Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and Bampity
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2014
- Messages
- 51
- City
- Near a Great Lake
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Transmission
- Automatic
- My credo
- Credo?
It might as well be now.
All points pretty much lead me to here, so here I am.
Call me Bampity, it's not my real name but I like it.
I've been pretty much a "car guy"(as in 'no trucks') for the longest.
This past winter along the west coast of Lake Michigan found me hunting down
a "4x4 vehicle that can haul a few things." Moving, relocating and looking for drivers or renting trucks was getting quite tiresome. So began my search through the history of automobiles that fit my needs and descriptions. There had to be a few details, requirements, so to speak, to meet my expectations of an appropriate vehicle.
1. American Made
2. Pre-1996
3. 4x4
4. Standard Transmission
Based on my ever stringent criteria, options were fruitful so I added "affordable" after looking around a bit. Chevys were ok. I'd never own a Jeep. Dodge...
Then I considered my daily driver, a 1979 Lincoln Continental.
Why not a Ford? "The work horse and the night out." Why not? Makes sense. Sounds good.
Reading up on wikipedia, filtering through listings online, I found her.
1987 Ford Ranger 4x4 manual 5 speed good condition 1,200 bucks.
Sweet. Sold. Damn.
Ok. Its still cold out. I'm still inside. I'm still online. Keep looking.
They're getting pretty hard to find. I want one even more.
F-150, Full size Broncos in abundance.
"Why do they keep saying 'full size,' its a Bronco and I don't want it. OJ Simpson."
I kept looking. And looking. And looking.
Some way too much, some need too much, and so on.
Another google search a few months later lead me to the B2/Ranger forums.
"What the heck is a 'B2'?"
Click. Cool. Love.
Around Mid-March I found 3, was talking to 2 and bought one.
1988 Bronco II XL 4x4 2.9L 5 speed manual, 206,000 miles looking like someone just pulled it out of a crusher and tried winching it out by the fender after giving it a salt water bath.
650 bucks.
Awesome.
I didn't even test drive it. Here's the money, give me the keys, I'm sure it will be fine.
And it was.
I put 15,000 miles on it since March 28th without touching a thing besides a few oil changes.
So, here I am. To read a story. To share a story. I might have something you need. You might have something for me.
Glad to be here.
http://postimage.org/
http://postimage.org/
First receipt.
All points pretty much lead me to here, so here I am.
Call me Bampity, it's not my real name but I like it.
I've been pretty much a "car guy"(as in 'no trucks') for the longest.
This past winter along the west coast of Lake Michigan found me hunting down
a "4x4 vehicle that can haul a few things." Moving, relocating and looking for drivers or renting trucks was getting quite tiresome. So began my search through the history of automobiles that fit my needs and descriptions. There had to be a few details, requirements, so to speak, to meet my expectations of an appropriate vehicle.
1. American Made
2. Pre-1996
3. 4x4
4. Standard Transmission
Based on my ever stringent criteria, options were fruitful so I added "affordable" after looking around a bit. Chevys were ok. I'd never own a Jeep. Dodge...
Then I considered my daily driver, a 1979 Lincoln Continental.
Why not a Ford? "The work horse and the night out." Why not? Makes sense. Sounds good.
Reading up on wikipedia, filtering through listings online, I found her.
1987 Ford Ranger 4x4 manual 5 speed good condition 1,200 bucks.
Sweet. Sold. Damn.
Ok. Its still cold out. I'm still inside. I'm still online. Keep looking.
They're getting pretty hard to find. I want one even more.
F-150, Full size Broncos in abundance.
"Why do they keep saying 'full size,' its a Bronco and I don't want it. OJ Simpson."
I kept looking. And looking. And looking.
Some way too much, some need too much, and so on.
Another google search a few months later lead me to the B2/Ranger forums.
"What the heck is a 'B2'?"
Click. Cool. Love.
Around Mid-March I found 3, was talking to 2 and bought one.
1988 Bronco II XL 4x4 2.9L 5 speed manual, 206,000 miles looking like someone just pulled it out of a crusher and tried winching it out by the fender after giving it a salt water bath.
650 bucks.
Awesome.
I didn't even test drive it. Here's the money, give me the keys, I'm sure it will be fine.
And it was.
I put 15,000 miles on it since March 28th without touching a thing besides a few oil changes.
So, here I am. To read a story. To share a story. I might have something you need. You might have something for me.
Glad to be here.
http://postimage.org/
http://postimage.org/
First receipt.
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