Finally done.....1st Gen, 351W

[Dan B.]

unrelated and un biased note... have you guys all voted for toty?

Yes.

 

[--weezl--]

i think that the stotm voting is a little one sided for you there dan!

i hate looking at the toty voting right now, every time i look there's another vote separating me from the leader

 

[ZMan]

Some more pics. This was back in 2007. After several years in Dad's pole barn setting idle I got back to rebuilding it. Main reason for this rebuild...tree fell on and smashed the cab so I tore it down to the bare chassis. Then a new job, moving away, moving back, buying a house then a pair of kiddo's (didn't buy the kids! ) stalled the rebuild which was OK since I ended up finding a very clean donor truck and swapped the entire '85 cab and bed onto my '84 chassis. The entire frame was epozy primed and then gloss black...can't find the after pic, but here's a "before".

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In three weeks it went from the pic above to being on the road and raced again. The pic below was a couple weeks after that when winter had started and before I had the garage. My is daughter posing with it. I'd post her with Daddy's hot rod now but I'm not a fan of posting pics of my wife or kids on the web....sorry. But these were some of the only digital "before" pics that I had.

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Another interior pic.....plain factory parts but clean....other than the small tach and shifter it looks stock...the way I like it.

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ha, as soon as I saw those pics I immediately recognized your truck..
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8567

 

[Dan B.]

Hahaha!! Yeah....that's a throw back post!! At least my stories match up!!

 

[chvlfrk]

Lil' behind, but CONGRATS Dude!!!

Truck looks BEASTY! Thought the rear shot looked familiar, then I seen it when it was two-tone & the youngin standin beside it, and then it hit me "AH YEA"!!!

 

[03ranger30]

That is a clean looking truck, I admire the work you put into it....and congrats on STOTM win!

 

[morse johnson]

nice trk...what offset do you have on your 15X10 rims also do you it lowered@all?

 

[Jarvis]

That's a sick truck I love!

 

[Dan B.]

Thanks guys. The comments mean a lot...there is a lot of work (and memories) in this truck.

nice trk...what offset do you have on your 15X10 rims also do you it lowered@all?

Thinking the offset is 3.5" or 4.5"....can't remember right off hand. I did have to mini tub the bed...used the inner fender wells from a donor bed to simply widen them.

The front suspension is all stock 1984, 2wd, 4 cylinder springs. The 351W did squat it a little bit, the smallish 205/60 tires had the rest of the lowering. The rear is all self fabbed w/ the S-10 springs set under the frame, axle flip and lowering blocks that I made (1.25") just to level it.

 

[rebel167us]

Nice Truck!!! In the 'before' picture of the frame. I noticed wheels laying on the ground. What are they? They look like a set off the General Lee or off a Grand Marquis. I'm wanting to get a set different than what I have. I like the way your truck looks. Looks like a sleeper from the front.

 

[Dan B.]

Those are some seriously old school wheels called Turbines I think. The fin are much closer than the General Lee style. Ran these for years and just got new wheels after the paint was done. Here's a better pic....who can notice what's missing...other than a lugnut on each wheel?

 

[rebel167us]

Yeah, they are Turbine wheels. Would they fit? I found a set here locally for a decent price. They're off a 87' Grand Marquis. That looks Sharp!! Not sure what's missing besides a smokey burnout.

 

[--weezl--]

mirrors?

 

[rangergt89]

The gas tank door.

 

[Dan B.]

The Grand Marquis wheels should work...have seen them on many Rangers before. Somehow I ended up with a mess of those Turbines....2-15x7", 4-15x8" and 2-15x10". My MT ET Streets are on a pair of the 15x8's.

The gas tank door.

Ding, ding, ding....we have a winner!