Mullet Dryer: 1989 Dodge Dakota Sport Convertible

Pickup trucks are the working dogs of the automotive world...and for decades they were strictly form-follows-function work machines.  But then auto designers started to get creative to sell things like pickups that were built from cars (the El Camino and Ranchero) and even performance pickups (SVT Lightning...etc)..and Dodge even went as far as to built a convertible pickup truck...so you could haul junk to the dump and have your mullet air dried at the same time. Find this 1989 Dodge Dakota Sport Convertible offered for $3500 in Norwalk, NY via craigslist. Tip from Cory.

#209 of 1500: 1989 Shelby Dakota

In the late 80s Carroll Shelby followed his tried and true method of hot-rodding a pedestrian car by shoehorning a V8 into a small package (and plastering his name all over it), this time the diminutive Dodge Dakota pickup!.  Oversize graphics harken back to an era when graphics were a replacement for actual engine horsepower due to EPA mandated emissions requirements. Find this 1989 Shelby Dakota here on eBay bidding for $2800 in Miller Place, NY with 4 days to go.

Blown Hair and Leaf Blowers: 1989 Dodge Dakota Sport Convertible 4X4

Do you remember when Dodge introduced a convertible pickup truck...everybody laughed, automobile pundits raved, and the buying public went elsewhere?  Well it is your lucky day, because it can be 1989 again with this next low mile/mint classic.  Find this 1989 Dodge Dakota Sport Convertible offered for $16,900 in Ojai, CA via craigslist. Tip from Sean.

Cross Breeding: 1996 Dodge Dakota 6.0 LS Swap

With Dodge putting out Hemi V8 engines ranging from mild to wild levels of horsepower, it is somewhat odd (in a good way) to come across a Chevy LS swapped Dodge truck.  The amount of LS swapped cars and trucks advertised across the internet these days is truly staggering.  There is seemingly not a car out there that hasn't been swapped with a variant of this engine.  Find this 1996 Dodge Dakota for sale in West Bridgewater, MA for $4,000 via craigslist.

Viper SRTruck: 2001 Dodge Dakota

 This isn't the first time we've featured this SRT powered pickup, but the price has dropped quite a few Benjamins and it is starting to make sense from a financial perspective.  Find this  2001 Dodge Dakota V10 custom offered for $23,000 in Boise, ID via craigslist.

Auction Watch: 1980 Dodge Dakota Ext Cab With Mercedes-Benz Power

Find this 1980 Dodge Dakota Ext Cab With Mercedes-Benz Power here on eBay bidding for $1,576 reserve-not-met with buy-it-now of $2,999.

Auction Watch: 1990 Dodge Dakota Convertible

Find this 1990 Dodge Dakota Convertible here on eBay bidding for $6,850 with auction ending Thursday at 8PM Pacific.

Auction Watch: 2001 Dodge Dakota Viper V10

Checkout this nutty 2001 Dodge Dakota Viper V10 here on eBay offered for $35,000 buy-it-now or make offer with listing ending on Sunday.

Brand New: Shelby '87 CSX, '89 CSX, '87 Lancer, '89 Dakota

It isn't often that you will find a factory fresh car for sale.  Not a freshened car, or even a low mile example, but a car that was never registered for the street and has been stored since it left the dealer's lot.  Mix in one part Texas cowboy named Carroll Shelby and you got a recipe for gold...multiply it by four and you've got today's next feature.  Find these 4 factory fresh Shelbys, each allegedly the first car available to dealers (vin #6):  1987 Shelby CSX, 1989 Shelby CSX, 1987 Shelby Lancer, and 1989 Shelby Dakota offered here on eBay for $120,000 or make offer located in Pennsville, NJ with 4 days to go.

5k: Topless Longbed: 1989 Dodge Dakota Convertible Pickup

Today's second feature comes from tipper Andy L who writes:

Here is a strange 80's example that I confess I had never known about until now. It could be fun, if noisy and windy is your thing.  I am afraid that its uniqueness might be lost on the vast majority of onlookers, and most people would probably dismiss it as a salvage title hack-job.  Still, a cheap way to get into a rare one-off with relatively low miles.   

Find this 1989 Dodge Dakota Convertible Pickup for sale in Omaha, NE for $2,999 via craigslist.

5k: 1989 Dodge Shelby Dakota Pickup

Carroll Shelby was the legend in his own time and put his name on all kinds of random vehicles, but none quite so strange as the Dodge Shelby Dakota pickup.  It was the ornery Texan's first rear-wheel drive car in a number of years since he joined Chrysler and put his name on a bunch of front-wheel-drive hatchbacks.  This 1989 Dodge Shelby Dakota pickup is for sale in Avon, New York, currently bidding on ebay at $3050 reserve-not-met with 1 day to go.