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ZeroHour
Member
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2018
- Messages
- 54
- Reaction score
- 14
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
- Vehicle Year
- 86
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
So I only just joined this forum almost a year ago and at the time out of necessity, because I was trying to fix up a single cab I bought to sell. Unfortunately I didn't even break even and it's because it wasn't the best time of year to sell a no-ac truck along with I couldn't quite get the carb just right. Anyway, I used to frequent rangerpowersports 13-15 yrs ago and would roll to a MS car show to see some of the folks. Life happens, ya lose touch, you get back online and see entire websites are gone! 
Zip ahead some years, I've got 10+ vehicles, several Rangers, Life's grand. Baby on the way, up on bills, couldn't ask for anything more, and then it's all changed in a single moment. I lost my fiance Oct 1st '12 to a worthless drunk driver while she was on her way to work. She was 6 months pregnant.
I let alot go. My first Ranger I ever had. My 2nd. My 3rd. All of them except one, which is a project for another day. Even my 91 Thunderbird Sport (if you know of ANYONE selling one stock with a 5.0 HO hit me up PLS) Almost everything. Anyway, life gets crazy, but you have to keep moving forward.
Skip to now and here I am, getting used to that saddle again that is a 1st gen Ranger seat. Uncomfortable buggers they can be. This time last year, I was scouring craigslist throughout the country and I saw her... this prime... gorgeous when wet... red 86 supercab fully loaded... like a curvy lady... but for sale. I didn't care that she was over 2k miles away. I didn't care that I was out of work at the time. I had to have her. It had to happen. This was my dream truck, and a way to kind of make up for getting rid of my only other 86 I ever had, my first Ranger. The seller and I went back and forth and you know texts can be a pita when trying to get on the same page and feel each other out to make a deal. We finally get it sorted and I buy a ticket, I drive to south MS because it was cheaper to fly from but I didn't anticipate my ride bailing. I fly from Gulfport, MS through 2 connecting flights to Missoula, MT, uber some miles to Stevenson, MT and there she sits, calming waiting for me. It's love at first sight.
Cash exchanges hands, and my new baby and I are off. Slow n steady, feeling her out, listening to her whisper to me without saying a word. I proceed to make the trek back... just her and I on this over 2200+ mile trip back to Mississippi. It took me around 3-4 days and after the first night (i had been awake around 40 hours straight getting everything ready to go get the truck and flying there) and that one hotel, alot of napping in the truck and pressing forward. We ease back into town, and I can't remember if I had slept much or napped anywhere or what, but I do remember testing out the 4wd early on when getting into town. Ugh man it brings such a feeling... those first memories ya know? Anyway, here we are almost a year later. I picked her up around the end of April '18. I've put over 35k on her unfortunately, as I picked her up with a legit 64k only (hadn't rolled over yet) but she's been all I've had to drive since I got her because I did whatever it took to swipe her up. She needs some love and TLC but I'm trying to keep her up. A new clutch now. Some brakes then. A signal switch there. Ya know, whatever she desires.
Now with work, I'm in Texas having to navigate the ridiculousness also referred to as traffic, and this poor baby needs to be parked and pampered, not fighting to avoid the driving school rejects and over-compensators. We take a ride every other weekend back and forth to MS to see the kids, and she just keeps a'goin.
I'm also back up to 4 Rangers now. this 86, an 87 I bought from Kansas that I am going to restore (she'll be a beauty!), the 88, and the one that was a project for me and my late fiance that I kept and will happen over the next couple of years.
P.S. - if the TRS 20yr reunion pops up any in Mississippi or Texas, let me know! I'm all stock but I can still at least hit dirt, some mud, and a drive-thru!
Zip ahead some years, I've got 10+ vehicles, several Rangers, Life's grand. Baby on the way, up on bills, couldn't ask for anything more, and then it's all changed in a single moment. I lost my fiance Oct 1st '12 to a worthless drunk driver while she was on her way to work. She was 6 months pregnant.
I let alot go. My first Ranger I ever had. My 2nd. My 3rd. All of them except one, which is a project for another day. Even my 91 Thunderbird Sport (if you know of ANYONE selling one stock with a 5.0 HO hit me up PLS) Almost everything. Anyway, life gets crazy, but you have to keep moving forward.
Skip to now and here I am, getting used to that saddle again that is a 1st gen Ranger seat. Uncomfortable buggers they can be. This time last year, I was scouring craigslist throughout the country and I saw her... this prime... gorgeous when wet... red 86 supercab fully loaded... like a curvy lady... but for sale. I didn't care that she was over 2k miles away. I didn't care that I was out of work at the time. I had to have her. It had to happen. This was my dream truck, and a way to kind of make up for getting rid of my only other 86 I ever had, my first Ranger. The seller and I went back and forth and you know texts can be a pita when trying to get on the same page and feel each other out to make a deal. We finally get it sorted and I buy a ticket, I drive to south MS because it was cheaper to fly from but I didn't anticipate my ride bailing. I fly from Gulfport, MS through 2 connecting flights to Missoula, MT, uber some miles to Stevenson, MT and there she sits, calming waiting for me. It's love at first sight.
Cash exchanges hands, and my new baby and I are off. Slow n steady, feeling her out, listening to her whisper to me without saying a word. I proceed to make the trek back... just her and I on this over 2200+ mile trip back to Mississippi. It took me around 3-4 days and after the first night (i had been awake around 40 hours straight getting everything ready to go get the truck and flying there) and that one hotel, alot of napping in the truck and pressing forward. We ease back into town, and I can't remember if I had slept much or napped anywhere or what, but I do remember testing out the 4wd early on when getting into town. Ugh man it brings such a feeling... those first memories ya know? Anyway, here we are almost a year later. I picked her up around the end of April '18. I've put over 35k on her unfortunately, as I picked her up with a legit 64k only (hadn't rolled over yet) but she's been all I've had to drive since I got her because I did whatever it took to swipe her up. She needs some love and TLC but I'm trying to keep her up. A new clutch now. Some brakes then. A signal switch there. Ya know, whatever she desires.
Now with work, I'm in Texas having to navigate the ridiculousness also referred to as traffic, and this poor baby needs to be parked and pampered, not fighting to avoid the driving school rejects and over-compensators. We take a ride every other weekend back and forth to MS to see the kids, and she just keeps a'goin.
I'm also back up to 4 Rangers now. this 86, an 87 I bought from Kansas that I am going to restore (she'll be a beauty!), the 88, and the one that was a project for me and my late fiance that I kept and will happen over the next couple of years.
P.S. - if the TRS 20yr reunion pops up any in Mississippi or Texas, let me know! I'm all stock but I can still at least hit dirt, some mud, and a drive-thru!
