Finally Found One

After months of searching we finally located a 1st generation Ranger in fairly straight condition for the cool price of $700. This has been my younger brother's "dream truck" for some time. His Uncle (we are step-brothers) had one when he was growing up and so I think there was a bit of sentimental value to this year and model. When he first asked me to find and restore one of these trucks, I can't say that I fully grasped the reason why; in fact I may have tried hard to talk him out of it at various periods. However the more research I did and the fact that all the parts are still fairly readily available, I finally said "what the hell, lets do it!"Here she is the day we rescued her from a backyard in Pamona, CA. She had been sitting for about 3 years but the previous owner told us that she was indeed a running truck. We didn't care too much at the time because we knew we were going to spend a bunch of time getting her back into pristine condition.