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Wife was watching the waco tv miniseries/movie and one of the guys was rolling around in a sharp white 1st gen BII. It even was a 86-88 as evidenced by the brief interior shot and seeing the warning cluster.

Which means a 2.9.
 


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There was at least one first gen in a Stranger Things episode.

I think there was one in Escanaba in Da Moonlight as well. Despite that movie taking place in the early 80s there was also a 97+ F-150 and an Expedition.
 

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There's a shirtless meth head driving a ranger in just about every episode of 'COPS'....
 

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Green day video to Good ridance (I've had the time of my life) at about 25 seconds a 3rd gen ranger. Posted in in "what are you listening to?" thread

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There used to be a show called Baywatch
 

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There used to be a show called Baywatch
ahhh yes.. the Hoff... boobs, and a yellow Ranger that is now featured by a TRS member... I wonder what he has done lately to it, I haven't seen him post about it for a while

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That place is kinda like cheating...

It is fun to have one pop up in the middle of a tv show or movie.
No now you can just watch the movies that the Ranger makes a cameo in.
 

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Ever notice people driving on TV also have the uncanny ability to have 5 minute long conversations with their passenger and only glance vaguely at the road once or twice... and roads are always wet... WHY ARE THE ROADS ALL WET!?!
Thats an old filming technique so the light reflects for the camera. Kinda like Milk was actually the rain in black and white movies
 

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There's a shirtless meth head driving a ranger in just about every episode of 'COPS'....
Speaking of my buddy just towed one where the police flipped the ranger over the guard rail.... the motor was held down by a chain and the seat were not bolted down either
 

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They did a pretty good job in the movie Dazed and Confused of keeping the vehicles period correct, but if you look in the background you can see a BroncoII.

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I just noticed the trucks at the infectious disease institute in Captain America civil war wear all rangers with steel cover over the bed.
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I think there was one in Escanaba in Da Moonlight as well. Despite that movie taking place in the early 80s there was also a 97+ F-150 and an Expedition.
Damnit that drives me nuts.

I was watching a show once where someone was having a flashback to the 70s and they showed an 87-91 F150 come motoring by.

Its like WTF?
 

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Damnit that drives me nuts.

I was watching a show once where someone was having a flashback to the 70s and they showed an 87-91 F150 come motoring by.

Its like WTF?
Not that it's super-high production value, but if you watch the opening credits of That 70s Show one of the headlights on the blue screen is that same 97-03 Ford 1/2 ton.
 

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Eleanor Bishop from NCIS has been driving a 3rd gen since she started the show. Sorry no pics
 

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