cs_drums wrote:Yeah, I'm trying to make it as balance as possible as well. We will see what craigslist provides. Is there a build thread somewhere for your ranger?
Ranger build was on dertrides eons ago. It left the stage you see above in about 2002 & went down to this. Funny thing is it started under the knife for a cage (needed it with the power plant!) & equal length beams. That snowballed to a 4-link and then a-arms up front, blah, blah, blah
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Sadly it has never come back (like everything else I own - see my signature...)
Work was solid in '03 & '04, then backed WAY off in '05 & '06. Perked back up in '07 & '08 a bit but only got as far as below = lots of work done, but no where near done. '08 was the last time i touched it. I moved on to the crew and it got left in the dust. I wanted to build something a little less "race" and prep intensive so as to be more realistic & my buddy who taught me to fab & helped me build it was going to buy it. It's in his shop still on the frame jig, but he like me has a family & too much going on, so he hasn't touched it & it needs to go. It'll be listed as soon as I can sack up to the loss I will take, cut emotional ties & let go. Wife is pushing but I've been dragging my feet.
Oh yeah, 3.8L SC was sold about a year after it came apart, and a 302 went in it's place. Plant was to have a 351w in it when said & done.
Here's how the poor thing sits now
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LOTS of hours & work into it, but it's a 2.5 seater. Shoulda started with an F-150 supercab or crew cab. Or better yet a centurian. Oh well, hind sight is always 20/20
the first trip. The truss on mine doesn't add anything to the back plate of the rear end so it's fine.
Dang maturity haha. I figure time to put in work now so I have free time later. 
