I agree. I don't see many, but lately since cruising around on the local bus I have been seeing a lot of 87-88 Rangers, only one Bronco 2 and that was at the court house where I'm from. In obtaining this beauty, what would be an option you would recommend adding to it, to make it better in your eyes?
What you do with it is entirely up to you and what you plan on using it for. I had originally purchased my 88 (it was my first BII) with the intention of making it into an off-road toy, but that changed after I got it drivable and found out what an enjoyable vehicle it is. My choptop was my second purchase and since that was already what I was wanting for an off-road truck (the top was already chopped), I decided to convert it to 4x4 and build the street-legal wheeler I wanted. At some point I had toyed with the idea of selling my 88, but when the motor swallowed a couple valves, it wasn't worth selling.
My choptop kept growing. I still see ways that I could lift it even higher, but I think I'm at a good height and that it's capable enough for what I want it for. I actually originally only wanted it on 33's and to be a mild wheeler, but somehow the lift grew and 35's rolled under it. It's fun to drive around, especially in the summer although I have yet to really get to wheel it since I got it completed (drivetrain wise). I always kind of wanted a Jeep CJ/YJ/TJ, but they were always very expensive around here. Instead I built what I wanted out of a BII and I'm happy.
I fixed up and drove a stock 89 BII Eddie Bauer when I was at college. I had pretty much thought of running it as a campus beater and selling it after college. As it was, it turned out to be a perfect truck for running around campus and I even took it to play off-road a number of times. A BII is surprisingly good off-road even in stock form, I managed to impress a number of Jeep guys with it. Sold it towards the end of college for me and used the money to put my choptop on the road. Kinda wish I never would have done that. As fun as the choptop is, it was nice to have a BII to run around in that had usable back seats and an enclosed cargo area. So now I'm working to bring my 88 back to life to have a BII for just general running around.
So it kind of depends on how you plan to use it and what all you want. I put a CB in my trucks because I like having it. My F-150 work truck looks stock to most people who see it, but I have a number of upgrades (heavy springs, ZF-5 transmission out of an F-250, heavy duty brakes, custom snow plow controls, rear locker, etc). I made my improvements based on how I was going to use the truck. The fact that it still looks pretty stock was just a coincidence, I could care less if it looks stock or not, I wanted it to work for my needs.
The father/son project that we put together a few years back was a 2000 Ranger with a fuel-injected 5.0L and AWD. Looked stock, didn't sound stock. We were planning to upgrade the suspension a little and squeeze some taller tires on, but we were building it with the idea of being able to comfortably tow a 24' 5th wheel travel trailer. The fact that it was somewhat of a sleeper was just plain fun.
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