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- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
I'm pretty certain that goes for both sides of this little conversation. I can almost guarantee that Rick's was, and I was really surprised by your straight response.I also make no promises that any response will not be entirely satirical and sarcastic at this point.
To stay on topic, today I stopped by the pick-n-pull. Was after a 2wd w/ fog light radio bezel. Found one. Not as nice as I hoped, but $16 there sure beats $70 on eBay. I'll have to see if I can clean off the messt soft touch coating and get a nice finish on it. Be nice if there were a way to recreate that soft touch. Maybe plastidip spray?
While I was there I spoted a few other bits I'm going to try to go back for some weekend.
First was a pair of Mazda fenders, but didn't have the right tools or enough time to get them. I kind of want to put a STX style bed on my Ranger and it would be nice to have the fenders too, but Imight need to do some meetal work to keep my Ranger grill and lights fitting right. Guess I might be learning to weld sheetmetal in my future.
Second was a set of double visors for the Explorers. I never knew/noticed that some Explorers had this set up. Theu have the main sunvisor like the Rangers have, but then a second smaller visor over it that can swing down when the main is flipped to the side. I've been in something else that had the setup and it was handy for when the sun is in just the wrong spot. I'll double check my V8 donor, and if it doesn't have them I'll be going back for a set.
Third was a set of door seals for the F-100. The seals for my 68 are glue on, the ones for the 80s & 90s are press on. I've heard the later ones fir and want to try, but don't want to spend the money on new ones and not fit. Figure I can get a set to test fit for cheap and maybe get a few years out of them until the truck is ready for paint and body. They had a few candidates, but ran out of time to pull a set without damaging them.
Also I need to do some research on LTD wheels. I know that they have the same lug pattern as the Ranger, but I don't know what stock wheel size is. There was an 80s LTD Crown Vic Wagon in there that has a set of factory turbine wheels (with caps, no tires) on it that appeared to be in good shape. I've always like the turbine wheels, but never see a set of the available in decent shape around here. I may get them to run on the 85 until it's time for the big brake move, or to use for trailers. I'd hate to see them go to the crusher, at around $200 for the set, I'm going to have to do some more thinking on it. These wheels, in as good or better shape.
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