Resurrecting "The Rangersuarus" My 69 Ranger

[hazelnut]

Your first car looks to be a 86 turbo coupe, i had one of those back in 88 and for a heavy car that 2.3 would run, The PO had the wastegate set at 25psi. I would get 30-32 mpg on the interstate driveing 75-80, I miss my bird sometimes.

[69rangerf100]

you are correct it was an 86 t coupe i had it at 20 lbs and it somked most new v8's

[hazelnut]

Your truck looks like its got a good body on it, few dings and little rust but over all it looks like it got a nice body on it. The oil cooler looks like the one thats on my 69 t-bird parts car. came with a 429 thunder jet that still in it. It looks to be factory from what ive seen. BIg as they are i dont think your oil is going to get heated up on you.

[69rangerf100]

well here's what i did today i pulled the truck out of the garage by hand and man do i get a work out doing that. i man handled the bed off by my self then rolled it off in the yard then put it on my trailor.

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[hazelnut]

the rear is a dana, Im not that filmialer with them but there should be a number by the rear cover on the case, a 44 or 60,mine were 3/4" tall and easy to see. I know it had to be hard to pull the be off by yourself, i had a backhoe pull mine and had 1 strap looped on the center posts and had to set it back down to balance it with a FE intake in the front of the bed. Take care of your back, you only get one good one

[69rangerf100]

Here is what i have been upto lately. got the front suspension removed and disassembled except for the front drums off the ibeams. and sanding the frame down to get it painted within the next couple of weeks. slowly making progress

[hazelnut]

looks good, youve got it down to bare bones and degreased now, how are you going to prep the frame for painting ? what kind of paint are you planning to use on it ? Your making good progress on her now.

[69rangerf100]

well its been awhile since i last updated this past quarter has kept me busy with homework. but i have managed to get the front half of the frame sanded down and got a majority of the front frame frame primed and almost ready for the final coat of paint.

[69rangerf100]

Here are the pics of the frame so far

[papabug71]

Lookin' good ! Keep up the good work.

The rear end is a DANA 60. It has extra webbing on it the 44 dosen't have

[FreakysFords]

Nice progress!!!!!!!

Check my project thread and see if it can be of any help.

Frank

[69rangerf100]

Well guys I have started to frame color. I decided to use the smoke paint that I had laying around and the frame looks good and will look really good once I get the clear coat on it.