SnowinOnRaton
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- Location
- Arizona
- Vehicle Year
- 1984
- Make / Model
- Ranger XLT 4x4
- Transmission
- Automatic
I’ll try and make a long story short here. I was doing a yard cleanup job for a friend (heck that’s a story in itself... 14 tons of yard debri removed!!) and in the process one of the vehicles that I found on the property wasting away in the Arizona sun completely covered in overgrown vegetation was this 1984 4x4 Ranger XLT. It’s a one owner vehicle with 40k original miles on it. (The bill of sale and financing papers were still in the glove too.) It still has 1989 tags on it! It’s been sitting there in the yard for 30 years. Interior is probably a total loss. Windshield has a hole in it and it’s been rained on for decades. Engine compartment is full of a long abandoned pack rat nest. The good news is being in AZ it’s whole life it’s essentially rust free. The seller “inherited” it (along with the hoarder property) after his mom died. He thinks it was still running when they parked it there in the yard in 89’ but can’t be sure. He said I can have it for $250. What would you do? If you say buy it and get it running, where would you start?
A little background on me, I’m 50 and good with my hands, (construction, woodwork, metal work, diy welder, etc...) but I’m no mechanic. I wrench on my 97’ Jeep TJ some but this would be my first real “project” vehicle. What say the Ranger folks? Buy or let her Rest In Peace?
A little background on me, I’m 50 and good with my hands, (construction, woodwork, metal work, diy welder, etc...) but I’m no mechanic. I wrench on my 97’ Jeep TJ some but this would be my first real “project” vehicle. What say the Ranger folks? Buy or let her Rest In Peace?
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