Thought I'd introduce you to my 1974 F250 Ranger. It has been in the family since around 1979 when it was purchased by my grandpa, then sold to my great uncle in the mid-80's, and became mine in 2014.
As you can see, it's been ready for the junkyard my most people's standards for long time. The original bed disintegrated, this bed was a new take off in 1987 and has been once the truck ever since.
I've used this to do real truck stuff since 2014, firewood, dirt, rocks, brush, home improvement stuff, just hauling big stuff. It's got 10 main leaves in the back and an additional three on the helper due to having a produce rack years ago.
It's on its second 360, a rebuilt C6, and 3.73 in the rear. Odometer says 80k, which I know is at least 180k. I wouldn't be surprised if it was more.
Last fall, I grew tired of how bad it looks, yet how nice it drives and how good it runs. The body on this truck is bad. So I bought a parts truck, a 1976 F100 Ranger XLT.
Come to find out, most of this "parts" truck body is also not worth fixing.
I was back to square one - the bed being the critical component. So I have decided to put dentside bedsides on this 87 bed. The 87 bed is rust free, albeit well used.
My local junkyard got a 77 in stock with a pretty darn good cab. So I nabbed that this week, and it will be the first part I end up fixing since it takes up so much space.
It's getting floors on both sides. Going to dig into it in the next couple months. The parts truck will still be useful in providing A/C parts to outfit this cab, as the original truck did not have A/C and the new cab is cut for A/C.
This project has already snowballed. I still intend to use this as a truck, but I have a hard time not doing something the "right" way.
As you can see, it's been ready for the junkyard my most people's standards for long time. The original bed disintegrated, this bed was a new take off in 1987 and has been once the truck ever since.
I've used this to do real truck stuff since 2014, firewood, dirt, rocks, brush, home improvement stuff, just hauling big stuff. It's got 10 main leaves in the back and an additional three on the helper due to having a produce rack years ago.
It's on its second 360, a rebuilt C6, and 3.73 in the rear. Odometer says 80k, which I know is at least 180k. I wouldn't be surprised if it was more.
Last fall, I grew tired of how bad it looks, yet how nice it drives and how good it runs. The body on this truck is bad. So I bought a parts truck, a 1976 F100 Ranger XLT.
Come to find out, most of this "parts" truck body is also not worth fixing.
I was back to square one - the bed being the critical component. So I have decided to put dentside bedsides on this 87 bed. The 87 bed is rust free, albeit well used.
My local junkyard got a 77 in stock with a pretty darn good cab. So I nabbed that this week, and it will be the first part I end up fixing since it takes up so much space.
It's getting floors on both sides. Going to dig into it in the next couple months. The parts truck will still be useful in providing A/C parts to outfit this cab, as the original truck did not have A/C and the new cab is cut for A/C.
This project has already snowballed. I still intend to use this as a truck, but I have a hard time not doing something the "right" way.
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