I found a guy close to me thats sellin his 97 dodge 1500 ex. cab. It only has 56k on it but theres "front end damage". I'm goin over tomorrow or friday to look it over. He wants 900 or BO. Anyone have anythgin i should look at that they are known for? I believe he said it was the 3.9 V6.

Their dashes crack alot. The transmission on a lot of them had something wrong with them..There's a big list of stuff that goes wrong with these trucks. When I was in the market everyone told me to stay away from Dodge...and it did seem that they were all in FAR worse condition than vehicles of same mileage but different make.

For 900, it's worth the look that's for sure.

You'd be way better off buying a Ford or Chevy of the same year. The Tranny's tend to need rebuilt once or even twice sometimes, the v6 is low on power but has some good low end torque, Gas mileage sucks with the v6's.