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88 ranger after 23 years of service to me


bobbywalter

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moving.....seen a pic and wife put them up for me....that evolved from this....i wrecked a perfectly good ranger....:thefinger: i was sad yesterday because i scrapped the factory bed....i spent so much time beating it to death that i just couldnt let it go..:sad:


its gone now.
 

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You didn't wreck that Ranger, you made it suit you. And over 23 years you made it a legend.
 
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its been through some hell.:icon_hornsup:




when it was brand new it went through the ice and drowned to death...:icon_twisted:


i have rolled it on it roof two times..

so, its been totaled twice. 1st time from the lake incident when the original owner first bought it, and me endo-ing it several times on the way to work one fine ice stormy morning.......

i have had it in over 1/2 the states. if i am lucky enough...hope to run it through the rest of em before i die...


been over a million miles passed under my ass in it.


its my favorite vehicle to use.
 
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Hell yeah if I get half that out of my truck I'd be happy !!!! How many engines u gone through
 
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its been used as a test platform for others powertrain break in/tunings in the past.... so many engines have been in the bay.


but for my personal use, the oem 2.9, 3 5.0 engines a 351 for a bit and 3 diesels.

the first 2 engines went over 600k miles total.

transmission t case combos were very very numerous....sometime more then 3 in a year...


a4ld/1350

c4/d20

aod/1354-1356/f208/j229/j208 and fitted 205/203

4l80/241/f208 this will end up either an atlas 4 speed or a 241/205 combination. seeing i just fawked up the 208 again....it started leaking today....just hope it makes it home.




axles and springs.....:icon_surprised:

shit....i couldnt tell ya.
 
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Happy anniversary Bobby.

My old girl and I are coming up on 27 years in November. My butt's been riding around in that truck since I was younger than my son. Maybe we should start a 20+ club.
 
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Do u drive this thing like everywhere?? And also dam man ur like a mad scientist!!!! I must learn!!!!!
 
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Mightyfordranger said:
Do u drive this thing like everywhere?? And also dam man ur like a mad scientist!!!! I must learn!!!!!
Click to expand...
i am more captain cave pig then scientist....:D

it is my favorite vehicle...and my primary vehicle.



.....not sure if this will work right or not.....

copy and paste this link below i think shows the image....


https://www.google.com/maps/@26.4474104,-81.5578742,110m/data=!3m1!1e3




that should be a google image of the rig grazing....and these are pics from where i leave my pig grazing when i am working at this rig...
 

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Bobby, that link is a reference to the location of the file on your computer. You'll have to upload it somewhere for others to access it.
 
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yeah....i am not good at this web shit.....i can fix your toaster....but i type like a chicken on an ant hill....


i can click on it and open it in a new tab now...and it goes to the sat view where the rig was sitting laid over....


does it work for you?
 
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Yep, good now.
 
bobbywalter

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zoie after driving it home from school after 80's day....

dressed in the material girl garb....and driving this thing....

that has to qualify as a definition of what is a redneck princess. :D
 

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