Ranger getting a Manual again?

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Could you test drive a few EVs for him??? He said he was going to, but he hasn’t done it yet.

You wanna work this schedule?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Dude just go out west and find a bunch of solid 73-79 Fords and 73-87 GM's.

Be decently easy to find with a manual, cheap to fix, reliable, and youd have the most unique fleet around.

Plus the way values are going on them if you keep them somewhat clean you could pry still sell them 3 or 4x what you got into them.

Hell even put sniper efi on them if you want.

Just an idea

 

[wildbill23c]

Dude just go out west and find a bunch of solid 73-79 Fords and 73-87 GM's.

Be decently easy to find with a manual, cheap to fix, reliable, and youd have the most unique fleet around.

Plus the way values are going on them if you keep them somewhat clean you could pry still sell them 3 or 4x what you got into them.

Hell even put sniper efi on them if you want.

Just an idea

If the prices on them weren't so ridiculous, few years ago people couldn't even give them away, dead or alive...now people are scrambling to drain their bank accounts to buy them old rusted out blown engine trucks LOL. Any of those old trucks with one of those sniper EFI conversions would be great, except in case nobody has noticed gas prices are $4+ a gallon, and if memory serves me right, those old trucks get the same or worse fuel economy than an HD truck HAHA!! Not a daily driver, but would definitely be great fun shop project time if someone's got a teenager that wants to get their hands dirty. Get out of the rust bucket areas and you can still find pretty rust free square body trucks out there for sure, and some still relatively on the cheap side.

 

[Snoranger]

You wanna work this schedule?

Ha… good one. I work 5 days a week. (I use 1 sick day each week and then work Saturday overtime.)

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Ha… good one. I work 5 days a week. (I use 1 sick day each week and then work Saturday overtime.)

Lucky bastard.

I'm on year 3 with no days off.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

If the prices on them weren't so ridiculous, few years ago people couldn't even give them away, dead or alive...now people are scrambling to drain their bank accounts to buy them old rusted out blown engine trucks LOL. Any of those old trucks with one of those sniper EFI conversions would be great, except in case nobody has noticed gas prices are $4+ a gallon, and if memory serves me right, those old trucks get the same or worse fuel economy than an HD truck HAHA!! Not a daily driver, but would definitely be great fun shop project time if someone's got a teenager that wants to get their hands dirty. Get out of the rust bucket areas and you can still find pretty rust free square body trucks out there for sure, and some still relatively on the cheap side.

You find one geared right (3.55ish) with a sniper setup and a 350/351M with guys who can keep there foot out of it i bet 14 or 15 would be acheviable hwy.

Hell my 400 got 13 in my 77 F250

 

[Curious Hound]

I would be willing to deal with a bowtie or GMC on the front grill if it had three pedals.

Heck. My new beast only has 2 pedals. And one of those is only connected to electrical wires.

 

[Snoranger]

Lucky bastard.

I'm on year 3 with no days off.

Last I checked, I have accumulated about 32-1/2 weeks of sick, vacation, and personal days… and I can retire with a partial pension as of mid December.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I would be willing to deal with a bowtie or GMC on the front grill if it had three pedals.

I was feeling froggy a couple years ago and went to sit in one.

Rockers are high enough it caught my legs so I half fell into it. Wouldnt have been so bad if the roofline wasn't so low and the top of the door opening caught me in the temple.

A lot of commotion so I could basically feel like I am sitting on the floor once the dust settled.

Never wanted to punch a vehicle in my life until that moment.

It's a very low bar but my lifted first Gen is far easier to get in to and has a much better seating position. Enough better I would put up with a A4LD.

 

[wildbill23c]

You find one geared right (3.55ish) with a sniper setup and a 350/351M with guys who can keep there foot out of it i bet 14 or 15 would be acheviable hwy.

Hell my 400 got 13 in my 77 F250

I find it funny that 30-40 years later trucks with 3x more gears still get the same fuel economy LOL. My 88 F250 gets 14-15mpg highway with the 460 and the C6 automatic 3 speed transmission...today's F250's with 10 gears still get 14-15mpg LOL.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I find it funny that 30-40 years later trucks with 3x more gears still get the same fuel economy LOL. My 88 F250 gets 14-15mpg highway with the 460 and the C6 automatic 3 speed transmission...today's F250's with 10 gears still get 14-15mpg LOL.

 

[Curious Hound]

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That’s why they cost so much more. They got all swollen up and huge and puffy.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

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Threw up in my mouth a little.

The new GMs are a four wheeled abortion.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

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Holy shit. Its really stark side by side

 

[wildbill23c]

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That's as bad as parking and old and new F250 next to each other...makes the old F250's and F150's look like the size of an old Ranger LOL.