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I like the second one. It overall looks better and has a better interior and I'm guessing the first one has a Dana 28 and the second one has a better Dana 35.
Those Rancho radius arms aren't that swift.
Wouldn't a 2.9 truck possibly have the hybrid axle? So if you are going to wheel either truck hard you will probably need to deal with a different front axle and lift with either truck anyway. To just rip around town they would probably be ok the way they are now.
$1475 is way more than I would pay a truck in primer though, if it is solid and not full of bondo maybe a grand. For what they are advertising, pricewise the 1992 would be a better deal for the money, and of course they will probably come down from that.
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/4wd_Front_Axles.html