new from illinois

Just picked up a 93 ford ranger project.Already been back halved and bagged the cab has been body dropped 3 in and the bed needs done yet. any useful tutorials,how to's,sugestions would be greatly appreciated.
Plan to get my daughter involved in finishing it and give it to her two years from now when she gets her license.
Myself i'm into custom old rides have a 50 lincoln tail dragger i'm building for myself.

welcome man!! got any pics of he ranger and the lincoln?

welcome man, good to see another ranger from Il. Have you checked out www.rangerpowersports .com, alot of us are on there and there is tons of info on that site. JIMMY

welcome 2 the site, thats sick how your building it for your daughter, ha shes gana have all the suto guys runnin after her watch out!

Welcome, post some pics

Thanks will check out the site for sure.
Yeah she doesnt know yet but will be excited i'm positive about that.
sure she will ask for purple paint i got that covered as i'm a flats fan will go with flat purple with ton's of old school pinstriping,as i'm currently self teaching myself the art.
I will get some pic's together today, will look forward to critiques,but i havent touched it yet two other sombody's did all the work so far all i gotta do is make sure it's right ,proper and safe...that's my lil chilly bean gonna be at the wheel you know.but yeah thanks for the warm welcome and hope for lot's of advice,will try to keep with what the guy has done and perfect from there so far it looks good though seeing it's in the proj stage.
lil hick towne of paxton better look out my kid's gonna have a layed out range

welcome to the board...and keep us updated on the progress

would that ranger happen to be green?... I've seen a green bagged ranger not to long ago in my area and haven't seen it in awhile i herd the guy sold it.

look's like it came from fraser mi to begin with. I got it here in champaign il from another guy who did'nt even transfer the title. Was just bagged to start and the second guy back halved it and started the body drop.
It seems to be going in the right direction,but it looks rough not being put together.
he did a super job on the back half frame work and the 4 link.Now it's a matter of finishing the body drop which is 3 in and the bed as well the guy before him butchered the bed pretty good so i'm open to suggestions on the bed drop.
Like i said i'm new to this mini scene all i ever did before was four wheel drives way lifted and old custom cars and my harleys.
gonna get this thing sweet for my kid though.
It's all there just the puzzle of putting it together.
mod's i will move this to the body sect? if i am incorrect please direct it to the righful place



On another note and not sure it's the place to do it and prolly right but the cab has been body dropped on the sides of the floor and rear of cab but the front(firewall) is not done.
Iunderstand the concept of the patching it back up but plan is to run a 302/c4 combo so my thought id to wait on final patching the firewall untill i mock up the engine and tranny for tunnel purposes...on the right track?
if anyone knows of pic's of this and the bed drop pics and ideas as well i would appreciate it

nice i cant wait to see some pics.. i just got into the mini truckin thing my self almost 2 yrs ago so im still learning new shit every day. im sure some one can help ya out on this site.. lots of good people up here

alright ppl keep in mind this was a project i just picked up on a trade for two older fourweelers.
prolly about i dunno 2200 value.
project truck was owned and started by one person then the next guy took it and fixed some things the prev guy did and added to it by bagging it ,back halved it and started the body drop.
could not finish due to having a couple unplanned kiddies. thats where it comes to me.
pic's are posted in suspension as well as members projects be kind and please give me some good ideas,pointers as well as advice like i say i havent touched it yet besides taking wood blocks out from front sus.and helped unload off trailer