visionarygvp
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- Location
- Atlanta
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford/Ranger XLT
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey everyone, I’ve been thinking long and hard about keeping or selling my Ford Ranger and even made a post about my truck on a different forum: Reddit Posting
within the thread under that particular posting I came to learn that primarily on the west coast, people would be willing to pay between $8000 - $10,000 for my truck, which was surprising to me even.
I haven’t had any major issues with the truck, and even had a mechanic look at it back in early July when I had my oil change, and he told me that there’s really nothing wrong with the truck but could use a few upgrades.
I’m very open about the condition of the truck, and have decided I do want to sell it to someone who will want to put a little work into upgrades since I personally don’t have the time to. Not only that but this truck has been my primary source of transportation for the past 14 months, and since I’m family planning with my girlfriend I need something that will be more suitable for us.
Also I would like to add that though it’s been my primary source of transportation, I’m a truck driver and just recently went local about a month ago, before that the truck would sit between 2-3 weeks at a time, and I’d drive it around locally to run errands for the time I was home.
If anyone is seriously interested or can point me in the direction of serious buyers on the west coast market, I’d greatly appreciate if you could reach out to me. I live in Atlanta, GA and haven’t looked into shipping across to California, but if someone is even willing to pick it up and tow it back, I’m willing to take out the cost for you having to drive out here and back. I live in Atlanta, GA and haven’t looked into shipping across to California, but if someone is even willing to pick it up and tow it back, I’m willing to take out the cost for you having to drive out here and back.
It’s been a tough decision to part ways with my truck, because I really lucked up finding a 89’ Ranger in such great condition. Everything on it is original, from front to back, top to bottom. With the exception of the Brake Cylinder reservoir, that I had replaced some while back.
In my opinion a new paint job, some upgrades, and somehow getting the dings out the back side which I can show you as well, is all the truck really needs.
If you want videos, or more pictures of the truck components again I’m 100% open about everything and just want to sell it to someone who will appreciate it.
Specs:
• 2wd
• Long bed XLT
• 2.9 L Engine
• Unsure of rear axle type
• Automatic transmission
Visible blemishes:
• Dings near left rear truck bed
• Scratch behind left driver door
• Paint was chipping on roof, so I bought some sealant to protect the exposed metal and used car paint similar to the color of the truck to cover it.
• Dash plastic on passenger side cracked and faded from sun, but was told a new panel would cost between $200-$300 max.
Mechanical and other issues:
• The driver side interior door handle component needs to be replaced, it could be a spring that came undone because I have to roll the window down and open it from the outside.
• AC Compressor short cycles (comes on and cuts back out). The AC compressor never cycled on so I thought something was wrong with it, but once I got the conversion valve on, it started up but was only short cycling.
• Radio doesn’t work (never worked since I bought it)
I was not made aware of any other issues, however I know the truck doesn’t pull like how I believe it should, and that could be a spark plug that needs to be replaced but I’m not sure.
Work I have put into the truck:
• 4 new brake calipers 2/2021
• brake pads 2/2021
• brake shoes 2/2021
• New brake master cylinder replaced 2/2021
• replaced radiator hose 6/2020
• 4 New tires purchased 7/2020
• Radiator flush 6/2021
• Driver side headlight bulb replaced 6/2020
• Put a R-134 conversion valve on the low pressure side for the AC 8/2021
• Brand new battery 7/2021
• Positive battery connector replaced 7/2021
within the thread under that particular posting I came to learn that primarily on the west coast, people would be willing to pay between $8000 - $10,000 for my truck, which was surprising to me even.
I haven’t had any major issues with the truck, and even had a mechanic look at it back in early July when I had my oil change, and he told me that there’s really nothing wrong with the truck but could use a few upgrades.
I’m very open about the condition of the truck, and have decided I do want to sell it to someone who will want to put a little work into upgrades since I personally don’t have the time to. Not only that but this truck has been my primary source of transportation for the past 14 months, and since I’m family planning with my girlfriend I need something that will be more suitable for us.
Also I would like to add that though it’s been my primary source of transportation, I’m a truck driver and just recently went local about a month ago, before that the truck would sit between 2-3 weeks at a time, and I’d drive it around locally to run errands for the time I was home.
If anyone is seriously interested or can point me in the direction of serious buyers on the west coast market, I’d greatly appreciate if you could reach out to me. I live in Atlanta, GA and haven’t looked into shipping across to California, but if someone is even willing to pick it up and tow it back, I’m willing to take out the cost for you having to drive out here and back. I live in Atlanta, GA and haven’t looked into shipping across to California, but if someone is even willing to pick it up and tow it back, I’m willing to take out the cost for you having to drive out here and back.
It’s been a tough decision to part ways with my truck, because I really lucked up finding a 89’ Ranger in such great condition. Everything on it is original, from front to back, top to bottom. With the exception of the Brake Cylinder reservoir, that I had replaced some while back.
In my opinion a new paint job, some upgrades, and somehow getting the dings out the back side which I can show you as well, is all the truck really needs.
If you want videos, or more pictures of the truck components again I’m 100% open about everything and just want to sell it to someone who will appreciate it.
Specs:
• 2wd
• Long bed XLT
• 2.9 L Engine
• Unsure of rear axle type
• Automatic transmission
Visible blemishes:
• Dings near left rear truck bed
• Scratch behind left driver door
• Paint was chipping on roof, so I bought some sealant to protect the exposed metal and used car paint similar to the color of the truck to cover it.
• Dash plastic on passenger side cracked and faded from sun, but was told a new panel would cost between $200-$300 max.
Mechanical and other issues:
• The driver side interior door handle component needs to be replaced, it could be a spring that came undone because I have to roll the window down and open it from the outside.
• AC Compressor short cycles (comes on and cuts back out). The AC compressor never cycled on so I thought something was wrong with it, but once I got the conversion valve on, it started up but was only short cycling.
• Radio doesn’t work (never worked since I bought it)
I was not made aware of any other issues, however I know the truck doesn’t pull like how I believe it should, and that could be a spark plug that needs to be replaced but I’m not sure.
Work I have put into the truck:
• 4 new brake calipers 2/2021
• brake pads 2/2021
• brake shoes 2/2021
• New brake master cylinder replaced 2/2021
• replaced radiator hose 6/2020
• 4 New tires purchased 7/2020
• Radiator flush 6/2021
• Driver side headlight bulb replaced 6/2020
• Put a R-134 conversion valve on the low pressure side for the AC 8/2021
• Brand new battery 7/2021
• Positive battery connector replaced 7/2021
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