Those are appealing too. But I'm stuck in an unhealthy/abusive relationship with Ford trucks. You'd think I'd have learned when the transmission blew in my first Ranger at 17 years old, a week to the day after buying it. Or when dealing with the feedback carb on my '84 Bronco II. Or when I stripped all the splines off the input shaft on the M5OD-R1 in my '94 Explorer. At the very least, when I lost oil pressure on the freshly rebuilt V8 swap in the '99.
Somehow I keep coming back for more of this...
It sucks...because the first gen chassis was brutally over built. The engines and transmissions were garbage.
Here is something you will never see on a 94.5 up truck in the rust belt...
The gen 1 chassis is almost always intact.....with oem hangers and wiped out or replaced springs.....anything later is the opposite.
A modern powertrain in a solid gen 1 is a winner....of course you would need to upgrade the axles too... Because actual power.
When comparing 80s trucks though.... The ranger is king. The toyota could wheel better...but was nutless with a load. Even the turbodiesel had a hard time against the 2.9....the 4.3 otoh was a beast....but s10 won't go where a ranger can stock for stock....
The base bronco with this 2.3 and a manual....is a dream for a wheeler. Of course.... technology is a blade with 2 fine edges.
But you can replace the whole body on these broncos....every piece...rear quarters too. So the aftermarket options will be epic.....it's like a lego....
Hard not to be happy about that...but the 4door don't look like we can get three car seats in it....for the grandkids....not good for me. I don't want to make payments on a tahoe.
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