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Originally posted by Gummi Bear View Post
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...
Henry David Thoreau
Nice truck, love those things.
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Originally posted by RifleBowPistol View PostWhat year is it, then what engine and transmission. Looks like it has a automatic, I would guess so, because I see what looks like a transmission cooler.
Nice truck, love those things.
It's a 1976 Ranger package, clear title in hand. I've owned it since 1996.
Most everything has been replaced or upgraded
Jasper 302, stock build w/ RV cam. Edelbrock intake, Rochester carburetor, Mallory ignition
C4 transmission - stock build
Dana 44 front axle, chromoly axles, Detroit locker, 4.88 gears, CTM joints, custom diff cover, disc brakes
9" rear axle, shaved, bash guard, chromoly axles, Detroit locker, 4.88 gears, large drum brakes
Dana 20 transfer case is twin sticked
3-½" suspension lift, 2" body lift
36x13.5x16" Super Swamper Irok tires (less than 5 miles on them)
PSC power steering box & pump, DOM steering linkage
The only rust is the floor pans, which is not a terribly difficult, or expensive task, I've just never been bothered enough by it to change them out. I can provide a new passenger side floor pan. Presently it doesn't have rocker panels. They got smashed years ago, and I was going to cut them out and install rock skis, but I never got around to it, and I'll let the new owner decide whaat to do. New rockers are readily available, and not terribly expensive. The paint is trail quality. This has always been a utility machine, I've never been interested in shows.
I also have other parts available for it.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...
Henry David Thoreau
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This is my truck since 2001, special ordered it. V10, 4.30 gears, locker, trailer tow and off road packages, 6 spd.
I have taken it all over the state and out of state a few times. Been to the panhandle a few times, been to Big Bend, been all the way to the south end of North Padre, then all over North Padre. Aransas Wildlife Refuges a few times, ranches all over the place, I have taken it fishing to just as many places. I set it up so I can mount winch on the front or rear of the truck. The only time I have gotten to use the winch, was when we went back to the area I grew up in, to help cut down and remove trees after hurricane Harvey. It will pull anything.
Second picture, is after I let my daughter go mudding in the front pasture after it had rained. Unfortunately the mud was not very deep. I wanted to see what the truck would do with the new tires. So I decided she needed to learn to drive and taught her a bit about driving in mud and slick stuff. She had fun, would have been better, if we had more rain and the mud was a lot deeper and softer. It was her first time to play in the mud she had fun. The tires worked pretty good, for what they were.Last edited by RifleBowPistol; 01-20-2019, 10:59 AM.
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Originally posted by Gummi Bear View PostIt's a 1976 Ranger package, clear title in hand. I've owned it since 1996.
Most everything has been replaced or upgraded
Jasper 302, stock build w/ RV cam. Edelbrock intake, Rochester carburetor, Mallory ignition
C4 transmission - stock build
Dana 44 front axle, chromoly axles, Detroit locker, 4.88 gears, CTM joints, custom diff cover, disc brakes
9" rear axle, shaved, bash guard, chromoly axles, Detroit locker, 4.88 gears, large drum brakes
Dana 20 transfer case is twin sticked
3-½" suspension lift, 2" body lift
36x13.5x16" Super Swamper Irok tires (less than 5 miles on them)
PSC power steering box & pump, DOM steering linkage
The only rust is the floor pans, which is not a terribly difficult, or expensive task, I've just never been bothered enough by it to change them out. I can provide a new passenger side floor pan. Presently it doesn't have rocker panels. They got smashed years ago, and I was going to cut them out and install rock skis, but I never got around to it, and I'll let the new owner decide whaat to do. New rockers are readily available, and not terribly expensive. The paint is trail quality. This has always been a utility machine, I've never been interested in shows.
I also have other parts available for it.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...
Henry David Thoreau
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