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85 ranger rareitys???


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i was just wondering some of the rareitys the 85 rangers came out with. i know of the highriders in 87 but did they come out with any pakages like this in 85 cause i have a friend that has a highrider and mine sets dead level with his and his is forsure a highrider. and i would just like to know of some of the outher rareitys as well.
 


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Aside from a snowplow prep kit there wasn't anything different in the front of one 4x4 '85 sit than another. And I don't think they changed ride height.

I would suspect you have better front springs in yours than your buddy, they both should have the same rear ride height.
 

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what is the snowplow prep kit was that somthing that came factory?
 
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I think it was basicly just air bladders inside the front springs to stiffen up the front suspension.
 

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was there any more rareitys in 85?
 
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Bucket seats with a floor console is about as out there as I can think of right now. There was a overhead console available too, but they are not quite as rare. They also made them as a cab chassis, the '85 brochure shows a base 2wd truck with a service box on it.

Well that and a properly running feedback 2.8. :icon_twisted:
 
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Lol. A proper running feedback 2.8 is not possible. Does not compute.
 

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my '83 has the snow plow package with the air bags in the springs and a 3 or 4 core radiator and 2 inch lift blocks in the rear. I think i read somewhere on here a while ago they also had a higher amp alternator, not sure why it would need one though.
 
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my '83 has the snow plow package with the air bags in the springs and a 3 or 4 core radiator and 2 inch lift blocks in the rear. I think i read somewhere on here a while ago they also had a higher amp alternator, not sure why it would need one though.
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to run things like plow lights and the pump on the plow if it was electric over hydraulic. have any pics of the air bags? id love to see them!
 

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sorry i don't. Summit sells basically the same air bags, mine just have a rubber spacer on top of the bag and no lines coming out of them to air them up, they just have the Schrader valve right on the bag. before i blew the one out it would lift the truck about 2-3 inches, keep in mind i never had the actual plow on it.
 
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