My Dad's '68 Ranger & My First Vehicle

[ultraranger]

I dug up some old photos of my dad's '68 F100 Ranger. He had bought it from my uncle some time around 1972 (when I was 6). My uncle had upgraded the exterior and interior with '70 model Ranger trim. In 1988 (when I was 22), I had come home from college to visit my folks, to discover my dad had sold the truck! --I found out from a friend, years later, that the son of the guy that bought the truck wrecked it and totaled it out!

This was the first vehicle I learned to drive.




In September of 1982 (while I was still 15), I bought this very worn '68 Mustang.




What the '68 looked like by my senior year in high school (1985).




My '68 in 2006




I've owned my '68 Mustang for a little over 30 years now. Currently, it's stripped down to the bare hull on the rotisserie in my shop.

[68 Ford Stepside]

Is that a Azure Blue 2003 Mach 1 i see hiding in the last photo ? My son traded one of those on a 2006 Harley Davidson Ford F 250 4x4 6.0 diesel truck.

[ultraranger]

Is that a Azure Blue 2003 Mach 1 i see hiding in the last photo ? My son traded one of those on a 2006 Harley Davidson Ford F 250 4x4 6.0 diesel truck.

Yessir. I bought it brand new in November, 2003.




My daily driver from 1990-1998. My '66 Mustang fastback.




My daily driver from 1998-2003, (when I bought the '03 Mach 1), 1990 5.0L Mustang GT.




...and of course the '69 Ranger F100 I bought in April, 2011.

[68 Ford Stepside]

You've had some mighty fine stallions in your stables.