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Hello all. Im fairly new to the Ranger Station, but not at all new to Rangers! My first truck was a white 84 Ranger 2.0 4spd 2wd. I bought it for a few hundred off a neighbor and it lasted me a few months till the motor blew. After that my dad found me an 89 4x4 standard cab short box with a 2.3 5spd, 4.10's. I still have it but its not quiet the same truck it once was. It was near mint until 2003 when i rolled it in indiana while flat towing an 86 4x4 ranger that i used for wheeling. Lost control going down hill around a turn and it laid me on the passenger side. But that was just the start of a new life for it. With the cab mangeled all that was left to do was test its limits and fab as i go 
It now gets its power from a 96 2.3, a 4sp out of the 86 that wrecked me, same old tcase, 3in body lift and cut fenders to clear 35's, custom bumpers and front skid plate and superwinch X9 up front. It pretty much goes anywhere i point it. I know the 35's are a bit much for the dana 28 and 7.5 rear, but i needed new tires and the price was right.
Jon
It now gets its power from a 96 2.3, a 4sp out of the 86 that wrecked me, same old tcase, 3in body lift and cut fenders to clear 35's, custom bumpers and front skid plate and superwinch X9 up front. It pretty much goes anywhere i point it. I know the 35's are a bit much for the dana 28 and 7.5 rear, but i needed new tires and the price was right.Jon
I currently live in the Grant County area, but grew up in Kenton County. Im about midway between Lexington Ky and Cincinnati Ohio, just along I-75. My favorite wheeling grounds are near Natural Bridge state park in Slade Ky. Though Im sad to say things have drasticly changed down there. They have closed the large cave in the park by welding huge ugly c-channel bars across the entrance and rear entrance. Their reasons for closing it change every time its brought up. They have also closed one of the best and most well know trails, commonly refered to as "the Narrows". It is actually a county road that was often used years ago by the oil companies that used the area of its rich oil fields for years. However after the oil dried up the pumping stopped and the oil companies left, leaving tons and tons of pipe lines, pumps, shacks, and other hideous garbage behind to rust away destroying the landscape and pollute the local waters. For more info on these topics please check out 
