Well this is a first, the flex-o-matic battery hold down is actually a bicycle tire tube

That is ingenius. If the battery gets loose, just add air!!!
Let me add that when I bought my 66 3/4 ton (which is how my Ranger started), it was also an original owner truck that came from desert climate. The PO was selling it due to health reasons and old age. However, it was not pimped out in ultra tacky doodad decor

It had added features such as a full ashtray of butts, rolling papers in the glove box, 2 pounds of dog hair under the seat, AND a prestine original seat under the wore out seat cover. Not a piece of trim was missing and absolutely everything worked. I was very fortunate he did not listen to CDs as most 80 year men don't BTW (the dash was not hacked) and he had never heard of the internet of EVILBAY.
This truck is a joke
