Well, I bought a couple 1991 Rangers with the 4.0 for a future swap this last weekend. (and a low KM 86 Bronco II the weekend before. With AC!

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Lots of good parts that I’m going to actually make two good trucks with the 5 Rangers I now have. I’ve been on a Ranger mission lately and the wife has been not only tolerating my shit but actually supportive. Bonus.
I got the headliner done. It turned out OK with what I had to work with. I coated the entire top and bottom with rubberized bed liner and flex seal. Yeah that shit you seen on TV. Lol. That kept the disintegrating fibrous headliner from separating and allowed me to add a smooth vinyl card with the upholstery spray glue. That smoothed it out pretty decent so as not to see all the imperfections of the wasting now rubber coated fibres through the vinyl.
Not perfect, but not bad for the first attempt, not knowing if I was going to be wasting a couple hundred bucks on sprays and the vinyl? So the fact that it worked and looks about 5000 times better than the raining foam particles on your head that it used to be, is a for sure win. Now in the process of designing up a map light upper console from scratch just for kicks. Forgot to snap pics of that. Will do when completed.
Added a little bit of Dynamat on the cab sheet metal and roof to aid in reducing the tin can sounds, and all painting of the interior parts is finally complete. Seat belts were a bitch to change to black but it’s done.
Now it’s time to start putting it all back together. Just have to disassemble the gauge cluster to clean it, and added some green LED bulbs. Restored the dash, fixed all the cracks and painted it up. Added the chrome lines to the vents as factory. Hopefully this week I’ll have time for the interior to be buttoned up so I can start on the exterior rust. One of the Rangers I bought this weekend has an absolutely mint box that I will swap, and it will save me weeks of body work.

That only leaves one small front fender patch, and two patches on the cab. Then I swap the Dana 28 for the 35, and I’m hoping to get an explorer 8.8 LS with disc brakes for $100 off a guy. Install the lift and custom winch bumper and we are in the homestretch. Paint will come later. I’ll rebuild both the 4.0s and make that swap maybe in the summer after the annual spring bear hunt coming up.
My girls have claimed the Bronco and one of the Rangers for themselves when they turn 16. Lol. Love it!