1987 Ford Ranger XLT, Project DSW

[mhughes165]

well, figure id post some pics of this thing as im going along, more pics will come day by day, but ive come up with a name for this rig

DSW- Dollar Store Whore

i decided on this becuase this will be one hell of a capable truck that was built for under 1k....and best believe i will be beating the piss out of it every day of its life

It started life as a BONE stock 1987 Ford Ranger XLT, Auto locking hubs, elec t-case standard cab long bed.

this is what its turning into

1987 Ford Ranger DSW edition
5.5" Suspension Lift
3" body lift
D35 w/ 5.13's up front
8.8 w/ 5.13's spooled in the back
1/4" wall(yes 1/4" wall) Tube Bumpers front and rear with reciever hitches.
4.0 w/ 80k miles
Zoom performance Clutch kit
Exploder seats
38.5 Gumbo Monster Mudders
and a heavy right foot

got some starting pics
and some progress pics

the more i get done the more pics will be up

 

[mhughes165]

my old ranger is showin up today, will take pics when it gets here so people can see what will be going into this truck

 

[mhughes165]

well, the donors a little bit worse for wear, and imma need a new carb with it, but the parts are solid and this gives me a perfect foundation for everything under the longbed, and the second gen doors are going on mine aswell, SWEET, ill have speakers in the doors FUCKIN A

 

[mhughes165]

i almost forgot about a old friend in the truck

 

[94 4.0 5-spd 4wd ranger]

hey mike, Glad to see you got your old ranger back! That new one you got looks like a solid new start, i just feel bad for its fenders when you have to cut um lol. Good lucks swapping everything.

 

[mhughes165]

hey mike, Glad to see you got your old ranger back! That new one you got looks like a solid new start, i just feel bad for its fenders when you have to cut um lol. Good lucks swapping everything.

i wont have to cut the fenders on that one, imma be runnin 38.5" gumbos on it, that were on the yellow one when it was built with full fneders, and the blue one will sit slightly higher aswell....

 

[mhughes165]

mid front rear installation pics

 

[stegomon]

holly hell dude..that is awsome

 

[mhughes165]

ya, im just callin it a day for now, its threatinin rain, so its break time for me

 

[mhughes165]

thats her under her own weight up front, once the 302 is isntalled it should settle another inch or two

 

[pillen140]

ok, so the yeller one is the one you bought back from the pineys, right? and your putting the suspension on the new truck right? looks sweet so far.

 

[94 4.0 5-spd 4wd ranger]

man you really tore into that thing! Did you have to fab up your own radius arm drop brackets? looks like its comming along good.

 

[mhughes165]

im running standard fullsize radius arm brackets, they arent bolted in yet, gonna measure that out and plumb bob it tomorrow, then gonna finish bolting it in, imma need new front and rear shocks, as i wont get much in the way of flex with the shocks on there....there full extended sittin on level ground

and whats happenin pillen, is im movin the small block, the 4spd, and the box bronco rears/susp to the blue one


is it wrong that everytime i look at my truck i get a hardon???

 

[mhughes165]

for those wondering, if u plan on using the sotck radius arms from the donor vehicle like i originally did, the back bolt on the radius arm brackets will use the bottom blot hole for the original trans cross member, same as extended arms with ttb.

the front is pretty much done, just gonna have to make up my steering linkage then shell be 100% done up front, im workin on as we speak swapping the rear in for now....once i get the back in i can make the determination of what todo with those stacked blocks from the back

 

[88ranger2.95sp]

looks really good.. makes me jealous.

Rob

btw, i used you in my siggy.