Jimmyrig
Member
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2016
- Messages
- 78
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Northwest oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.8
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- It ain't stuck till it don't move
My 85 ranger came to me with "custom" wheel wells'a'la'Sawzall. It's actually not that bad looking from a distance. The girlfriend has inspired me to upgrade the interior to death on my poor $100 truck and that got me thinking about the outside. Current paint....ruddy brown fizz can primer. Body panels are straight with the exception of one rusty fender, and hacked out wheel wells. But that was part of the appeal, 34" tires, no lift. So what to do? I'm thinking about giving two junkyard trucks the same Sawzall job, taking the factory wheel well openings home, cutting them up and making them the same size as my current openings then spend about three hundred years welding them in and making it look factory. I've done body panel repair before and understand what I'm getting into, and it's a hobby so the time isn't a major concern. I'm looking for opinions, if it's stupid say so, I know the truck isn't monetarily worth it, but I think it would be a neat mod, something different. And something that will test and show off my abilities or my over estimation of them. Any thoughts?