1988 Ford Ranger

Ford

Ranger

1988

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1983 Mustang 2.3L SOHC carbureted engine with a comp cam and custom made air cleaner. Full stainless steel exhaust and header. Interior has 8 speakers and two 8 inch Boss Subwoofers and a 1000 watt dual channel amp. Powered by a low budget retro style off brand bluetooth stereo. Has custom fitted seat belts from a 1988 F-150. Seat was recovered using a Raybuck seat cover. Aftermarket dash pad and door panels were installed everything is now black interior instead of the original tan color. Has a modified 12-in Grant racing wheel in it steering wheel was pressed and bent to allow for more room in between the seat and the steering column. Has 2001 Ford Ranger visors that are gray to match the interior. The rims are a GM style Speedway motors 10 bolt multi pattern chrome rim has 15-inch tires 8 in wide tires on the back 6-in wide tires in the front. Has a Sickspeed 8 Ball 5-speed shifter knob with a threaded adapter.

Build story

Had a 1983 Ford Ranger in high school fixed it up with my dad drove it all the way through highschool and partially through college when I hit a deer with it and totaled the truck. Found this truck several miles away for 400 bucks on Facebook buy sell trade. The engine was bad and the transmission was messed up drove 4 hours one way in the pouring rain to pick this truck up. Got the truck home and started working on it immediately found out that there was a ton of rust in the body. Slowly begin the restoration process had the motor pulled out of my 1983 Ford Ranger and temporarily put it in this truck to drive it. Eventually got to the point where it was time to have somebody with more experience do the body work. I took the truck to to Tvrdy's One Stop in Valparaiso Nebraska where I work as a mechanic and one of my bosses does paint and body work. I came up with the idea for the paint scheme from one of the pictures I shared those two trucks are my older brother and his wife's pulling trucks. The name on the side of the truck fits the truck since it is literally half the engine of those trucks and the name is fitting since we are all bohemian in our family. I have taken the truck to a local car show for the past 3 years always get lots of interest in the truck it's not fast but it is fun and I enjoy the truck. I have plans to put a Holley Super Sniper EFI system on it as well as a small supercharger when funds will allow me to.

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