Really short bed ranger??

[strangerthingshavehappnd]

Whatever it is looked pretty sweet.. Whoever did it done a good job and to answer the question the emblem does say Oklahoma edition I think it came off of a newer vehicle or something. .


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[Clayso17]

If you have the skill to bob a bed wouldnt you be able to put the filler behind the wheel well. Someone either done that or put a whole lot of work into cutting up a BII and adding bed caps, tail gate, and the front of a bed. Either way it looks awesome

 

[cammeddrz]

If you google "ranger on bronco ii frame" and click on images, you will see several done this way.

It requires using panels from both the bronco ii, and the ranger. And cutting a ranger bed in front of the wheel well, as well as behind. In order to get the length right, as well as getting the fender arch centered over the axle

 

[RICO9]

I'm pretty sure that's a B2. It has a cut down B2 hatch as a tailgate.

 

[Rangurr]

The seam right above the taillight means b ii if I had to guess. I agree with the filler comment as well - modifying the bed would be far too much work!

 

[Lil-Pony]

Well if your doing all that work might as well set the rear axle back as far as you could...

 

[cammeddrz]

Most guys seem to use ex cab rangers when they do this

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The area above the tail light doesn't look right for a Ranger bed. The corner isn't shaped right at all. Combined with the fuel tank door which is a dead ringer for the BII spot it looks like they cut up a BII for the bed.

 

[sbsrlewis]

I seen this one also. Was it over on Shields just south of SW89th? I turned around and went back and looked at it. Was in a hurry so didn't get to look real hard at it but from what I did see they did a great job on it.


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[Lil-Pony]

Most guys seem to use ex cab rangers when they do this

Wouldn't that interfere with the rear tires? Unless they moved the tires back on the frame.


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[cammeddrz]

Wouldn't that interfere with the rear tires?

make no mistake, this involves a serious amount of body work/bed modifications, regardless of whether it is done with a reg cab ranger, or an ex cab ranger

and yes, when used with an ex cab, just a bit of the corner needs to be body worked

you can see on this one where he had cut it. he cut the wheel arch, centered it over the wheels, then added the back side of the bed at the correct length behind it, and welded the front wall of the bed in front of it:

these with the ex cab, and the cut out corner of the cab:

 

[koda6966]

I don't care what it is. I like it.

And they probably put the filler door there on the Ranger bed since that's where the tank and filler neck is. Might as well relocate the easy part right?

 

[cammeddrz]

most guys use the bed-side sheet metal from the BII, because:
1) it flares out 1.5" more than the ranger

2) because if you look at the first pic, the ranger rocker-panel edge slopes up, so it doesn't line up with the rocker on the cab very well.

3) because the broncoII frame already has a fuel tank/filler neck in it, and the broncoII sheet metal has the filler door in the correct place to line up with it.

you do however need to do a little body lift to get the fuel tank to clear the bed-floor

 

[rangeron33s]

either way looks cool to me. the short wheel base would make it have an absolute advantage offroad. just not too good for going straight up a hill if its got a good amount of tourque haha

 

[cammeddrz]

"absolute advantage off road"...? The magic off road wheelbase is widely accepted as 105-110". Regardless of vehicle make/model

If a person was motivated by having a wheelbase that would give them "an absolute advantage off road"
A person would be better off modifying a std. Cab ranger frame, rather than stretching a bii Frame 17", fabbing up towers to get the body mounts to line up, body lifting it to clear the bii fuel tank, and body working quarters that have a fuel door in the correct place