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88 ranger after 23 years of service to me


bobbywalter

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1988
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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.
 
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.
 
Hell yeah if I get half that out of my truck I'd be happy !!!! How many engines u gone through
 
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.
 
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!!!!!
 
Mightyfordranger said:
Do u drive this thing like everywhere?? And also dam man ur like a mad scientist!!!! I must learn!!!!!
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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.
 
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?
 
Yep, good now.
 
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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