Kyle M's Ranger Rebuild

[4.0B2]

wow.. just wow..

 

[Boggin]

that is crazy kyle! at least you are ok, sorry for the loss of the stang

 

[Clay Lorance]

Thank the Lord you got out man. God speed on a speedy recovery Kyle.

 

[dieseldane]

Alright, help me figure out what I wanna do. My box is messed up, needs some work. I have been tossing around the idea of a bed cage and box sides, but I can't think of a good way to mount the sides. On the other hand, I am not sure I wanna put that much work into a bed cage to just hold the box sides on. SO I am thinking maybe truggy, but i dislike the look of the factory frame rail and I would rather back half it, just don't have the money to 4 link it right now.

Oh, and if anyone has a picture of something cool I should consider, post it up!

Here are a few pics of how a friend of mine mounted his bedsides when he dovetailed it, might give you an idea of something to do along with your motor swap. Sucks about the stang, glad to hear you're gonna be alright though.

 

[CheapThrillB2]

Had dinner with kyle last night and afterwards went back to his place and checked out the car. Pics really don't do the destruction justice. Its way worse in person.

 

[Josh40601]

with as bad as the pictures are, i can only imagine how bad it is in person then. How's he holdin up?

 

[CheapThrillB2]

He was real sore

 

[Kyle M.]

Here are a few pics of how a friend of mine mounted his bedsides when he dovetailed it, might give you an idea of something to do along with your motor swap. Sucks about the stang, glad to hear you're gonna be alright though.

I like it. How are the box sides attached?

 

[kris97ranger]

loks like he just set the bed side over the tube then used self tappers to hold it in place instead of the regular spot welds. then theres going to be the regular supports to stop it from flopping in the wind

 

[Kyle M.]

He was real sore

Yup! Still.





Can't wait to get better, I wanna start working on the truck again, got lots of plans now....5.0 swap, put in a C4 tranny, cage.......come on health!


On a side note, bought a new truck last night, gonna go pick it up today

2002 Ford F150 FX4

can't wait!

Next on the list is a trailer so I can haul the ranger around.

 

[88_Eddie]

that's an awesome truck, i'm jealous!

 

[86 slo-vo]

Nice, my brother has the same truck except ext. Cab.

Should pull the ranga good

Oh and sorry about your thread on pirate

 

[Bray D]

Oh and sorry about your thread on pirate

I blame alboy.

Nice lookin truck man, congrats!

 

[-Nathan-]

5.4? Looks good Kyle, now get a trailer. Im in the same boat as you, kind of. I have a tow rig...trail rig...but no trailer, and no where to put one even if I bought one I end up renting a trailer whenever I want to go wheeling...

 

[Kyle M.]

I'm in the process of buying one, I would have it at my house tonight, but being off work because of my injuries, I would like to wait for my short term disability starts paying me so I am dragging me feet a little.

Oh, and yup, the 5.4. Seems like it has good power, I know my old expedition would pull a boat good so I am sure this will pull my ranja