Ponies in the smokies svt ranger prototype

[cbxer55]

Don't forget the Lightning Bolt. A Ranger with a Lightning engine, drive train and wheels.

There's a blurb on it in the link below. Have to scroll down a bit.

The Ford Ranger SVT V8 and Ranger SVT Lightning Bolt Are Muscle Trucks That Never Were

The old familiar hot rod formula of stuffing a big engine in a small automobile fit the Ford Ranger's pint-size personality perfectly.

www.drivingline.com

 

[Ramcharger90]

So from what I gathered ford made 2 of them one step side and the other not.

 

[Ramcharger90]

Bloomington Ford.
Special features? “CD player”

priorities.

If you think about it if it was a 98ish that would have been extra really.... all my 98"s regardless of make still had cassette.

 

[Ranger850]

I think "Frontier Ford" has the right idea

 

[fastpakr]

So from what I gathered ford made 2 of them one step side and the other not.

Good catch - I didn't notice that the Motor Trend article I linked showed a regular bed vs the flare side on the one you photographed. The interiors appear identical.

 

[Ramcharger90]

I am curious what the DN101 sport wagon they wanted to develop also was. As in the one page posted.

Edit
When I typed DN101 sport wagon in google images I got the Taurus wagon I gotta say a v8 Taurus wagon would have been cool with a manual trans and awd of course. (if thats what they were thinking based on the SHO of the time)

I do like skooby wagons