Remember the Dakota convertables?

NMNA - - $5500.  Wheels would be the first to go.

those are factory?  I thought it was a hack job when I came across this one on the eastern shore of VA (NMNA)...

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/d/accokeek-1989-dodge-dakota-sport/6789564769.html

which has perhaps the best appendage covering license plate pic I've seen in a while:

In reply to sleepyhead :

Yep. I remember them when they were new.  We were scratching our heads about the idea then as well.  Chrysler was definitely not risk-averse back in the 80's and early 90's.

Sleepyhead's fisting a truck?

I had a friend with one back when they were basically new. Three of us rode in it from Flora, IN to Davenport, IA and back. It was a little cramped. 

They were pretty cool, no idea how stiff they were. They look great lowered and top-down. 

I really want to like them, but can't decide if they are more unfortunate looking wth the top up, or with it down.

Just ran across this one again last night.   It has been bouncing around the S 'burbs of Chicago for the better part of a decade now...

In reply to 914Driver :

I thought of it as more of a "hulk smash" kind of image

I picked up a nice Miata cheap once when a guy had it and one of these Dakota convertibles. His wife would only let him keep one convertible and he liked that the pickup was kind of rare.

Since they're a body on frame vehicle, and the cab is separate from the bed anyway, I doubt feels any less stiff than the normal cab.  I would think a good roll bar that ties to the sides of the cab would make it indistinguishable.  Play with the stance and the tire/wheel package, headlight/grill updates, etc should make them looking pretty good I think.