I need advice on my 84 ranger

[chayse brooks]

I need some advice for my ranger it's a stock 2.8l 4x4 5 speed ranger xlt. I want to build it into a pre runner but I'm on a very limited budget and need to be able to keep it as my daily driver for now. Where should I start? What are some things to take into consideration? Also I know it's not going to be cheap to do this so I will be doing this over a few years.