Project dropzone.. 91 reg cab short box 4.0 aut

[Z3CHYD]

should've just sprayed the bare metal w/ clear coat!

+1 it looks awesome like that kinda raw, i like it lol

 

[Toomanycars]

If my metal working skills were alittle better I would think about leaving it ... but I already have the paint and primer soo ...

 

[Toomanycars]

I havent updated in a while cause I have been looking for a few parts .. the front end nose assembly is one of the things I have been looking for . I wanted to find a 93 ford explorer limited bumper and cover , but the closest one i could find is over 250 miles away..So I went to my local U-Pull-It and started looking for something that might work..
I found a 98 mountaineer bumper .. I have done some test fitting and it might work not sure yet gona play with it a bit and see what i can come up with .. for 40 bucks i can afford to play around with it a little bit.

Heres some pics of the first test fitting..

 

[ZMan]

where are you? I know of a few limited bumpers.. although if you get that mountaineer bumper working it'll look sweet. It will probably take work, like new brackets and probably take some off of the sides, but its all for the sake of looking cool right?

 

[Toomanycars]

I am in new richland MN ... I have a posting in the wanted section of this page showing a pic of the bumper I want ... but then agian this bumper i have is growing on me .. I have been working alot of OT lately so I havent been puttin as much time into the truck the last week or so.. But I did clean the shop this weekand , so thats progress..

 

[Toomanycars]

I got a chance to get out to the shop tonight .. threw some parts at the ranger and with no cutting or anything this is what i came up with .. i think over the long weekend i should be able to get the fitment better ..

 

[Toomanycars]

Im weighting on a few things to finish up some of the body work so I dove into the interior .. pulled the 60/40 bench and chopped the center out and made buckets and installed a center console I pulled out of a 93 explorer .. This is the first install just to see how it all will fit together ..

 

[4.0B2]

how you gonna fix the alignment issue on the bumper and fender wheelwell?

 

[Toomanycars]

sawzall and a plastic welder ..

 

[ZMan]

looks cool with that bumper. I actually HAVE in my possession 2 1st gen explorer limited bumpers I will sell if you wanted one.

 

[Toomanycars]

looks cool with that bumper. I actually HAVE in my possession 2 1st gen explorer limited bumpers I will sell if you wanted one.

how much ...? for the right price i might be interested..

 

[Toomanycars]

well it took me 3 hours but I got it out ... I pulled out the old cracked dash and after some dye and a few costume touches im going to install a newer dash..

The old cracked one I pulled

how the truck sits now ....

and the new dash as it sits before dye and stuff..

 

[Beef52751]

looks awesome, I wish i knew how to do body work

 

[Toomanycars]

 

[Z3CHYD]

looks really good with that front bumper! are you going to put something under the lower grill part were there's a gap? like mesh or something? good progress so far keep it up