rangerenthiusiast
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- Location
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey, folks.
It’s my first thread here, so sorry if I’m posting this in the wrong place. The best truck I ever owned was a 1983 Ranger with the 2.8 V6 and a stick shift. Unfortunately, she had some rot over the wheel wells when I got her (I lived in the salty Northeast) and wasn’t 4-wheel drive. So after 4 years of faithful service (including hauling full 1/2 cords of oak firewood with racks and a pair of helper springs!), I finally sold her for $600 about 16 years ago. I’ve now moved back home and am dying to find another (and maybe some day do the small block V8 swap I always dreamed of).
I seem to keep coming across Rangers from the early 1990’s instead, but I hate the front fenders, headlights, and grill on these. Does anyone know if you can just swap these front end parts with ones from 1983-1988? Seems like these changes were just a facelift Ford made and that older parts might just bolt right on. Anyone tried? Thanks!
It’s my first thread here, so sorry if I’m posting this in the wrong place. The best truck I ever owned was a 1983 Ranger with the 2.8 V6 and a stick shift. Unfortunately, she had some rot over the wheel wells when I got her (I lived in the salty Northeast) and wasn’t 4-wheel drive. So after 4 years of faithful service (including hauling full 1/2 cords of oak firewood with racks and a pair of helper springs!), I finally sold her for $600 about 16 years ago. I’ve now moved back home and am dying to find another (and maybe some day do the small block V8 swap I always dreamed of).
I seem to keep coming across Rangers from the early 1990’s instead, but I hate the front fenders, headlights, and grill on these. Does anyone know if you can just swap these front end parts with ones from 1983-1988? Seems like these changes were just a facelift Ford made and that older parts might just bolt right on. Anyone tried? Thanks!
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