Old school Ranger takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’, barely faltering after the hard landings.
This week’s Freaky Friday video comes to us from the Surrey Customs YouTube channel and it features an older Ford Ranger taking one hell of a beating. The video details that “on July 4th 2016, four men paved their way into the history books by changing the way you look at a Ford Ranger”. Based on the spray paint all over the truck coupled with the action in this clip, we would guess that these guys are just trying to kill the truck before it goes to the junkyard, but in any case, it makes for a pretty funny video.
Sweet Jumps
The video above begins with a picture of the Ford Ranger before it received its unique paint job, followed by a Napoleon Dynamite meme asking if it had been off any sweet jumps. That is some not-so-subtle foreshadowing of what is to come, and the jumping action is pretty sweet.
This team of filmmakers and their trusty Ford Rangerhave a small dirt jump that is actually a pair of jumps with one smaller bump leading to a bigger jump that sends the truck into the air. Each time that they hit it, they do so with more speed and that leads to more air, but the Ranger holds up remarkably well.
A Touch of Humor
After the video begins with a Napoleon Dynamite meme, “Eye of the Tiger” kicks in with different images of the Ranger flashing across the screen. As the music continues, the little Fordtakes its first run at the jump, slamming down and rolling to a stop, but it continues around for another shot.
The footage then moves to the in-car, where we watch as Wyatt “Ron Jeremy” Engg and Dawson “El Taco” Juarez take to the sky in the Ranger. They have on helmets and life preservers for safety, and based on how much they bounced around, any protection is a good idea.
With varying music in the background, this Ranger shows that like the F-Series, these smaller trucks are built Ford tough.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
