Were these stock?

rusty ol ranger · Mar 11, 2018

www.lmctruck.com/features/fr/frebh.htm

I have never, ever seen one of these on any ranger. LMC lists it with factory replacement stuff. I know in the 70s ford put these (but a different style) on the F series.

Just curious.

85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 11, 2018

I have wondered that too.

Never seen one on a truck.

rusty ol ranger · Mar 11, 2018

85_Ranger4x4 said:
I have wondered that too.

Never seen one on a truck.

They look to LTD-ish for a truck. Even the Fseries ones looked somewhat truckish.

adsm08 · Mar 11, 2018

rusty ol ranger said:
They look too LTD-ish

Agreed. My grandfather had a highly optioned late 80s Crown Vic that had one just like that.

rangerenthiusiast · Mar 11, 2018

Ranger the Lionheart. lol

I remember seeing something like these before (on a Granada, I think), but can’t imagine one ever having gone on a Ranger. The horror... the horror.

1qaz · Mar 11, 2018

Have never seen any type of factory hood ornament on a Ranger or Bronco II. What purpose would a hood ornament be on a work vehicle?

85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 11, 2018

1qaz said:
Have never seen any type of factory hood ornament on a Ranger or Bronco II. What purpose would a hood ornament be on a work vehicle?

Dad’s 81 Chevy half ton had one.

That is a why I could kinda see ford having one too... but i have never seen one.

rusty ol ranger · Mar 12, 2018

1qaz said:
Have never seen any type of factory hood ornament on a Ranger or Bronco II. What purpose would a hood ornament be on a work vehicle?

Really they serve no purpose anyways. Except to crack heads that used to jack them for resale

ericbphoto · Mar 12, 2018

There is no purpose. It's all a matter of personal taste. Most ornamental things are "Cool" for the person who has them and "stupid" to others.

I wouldn't have one normally. But when I inherited the bulldog from Dad, I didn't want to just set it on a shelf in the shop like he did where almost nobody would see it. I like it so it's on my hood.

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rusty ol ranger · Mar 12, 2018

ericbphoto said:
There is no purpose. It's all a matter of personal taste. Most ornamental things are "Cool" for the person who has them and "stupid" to others.

I wouldn't have one normally. But when I inherited the bulldog from Dad, I didn't want to just set it on a shelf in the shop like he did where almost nobody would see it. I like it so it's on my hood.

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Assuming you mean a mack bulldog? Those look cool on anything.

I like hood ornaments when they are on the front of some long hooded late 70s boat (like my LTD II), even the GM trucks pulled them off, but on a 1st gen? Nah.

85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 12, 2018

rusty ol ranger said:
Really they serve no purpose anyway.

As a little kid I asked dad what the point of the one was on his Chevy, he said it helped gauge where the passenger side (that would be the right side :icon_thumby:

) tires were back when we had narrow curbed highways.

The rib on my first gen hood is pretty effective at the same thing, but it is more substantial than a GM's hood rib too. :dntknw:

rusty ol ranger · Mar 12, 2018

85_Ranger4x4 said:
As a little kid I asked dad what the point of the one was on his Chevy, he said it helped gauge where the passenger side (that would be the right side ) tires were back when we had narrow curbed highways.

The rib on my first gen hood is pretty effective at the same thing, but it is more substantial than a GM's hood rib too.

I mean....usually i would think the front passenger (right :icon_hornsup:

) corner/fender would be a better indication...

Nowadays everythings got rumble strips though, makes texting and driving a breeze.

(just a joke, no one flip out)

91stranger · Mar 12, 2018

85_Ranger4x4 said:
As a little kid I asked dad what the point of the one was on his Chevy, he said it helped gauge where the passenger side (that would be the right side ) tires were back when we had narrow curbed highways.

The rib on my first gen hood is pretty effective at the same thing, but it is more substantial than a GM's hood rib too.

i dont think that the hood ornament on a truck would tell you where your tires were on the road lol. Thats like those wipers with the red tab that suppposedly tell you where you were on the road. if you need something to tell you where you are on the road then you dont need to be driving. just my thoughts.

ericbphoto · Mar 12, 2018

Yes, I meant a Mack bulldog.

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85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 12, 2018

rusty ol ranger said:
I mean....usually i would think the front passenger (right ) corner/fender would be a better indication...

Nowadays everythings got rumble strips though, makes texting and driving a breeze.

(just a joke, no one flip out)

If you look the corner is usually off in nowhere land. From the drivers perspective the center of the hood is closer to where the tires are.

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