1983 2.2 diesel ranger eddie bauer

[sheep herder]

and yea is there any way to check with the vin to know for sure if someone somehow got the eddie b from factory or if its just an xlt that someone put a dash and badges in?

See this thread. https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/index.php?threads/oe-window-stickers.185448/

 

[1986RangerXL]

Really hard to say, there's an XLT badge on the ashtray too... my vote is that some previous owner did it, but who knows. The black dash trim is intriguing as well.

I also have never seen a diesel Ranger in person before... very high up on my want list.

The door panels are from a 2nd Gen RBV right? I agree, looks like someone just swapped trim pieces, but it looks great

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The door panels are from a 2nd Gen RBV right? I agree, looks like someone just swapped trim pieces, but it looks great

Nope, high trim first gen trucks had them.

 

[RobbieD]

@sammys Hello, and welcome to TheRangerStation.

That is a nice Ranger you have; I'd love to have an '83 diesel myself, and they are not common at all. That's not a bad job on the turbo installation, either, and it has to make it more fun to drive, too.

Resources like option build figures on the earliest Rangers just aren't readily available. I've yet to find, in casually searching the internet, even what the total number was of Rangers built for the 1983 and 1984 model years.

It looks to me that over the years, previous owners may have upgraded the original truck. The Eddie Bauer trims are from a Bronco II, as mentioned. That style of wheels were first offered for the 1988 model year. And the power locks and power windows, as best as I can determine, didn't start until the 1985 model year in the Ranger.

Does your driver door still have a "Safety Compliance" sticker on the rear of the driver door? If so, what is the build date ("DATE" upper left) and does the VIN match your dash plate VIN? It wouldn't surprise me, that at some point a Bronco II Eddie Bauer package donor vehicle provided a previous owner with a lot of "goodies" that were transplanted to the '83 Ranger. The outside paint on the passenger door even matches the B2 EB two-tone paint schemes; and it would have been easy to swap both doors, including the wiring.

In any case, it's a very nice truck, and probably has an interesting history. If it were to be fixed up just like it sits now (body work, new paint, etc.) it would make for a great and unique classic Ranger.

Toonces would definitely drive it!

 

[1986RangerXL]

Nope, high trim first gen trucks had them.

Weird, my XLT did not come with them

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

sorry i dont remember what the specks are on the turbo its a cheepie ebay turbo that ive had on a snowmobile and sport bike over the last few years on the housing it seas gt28 but i know its not a garret because i paid like $120 for it.

Guessing knock off garrett, t28 flange.

Either way, interesting to me. I have the turbo off a Mercedes 300D on the shelf just in case I run into one of these haha.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Weird, my XLT did not come with them

Not high enough, I have a set out of an Eddie Bauer Bronco II.