A man with a plan

[TheSplintered3.0]

Hello! New member of TRS here! Figured it was high time I made myself an introduction here and tell a bit about my history with the Ranger.

My history with the Ranger goes back just two years when I got my first one at age 16. It was a 2000 Supercab XLT 3.0 Auto. I lovingly nicknamed this truck Splinter as it was primarily used for hauling hood before I received the keys. They say you always remember your first time, and I had a lot of firsts with this truck (No not that, get your head out of the gutter). This truck served me faithfully when I got my license and began to daily drive it. My first winter with the truck I was being a typical teenage boy, sliding the truck around every icy corner I could and on one such curve the truck spun around of me and went up on a curb snapping the rear axle. I parked Splinter till spring when I swapped the inner axle and drum brakes and continued to daily drive the truck till fall of 2023, when I unfortunately had to retire the truck for good when the frame under the bed cracked.

I am currently on the hunt for my 2nd Ranger, looking for another configuration similar to what I had with my 2000. I have absolutely fallen in love with the Ford Ranger and hope to find one worthy of restoration.

Thanks for checking out my introduction, I look forward to seeing what this community has to offer.

 

[superj]

welcome!!

wow, thats heck of a cracked frame. you need to get your next one from a more southern state.

what did you do with splinter? keep him for future parts, hopefully?

i need camper on my step side ranger too. those are hard to find for the step side configuration so i hope you kept it.

its crazy to see such a good looking truck but the underside looks like that. i have never lived anywhere were that happens so its amazing to see pics like that.

 

[TheSplintered3.0]

welcome!!

wow, thats heck of a cracked frame. you need to get your next one from a more southern state.

what did you do with splinter? keep him for future parts, hopefully?

i need camper on my step side ranger too. those are hard to find for the step side configuration so i hope you kept it.

its crazy to see such a good looking truck but the underside looks like that. i have never lived anywhere were that happens so its amazing to see pics like that.

I am currently looking for a Ranger from a southern state, I am from Wisconsin and the rust unfortunately leaves most of these trucks in very poor condition. I did not end up keeping Splinter and sold him for parts to a family friend, though if I knew then what I know now, I definitely would have kept him around. The camper shell on the other hand I DID keep! and I do plan to stick it on top of my next Ranger.

 

[superj]

we have tons of them in south texas. austin, san antonio, houston, corpus christi, and mcallen have many many choices and rust won't be a huge issue unless they used it for fishing here in corpus or in mcallen, as we are coastal areas.

 

[ericbphoto]

Well, you named it splinter, so that's what it did. Hope you find a good one soon.

 

[94_PurpsRange]

What do you mean the frame is cracked??? That looks brand new! Still got 100K + on it hahaha
Great lookin truck!
Don't buy one from California... they usually come with some influencer drama and a huge price tag hahaha

 

[RobbieD]

Welcome!

Cool story. Good luck with your search.