been active in the f250 section for awhile and didnt even realize there is a ranger section

anyways my buddy n i went in on these trucks to build on a budget.
we got both trucks for 500.the stock one ran.the other one had the motor and trans pulled but he gave us those also.it came with a brand new glass hood and new glass bedsides never mounted.



then we did the black wheel mod:bleh:


then i decided i was sick of looking at the parts truck in my driveway


we got 160 in scrap metal for it and saved the rear diff and front suspension off of it

then we got around to mounting the bedsides


and threw the lift on from the parts truck


we built a custom leaf pack from both of the trucks.we got 11" total out of stock leafs and also it lifted the rear some so we didnt need to use the blocks that were on the previous lift.and got some fox resi shocks for 80 bucks and decided to build a shock hoop

here it is just about done but i didnt build the lower mounts yet or finish bracing my glass mounts


picked up 5- 31x10.50s with wheels for 130.



gutted the interior.built the rear hoop and also got the sides done i just havnt mounted anything yet.



at of this point we were 750 total into it

 

cage is done


spare tire rack built


my buddy machined the collars out of 17-4 heat treated ss from a shaft from a missile which was pretty cool.


also got a pic of the front light bar.and i know the lights look off but they are all pointing diff directions.im going to aim them in the desert

 

now i dont have a fully finished pic.we were building this to go out for thanksgiving tripe.took it out had a blast of a time. i threw a rod bearing in my baja the first day so we both split driving this thing. ended up having the water pump hose fall off on us and overheated the motor.


so its been sitting in my toyhauler since the trip. other than the motor the only probs we had is we made the glass bedside mounts too thin.2 of them sheared so we took the whole bedside off so it didnt rattle. next month we'll be pulling it out of the toyhauler and doing 1/4 plates instead of the 12ga we used before.hopefully that will work. and also rebuilding the motor.all in all we are in it a grand total of 800 combined


edit: future plans are to extend/radius the front beams and heim/coil it.then the motor from the black c10 you see in the background(built 350) and trans will be going in it as well as a for 9" and linking the rear. that is when the budgeting will be out the window

 

Pretty sweet man. I like seeing the 1st gens being customized.

 

not much progress as i havnt been home for almost 3months for the weekends at all. so not much time to work on projects. i got a set of 17x10s on 33s. with less than 500 miles on them. all 5 for 600 bucks. also installed a smallblock chevy 350 with a turbo 350 trans in it. now time to do the wiring.mount the beard buckets and new harnesses. get a driveshaft made and hope for the best the little rear end will hold up

 

Looks great

 

dang dude looks good ive been thinking about starting a lil project with my dd.. but my bronco is sucking up what cash the gas station isnt