1996 Ranger Prerunner "Green Goblin"

[GreenGoblinRanger]

Hello, my name is John Miller and this is my 1996 Ford Ranger truck.

 

[GreenGoblinRanger]

Some specs on the truck as of June 2018:

Front Suspension: Camburg 4.5" over unequal length I beams, custom radius arms with cross member, 2.5" x 12" Fox dual rate coil overs, 2.0" x 4" Fox hydraulic bump stops, Camburg engine cage.

Steering/Spindles: Blitzkrieg Motorsports I beam conversion spindles for 2wd beams. Dana 35 snouts and rotors with Wilwood 4 piston Dynalite brake calipers. Custom all heim swing set steering with Solo Motorsports heimed sector shaft reinforcement.

Rear Suspension: Deaver Prerunner leaf springs (F23/F31), GMR shackle hangers, custom shackles, 2.5" x 14" Fox triple bypass shocks, custom bolt in bedcage.

Rear End: Econoline 9" I had Currie cut down and build. 3.25" OD tubes, 31 spline Currie chromoly axles, billet Torino bearing ends, Explorer disk brakes, 4.88 gears, Detroit locker, Strange 1350 billet yoke, Currie Daytona pinion bearing support, BMS skid plate.

Motor/Transmission: 2.3L, 5 speed. 4.0 radiator swap with custom lines, aluminum shroud with 16" electric fan, custom exhaust using 2.25" tubing, Magnaflow converter and muffler, Volant intake, radiator overflow and washer fluid reservoir from a 1994 mounted on custom brackets to clear the engine cage.

Exterior: Fiberglass front fenders and bedsides from Hannemann, Rhino Lining in the bed.

Wheels/Tires: 35" BFG KM2 on 15" AR23 rims.

Interior: Mastercraft seats, HAM, CB, and Intercom headsets, DVD player.

Other: Dual Optima batteries located in the tail underneath the bed, SafeCraft quick release fire extinguisher.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Great looking truck!

Can we see more photos please?

 

[GreenGoblinRanger]

Great looking truck!

Can we see more photos please?

Thank you! Yes, I have many photos to show that I am gathering together. Photobucket no longer lets me link photos so what is best to use these days with this forum?

Here is one from today as I was leaving work.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Great. I'd like to feature it on the front page. We've been overdue for a truck like this to feature.

 

[JOLENE_THE_RANGER]

I love those wheels!! also super rad to see gmr parts on it! i was an apprentice in his shop and turned into an employee back in highschool! rad truck dude

 

[Jim Oaks]

More photos please

 

[GreenGoblinRanger]

Okay I have spent the last hour gathering all the photos of the truck and there is now over 1000. I had no idea I had that many pictures, many of them are of the specific parts I worked on at the time so I will be showing those in a much different format then what I had planned. I will post pictures with each section of the truck as I have posted above starting with "front suspension" and so on. I also have under truck gopro video for guys who like to see things moving. Here is a frontal photo for now. This is before the swing set steering.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Nice looking setup.

 

[GreenGoblinRanger]

Since the steering is the most recent major project I have finished on it I will show it first. First some completed photos and then Ill post the details and show the parts and development of it later.

 

[JOLENE_THE_RANGER]

that looks great! i like the steering box brace under the pitman arm! are those 3.0 coilovers?

 

[Jim Oaks]

More please

 

[GreenGoblinRanger]

Before I began the major setup and fabrication on the swing set steering I bought the steering box sector shaft double-shear adapter from Solo Motorsports to add strength and insurance to the stock steering box. In my opinion everyone should add this. I have had friends killed because of a sector shaft breaking.
I designed a bolt on bracket/tab to be used with a 3/4" heim. It has already saved me on one occasion when the pitman arm came loose and this setup held it from falling out of the splines.

 

[catbed]

I was just looking for pictures of those solo sector shaft pieces installed, looks great!

Where did you get those poly spacers to keep the heims from sagging on the bent link?

 

[bammbamm]

Truck looks awesome! I literally just finished going through your thread over on DR, came over here and it’s one of the first threads. Loved seeing the progress throughout the years. ??