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Tim Sockness 1998 Ford Ranger
27 Nov 2009

Tim Sockness 1998 Ford Ranger

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1998-2003 Ford Ranger 2WD, V8 Powered Rangers | 0

Tim Sockness was looking for a lightweight car he could cut up and use as a “Pro Street go-fast car.” He’d been doing so since the ’80s when he saw a Pro Street Duster wobbling down the freeway. “I thought … Continued

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2002 Ford Ranger Lightning Bolt
15 Mar 2003

2002 Ford Ranger Lightning Bolt

by Jim Oaks | posted in: 1998-2003 Ford Ranger 2WD, Ford Concept Vehicles, V8 Powered Rangers | 0

Call it trickle down performance. After all the years of attention and engineering paid by Ford to the superb SVT Lightning F-150 muscle truck, some of that high-octane magic has finally reached Ford’s compact pickup in the form of the … Continued

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