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96Indyram

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Joined
May 3, 2013
Messages
349
City
Clearwater Ks
Vehicle Year
1984, 1987
Transmission
Manual
Figured I would say hello.. I am a 39 year old gear head in Kansas.
Just picked up two 1st gen rangers.

one is a 84 2.8 v6 5 speed 4x4
the other is a 87 2.9 v6 5 speed 4x4

I have owned 3 other rangers in the past..all 4 cyl, 2 wheel drive.

The 84 has a bad waterpump, but came with a new one in the box in the floorboard.

The 87 has a bad throwout bearing.

both run and drive, but they have sat awhile and need some TLC and fresh fuel.

The 84 has the sweet patina and the topper
the 87 is the grey one, with a headache rack and tool box.

Paid $1,100 for both ( $550 each) lol.
Looks like I need to start a build thread.



 
i thought you were gonna say you were a man of wealth and taste.....

welcome to the forum anyhow
 
Ha! Wealth and taste can be debatable.

Thanks for the welcome.

Just have to figure out what I am going to do with the trucks.
I am old school and like things simple...like carburetors.
I will duraspark conversion the 84.
 
welcome!

(i was thinking "wealth and taste" also...)
 
I Wasn't even thinking about the song when I posted my thread title....maybe I shouldn't have.. now the song is stuck in my head....
 
Rescue that old iron!

:yahoo:
 
Thanks guys.

I am trying to decide what truck to keep.
I am going to give one to my father-in-law, and keep one.

The 84 is 2.8 v6..carburated,4x4, 5 speed,manual t-case duel tanks.. has a topper, bench seat, sliding rear window( point less due to topper).
The 87 is a 2.9 v6..fuel injected, 4x4, 5 speed,manual t-tcase duel tanks, headache rack, tool box, sliding rear window....and has bucket seats ( captain chairs with fold down armrests I guess from a BroncoII)
I am going to duraspark covert the 84, and repaint it regardless if I keep it or not.

What truck would you guys keep? Does it matter?
I might do a SAS in the future....on the one i keep to make a fun daily driver/toy.
click on the pictures above for a larger image.
 
How are the bodies on the 2? That would be the deciding factor for me. The 87 might be nicer under with the fuel injection but if you can swing a duraspark on the 84, You might like that more...For simplicitys sake.

I dont think you can go wrong but if it was deciding, I would go with the 87. I like the 2.9 and the 5 speed....Plus those seats dont sound too bad either!
 
+2 on the 87.
That is without crawling around them.

I want a pair of those seats for my super.

Rich
 

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