Built Ford tough- my buddy doing some 4 wheelin

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Phil
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Built Ford tough- my buddy doing some 4 wheelin

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The guy I bought my Torino wagon from has got into 4 wheeling and uses this blue ranger.
He just recently added the wheels and a Dana front axle.
Its mostly stock and he bought it a couple years used. It was a super clean low mile truck 8)
2.3 wrote:Went to The Mounds in Mt. Morris Mi today for the 7th annual Chili Day Meet and had a blast again! Great weather,great people and great wheelin. Got to meet up with a friend from Rnger-Forums Mark and his son Dan and got see Marks awesome truck. Thing was a beast out there,no reservations about wheelin it hard and risking some carnage.Ryan and DasMustache came along as the offical Ranger Recovery Vehicle.Funny thing tho,I think I recovered him more than he did me!
I got to test my new front Aussie locker and it really transformed my truck! I was able to wheel it soo much EASIER than ever before,took so much less throttle to do the same things I had to floorboard it to do in the past.Only complaint of the day was having to deal with all the ice.Didnt matter how big your tires were or if you had three lockers,once you broke thru the ice you were done.

Obviously I got more pics of friends Ranger and Ryan than of myself.....sorry a couple have Lon in them too.
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Our first incounter with droppin thru the ice
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Down in one of the may "pits" they have there. Lots of different lines to pick to get down in and out. Problem was all of them were solid sheets of ice and lot harder to climb out of than you would think.
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Pix dont show nearly how steep these lines were!
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My first incounter with some weak ice
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Ryan dropped into a big hole/rut that he didnt see and set off his airbag!
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The ice was no joke!!
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I dont care what you say but seein the SEMA Brute drive by was pretty cool!
70K and they can build you one too!
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Made it thru the whole day in one peice with no breakage!!
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Ryan not so lucky.....airbag,quarter panel,bumper,tail lens and flare.
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Someday I'll get another slick :(
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Jarrod
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Post by Jarrod »

THat is cool. I have been into offroading even before I got into slicks. I love the AEV Brutes. But yeah big dollars to build. you can buy the pieces to recreate one for about 9k from AEV. Just add your tj. I love the Hemi swap into the 4 door jeep. Did the other one with the intercooler have a turbo on the stock minivan engine or did they swap in the diesel? Snow wheeling is fun. That little blue ranger is nice and clean. Its fun to wheel stock. It makes you a better driver when you step upto bigger tires.
Cheers,
Jarrod
blackagatha
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Post by blackagatha »

looks like fun.

one of my roommates at school, last semester went for a "study break" planned 2 hours, got his jeep cherokee stuck up to the floor in a mud hole... took him like 9 hours to dig/pull it out... that was a hell of a day for him... and no, he didnt study any more that night...
'63 with 390 & lots of juice. But never enough. Always want more.
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Ford4jack
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Post by Ford4jack »

Looks like they a fun time good to get out and play like that.
Never got to try the 4x4 thing in snow / mud before.
I have seen folks here playing in mud pits up at the ORV area at LBL in Kentucky.
They were having a great time at it.
I went bold and tried a small pit there on a 320 lb dual sport bike :roll: what a mistake about got heat stroke before I got out of it.
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Brent
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Post by Brent »

The Mounds is an awesome place to 4wheel

Used to go out there almost every weekend and ride fourwheelers when I was a kid.
63 F-100 4x4
74 Gran Torino
96 Ranger STX 4x4
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