1969 Ranger - Boxwood Project

[ta TACO]

Love the color! Great job.

Davin.

[390bump]

Not done yet but thought I would post these pics I took today:

[terry1167]

Awesome! The interior looks great and has all of the upgraded Ranger pieces....what a great project! Can't wait to see the finished product. Thanks for sharing.

[Fordnatic]

Awesome-that's a really straight pickup. I don't think I've ever seen a tailgate that pristine!

[390bump]

finished the grill today:

Rangers put on:

Done except for new door molding I'm waiting for:

Then I can put interior door panels back on:

[FormerMarine1981]

Really nice work, great job. Is that a new repop instrument cluster? Going to replace the wood grain to match the 69 style?

[buford]

Man, your truck really looks nice, you have a good eye for detail also, I don't know if your into showing your truck at area car shows ,but your gonna get alot of attention and Trophy's, Clear off that fireplace mantle, keep the pic's coming Nice job!!!

[390bump]

Thanks for the compliments! I knew you truck guys would appreciate the project. Yeah, got the instument cluster from Dennis Carpenter and the "wood grain" doesn't match. Had the door panels redone to match the bench seat so the old "wood grain" on the old door panels are gone. The new instument has a "walnut grain" - if I could find some more I could glue it over the old stuff so it all matches. OR - if I could find new stuff like the original I would go that direction...

Next up - bought a power steering upgrade kit from "Dan" off of Ebay (should get here in a few days). Also should get new tires since the ones on there are like 16 years old and cracking between the threads. Never ends!

[FormerMarine1981]

Yeah I Wish they would come out with an old style wood grain pattern for the 69o Ranger bezel. Try googling wood grain contact paper, I found some stuff pretty close.

[390bump]

I think the cosmetic stuff is all done!

Door panels put in:

Replaced the 15 year old tires:


They also replaced king pins and tie rods - need to go back as they didn't get the alignment right.
Last one:

[terry1167]

WOW! What a terrific project and awesome result. You did a great job with tremendous focus on detail. I'm almost sad to see that it's done since this was one of my favorite threads to follow. Thanks again for sharing. This keeps me motivated!

[390bump]

Thanks Terry!
Will work on mechanical things next so I'll update the thread some more with progress... Still waiting for the Power Steering kit I bought off Ebay to arrive... If I can come up with any more "play money" I would like to do some motor work (manifold, carb, heads redone and maybe a mild cam).

[thrush544]

SWEET !!! Really nice work! Where did you get your door panels from? Are you happy with them? They look good in the picture.

[390bump]

Thanks! Door panels were custom made by the guy who did the seat. He tried to match them up. He also did the headliner and covered the sun visors. Good work and very reasonable (works from home).

[390bump]

Power steering added... Now surgery on motor to rework heads and putting in a cam / manifold: