87 ranger build 56K killer

[bmph8er]

ok first of all i am not a 100% sure this thread should be here if it shouldnt feel free to move it thanks. first off i gave 200 bucks for this truck and drove it home. hoping to have around 2500 in the truck finished but i know that wont work. im going to try for a stock floor body drop around 4 inchs and see how that sits and then start in on the normal body drop. thinking a few more inches might get me door. and i aint running a dash or nething ima make my own so i think i can keep the steering str8 just cut the firewall and lift the colum up and a few other things but we will see. but heres my progress for now. let me know what u think. thanks

the day i got it home

started stripping it

finally got the body off

started shaving and painting the frame first coat or two much more will come later

got the lower bars mounted remaking a mount for the upper bars as of now

tranny crossmembers been cut out and remade drag proof



anywayz this is how far i am now been working on it in my spare time im in no real hurry just should be done by indy truck bash in aug. im looking fwd to dragging the piss out of the truck. im also lookin for used drop i beams or dream beams hook me up thanks

[Kingman]

Now that's what I'm talkin about!

[RangerRaider]

Looks good man! Nice garage, that makes a huge difference!

[bmph8er]

ya we done the last 4 trucks in a dirt floored barn drafty as all hell. but we still got them done. this is my 5th truck but its by far the biggest build i have done. i just hope it get back together. thanks for the comments so far

[Not All There]

sweet man, keep them pics comin

[bmph8er]

rear upper 4 link bars should be mounted to the cross memeber i made after i get that welded in wed. i ran out of welding wire last time i was working on it. so pics should be up wed or thursday on that. this should be a ongoing thread for the next 6 or 8 months. and neone else think this is a waste since im just building this to drag and see if i can haha

[OneTrkMnd]

*subscribed* to this thread..lol

oh how i love the first gens

[bmph8er]

for everyone watching this thread from now on please rememeber this trucks being built in my spare time. so hopefully 1 update a week at min. but no promises. jst tryin to tuck the hell outa lugs on my 14s. i forgot to say the trucks going rat rod. flat black with the red rims and its going to be fully roadster. no side glass no rear glass and best of all no top. so if neone needs side of rear glass i might have it. and we r cutting down the front window 4 inchs or so and no heat or air or even vents lol

[The S-10 killer]

is that a challenger in black and purple? just a wild guess....how about pics of that too...

[bmph8er]

its a charger it was my buddys moms she left it in the garage when he bought the house. we have since kicked it out of the garage and moved in his junk 300zx it lost a rod so we r rebuilding that as well right now. no pics of the car sorry man

[silver]

nice keep them comming

[PickupMan92]

pretty freakin sweet man, can't wait to see more!

[bmph8er]

forgot this pic its sort of a crappy pic of what the rims and tires are going to look like. i only got one done jst to see what they would look like. rattle can FTW


ya ya i know its dirty as hell but we ran out of things to do that night so i sprayed it

[bmph8er]

well got very little done tongiht but drank a lot actually drunk right nowposting this. newayz heres the picsd
this is my buddy grindin down the welds
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even ended up with the 22 yer old eibore girl helping us
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and ended up with the upper bars mounted
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[RangerRaider]

Looks like a lot of grinding! 4-Links are awesome though I really need to get some idea's going for my coilover 4 link.

[bmph8er]

just noticed in the pic u cant tell but i had to notch that upper 4 link mount bar 4 inchs to clear the drive shaft. first time we done it we sorta screwed up and didnt give it enuff room for front up only. jacked the front up driveshaft hit the 4 link mounts and 4 link haha oops. oh well beer and welding i guess dont work out all the time

[campbellst87]

Looks good man.

[bmph8er]

we had to fix a small fup tonight so had to do some cuttin and grindin and we got tired of the smell of burning hair i got tired of sparks in my ears so this is what we came up with. we aint ne farther on the truck but we had fun.






damn my arms red in that pic. maybe next time sleaves haha

[MacDaddy]

now thats what i call progress.

[tehzack]

Damn thats funny. I guess all your work looks even more awesomer through beer goggles.

[bmph8er]

hell ya it looks better only prob is we messed up a part or 2 cuz i drank a lil to much but oh well. 2 steps fwd 1 step back it will get done sometime lol

[bmph8er]

well finally got some more stuff done to it. its moving along slower then i thought before due to the fact i cant hardly find drop i beams for under 450 bucks. newayz heres the frame now. still on stock i beams so the front sits a lil to high

[pimped ranger02]

I thought you said you where going to stock floor it????

[bmph8er]

i am jst aint got that far yet. i aint remakin that much of the frame. id like to go firewall back new frame but this is a budget truck. has to be as cheap as i can but still built right. only stock flooring the cab screw the bed haha

[LoLifeRanger]

good progress.. looks awesome.

austin

[ghostranger04]

nice hat

[bmph8er]

never mind i figured it out

[bmph8er]

well something finally got done tonight. the rear bags where put on and the e brake was ummm cut off haha. it was in the way. newayz it gets around 12-14 inchs of lift i cant put over 120 psi into the 180 psi bags cuz the cheapo home compressor we got. and the driveline angle is shot to **** we gotta work on that. but neways heres the pics

[USCGRngr04]

Sweet, that looks like a fun project.

[bodydrop99]

was up with the bag truning like that on the bar?