Aspen500, by chance is your Dakota painted White?
I don’t mind seeing pictures of, um, other cars (as long as wife doesn’t catch me) – but, without a “before” picture, this picture is only a few of steps above “incomplete”.
BudW
I know this is after the fact by a couple months but no, my Dakota is black. I had the same thought though! If it was, I'd have an all American red, white and blue trio. LOL, I could park them next to each other and put a MAGA sign in front and piss off the liberals.

Of course, you know how those people love violence so I'd have to hire an armed guard to protect the vehicles.
This is the random photo of how it looks now, sort of. Actually it's in the garage and i'm part way done repairing the rust on the box sides. A continuation of the massive rust repair project i started last summer. Only got the front clip, cab (inner and out rockers, cab mount braces, parts of the floor, way rustier than I knew....) and doors done before,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it had to come back out for winter
