I've been a lurker for quite a while and don't have many posts, but I have noticed a lot of hatefulness and negativity on this forum. And actually, not a ton of help. I feel that there is a lot of people saying why things won't work, etc. and not a lot of people offering suggestions to make things work. Take this post for example. Instead of "NO sports package, NO ranger, NO bucket seats, etc., I would rather hear "not common, but easy enough to use xxx seats and console to have a nice, comfortable truck."

BTW, my interest is in having an older truck that I can enjoy. What are other people doing? 100% concours perfect restorations? I'm not trying to be a jerk, but does it really matter if a ranger was offered in 64 unless you own a 64 ranger?


PS I have a 64 and would be interested in making it a ranger. Where would I start?

 

PS I have a 64 and would be interested in making it a ranger. Where would I start?

I looked to the last place i knew the brochure was posted and the link is broken.

you need Bostrom buckets with the correct seat brackets Falcon Sprint will do in a pinch, a carpet, 64 falcon sprint console, and a vyinal tank cover.

If you place mustang buckets in like a 65 Ranger they will be too now and a tell tale....

As to negativity, get over it fella.....We are all friends here even when we agree to disagree.

Garbz

 

As long as there are beer volcanoes and strippers i will be in heav....oh wait wrong place.....Kicking the tires and lighting the fires....

Garbz

 

I am not an all original guy at all. I will do whatever I like to my trucks. I am not looking at what I can get if I sell. I want what is comfortable to me. I am thinking about running my 65 grille in the 61 unibody.

One guy in another section said that he would drop the price of a truck by 500 bucks or some other outrageous amount if the F_O_R_D letters are not in the hood on a 78 or 79 ford truck. My letters and side emblems are shaved on my truck. It is not a difficult task to drill the holes and put them back on. I would not lower my price by 500 dollars because of that.

To me these trucks are about what the owner wants it to be. As soon as you are over 2 grand and your labor, you will not recover a selling price for all that you have done. I do it for fun and I enjoy my trucks.

And Garbz, I will be right beside the strippers with some flaming Dr. Peppers.

 

I normally don't come to this forum site but thought I would try it one evening and saw this ongoing thread. My mom used to have a saying when I was a child and I quote,"Verbosity is not necessarily synonymous with intelectual discourse". It causes me to wonder what the moderator of this forum is thinking. Is this not a place to come and share one's experiences, dreams, and conserns? Rather than denegrating people would it not be better to present where your information is coming from and share it in a more curtious manor? If this is the way you treat each other why would others wish to visit from time to time?

Gear Up

 

Welcome to our sanbox. Some come to play, others come to take our toys and kick sand in our face. Yet others come to tell us how to behave and others tell them what to say. At the end of the day, we wipe our noses say goodby and come back the next day for more of the same.
Just one big happy family. In order to have a good how to site, there must be some disagreement. Some are right and others are wrong the rest of us learn. While some of us try to stop the mayham, others nag it on. At the end of the day we wipe our noses say goodby and come back the next day for more of the same.
In the long run, if you read the threads correctly, You have gained a great deal of information regarding the 64 ranger urrr??? In other words, there is a lot of good information here just read between the lines. So bring your toys and play in our sandbox, just remember, at the end of the day wipe your nose and we'll see you tomorrow.

 

Sorry, had to jump ahead and get away from all the arguments.

It was mentioned that there is available,,, 'Aluminum trim rings for the door pocket on for my 65' F-100. The originals had cracked and over the years, I have picked up two complete sets. However, the plastic one will always crack.
WHERE can I get a set of the aluminum ones.
Thank you, Fritz

 

Thought you might want to see this, I posted this on the rare options thread, but you might have missed it. This important document would be more relevant on a 1964 Ranger thread when someone does the search thing on their own. Bucket seat option for 1964 pickups is called XL CAB PACKAGE. Bucket seat option for 1965 and 1966 pickups is called the RANGER.

 

Here is your chance

 

Don't hold your Breath....

 

I laughed like hell at the sand box analogy! Just watch out for the cat candy !

 

The pot seems to have cool off and settled a bit. Must need to be stirred a bit....

I too have seen a '64 with the "XL Cab Package". (glad we now know what to call it) I passed on a chance to purchase it about 5 years back at a swap meet in Puyallup Washington. The rig was black with a red interior. I didn't think to snap any pictures. It was owned then by a friend who lived in Vancouver Washington. The truck was very rough, more than the usual amount of rust and age related deterioration.
All parts of the truck appeared to be original. The same amount of rust, grime, etc. on everything.
The seats, as I remember, appeared '63 Falcon hardtop style buckets and the console appeared to be from a '61-'63 Falcon. The brochure posted by tripleframe shows the '61-'63 style console.

I don't know where the truck I saw is now, though I would imagine it is still in the Pacific Northwest.

 

Don't forget to add some seasoning...for taste. Otherwise this stuff can be a little bland.

If you can believe the 1966 Ford Light Trucks Fact Book For Combination Salesmen then it would appear that the Left-Hand Door Stowage Compartment (aka zippered pocket) was standard fare with either the F250 Custom or Deluxe Camper Special packages. Not so for the one and only F100 Camper Special package.

 

So... we talking about these seats and brackets? 64 sports package.

 

These seats look like what I have always referred to as Bostrom seats.
The '63 Falcon buckets had a thicker back and cushion.

The console in the pictures is very similar to a '64 Falcon console. The truck I was referring to had the older Falcon console, totally different than the '64 style. The early Falcon console had a heavy, die cast, plated top with matching die cast plated end pieces. It was shorter and taller than the '64 style console.

Again, let me apologize for the lack of pictures.