple neighborhood kids…and my kid put me on to this overhearing some chatting on the school bus. These **** bags broke into my car…as they did a couple others the same night. AND the police give me the Spanish inquisition about how I’m doing financially…haven’t lost your job have ya? You got insurance to cover the theft? Aha – me and a few others in my neighborhood conspired to have our **** stolen on the same night? WDF. When I heard about the skanks a few days later, who were probably the – well skanks – I called the PD to let them know giving name/address. “Thank you for this information, we will look into this”. Of course, nada. Were they too busy? Well, in our town it was police busy with speeding tickets, car crashes, and some shoplifting…at least then. The last homicide then was 12 years before. And the two homicides in our town, one in 1967 and the other 1981…remain unsolved. Again, nice story!
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I hope there were several good high sticking infractions!
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I believe slashing would have been the more appropriate call.
Dave
@F4R/T Next time you have one of those Fords with a stripped Torx bolt or three just weld a hex nut to the bolt head.... I've done it dozens of times, always works for me... But California trucks aren't rusty so it might not help you.... But still worth a try....
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I know that whoever stole my car hauler between 4am and 6am on June 23rd, 2015, I wish them a lifetime of pain, misery and suffering.
My dream is seeing it on TV news of the thief driving a stolen pickup, with my stolen car hauler with a stolen tractor attached, wrapped around a bridge abutment after a 90-mph chase from the cops. He survives the accident, but has pieces of truck and trailer sticking out from his useless, mangled carcass. As he is screaming in agony, the truck catches fire. He dies a painful, agonizing death as the resulting inferno ends in the thief becoming nothing more than a stinking, charred corpse. Finally, like near the end of the movie Ghost, then little demons come out and drag his black, evil spirit straight to Hell.
Not that I hold grudges or anything...a man can dream, right?
My dream is seeing it on TV news of the thief driving a stolen pickup, with my stolen car hauler with a stolen tractor attached, wrapped around a bridge abutment after a 90-mph chase from the cops. He survives the accident, but has pieces of truck and trailer sticking out from his useless, mangled carcass. As he is screaming in agony, the truck catches fire. He dies a painful, agonizing death as the resulting inferno ends in the thief becoming nothing more than a stinking, charred corpse. Finally, like near the end of the movie Ghost, then little demons come out and drag his black, evil spirit straight to Hell.
Not that I hold grudges or anything...a man can dream, right?
Stripped because they are Torx + and not regular Torx. Someone got to them before you and messed them all up.
After restoring a rusty WI car, many bolts had to be cut and pounded out after breaking them off. Among the reasons I said I’d never do another rust bucket again. When swapping out the axle housing on my ’63 CA car, putting in a ’65 Coronet rear, I already bought new break lines before starting the job. When I was taking off the original lines…go figure. They came right off looking like new so just put those back on. Restoring it, don’t think I had any bolts/screws that broke or stripped out. Yep, what a difference it was.
I sometimes wonder what sort of daily existence these bottom feeders have; I’d guess their life expectancy is a ¼ century less than the average, on drugs and/or alcohol…look for laying or raping some babe, maybe watch reality TV when they’re not passed out. Some beat up their girlfriends or their kids as their only way of having some self-esteem. This is probably the extent of their ‘ambitions’ besides hoping for a windfall at someone else’s expense someday to blow it on drugs or at a casino. They have little education, know little, and don’t want to know more. IMO, they’re miserable fucks living at ground level with roaches.
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