New ride...

[coppertales]

Bought a 1972 Ford F100 Ranger today. I have been trying for an hour to load the pic in photobucket so I can post it but, no joy. It is a standard cab, 8 foot box. 360 V8 auto with factory AC. NO Rust. I looked around the net to see what these were going for and I got a deal. Can't wait to get it home and get my greasy fingers on it. At last, a vehicle I can work on. It is Blue with a white top. New tires and battery.....chris

[Altarboy]

No rust? That's a jewel. Nice find.

[N/A]

Kinda hard to afford a Texas Ranger at their grossly overinflated prices. You'll get more work out of your Ranger.

[coppertales]

Forgot to mention the original factory paint is really nice. Only one chip on the left front fender where a shopping cart dinged it.... chris

[cevulirn]

try www.tinypic.com for uploads without having to make an account and stuff.

[Schuetzenman]

Who owned it a hermit?

[Dan Morris]

If that has a C6 tranny, be careful.....72-73 they had a nasty habit of popping from park to reverse........I had one! A shock when it tries to follow you!
Dan

[El Laton Caliente]

If that has a C6 tranny, be careful.....72-73 they had a nasty habit of popping from park to reverse........I had one! A shock when it tries to follow you!
Dan

I came out of a convenience store to see my truck coming back across the highway at me... I stopped it before it hit the store... NEVER leave that thing running in park.

[davepool]

I came out of a convenience store to see my truck coming back across the highway at me... I stopped it before it hit the store... NEVER leave that thing running in park.

Fords were notorious for that, they still hadn't figured it out by 1979. I got home from a brutal hot day working on a roof for 12 hours one summer day,shut the engine off, put the truck in park, forgot to set the emergency brake, went in the house stripped off my dirty sweat soaked clothes and watched as it rolled down my driveway and over the 16' cliff at the end of my property with all of my roofing equipment in the bed. It was a lifted 4 wheel drive F250 and other than some damage to the front bumper and a bent tie-rod it started up and i drove back to the drive way, fords are tough trucks,

Early 70s trucks are good to own, none of that computer crap to deal with. Those were the days when a tune-up meant changing the plugs and points and adjusting the carburetor, now you take it to some guy who hooks it up to his laptop and remaps the programming.

[l921428x]

and no emp's either. good call I would love to have a p/u in that time frame.
a tank by today's standards.

[Dan Morris]

I came out of a convenience store to see my truck coming back across the highway at me... I stopped it before it hit the store... NEVER leave that thing running in park.

I was a quick learner......cost me a door and some bruzed ribs to learn! Only took once!
Dan

[skorpion]

Nice! Can't wait to see some pictures! I love 70s and 80s trucks, whether they be Ford, Dodge, or GM.

I had a 1976 F-100 once but never drove it... I was in the Marines and a buddy was getting out. He did not want to tow it all the way home to Oregon from North Carolina with his little Nissan pick-up. I gave him a Mossberg 500 for it and eventually sold it for $300. Had a 351, C6, and 9" rear. No body, though. :)

http://i62.tinypic.com/s1ntsj.jpg

[5.56NATO]

I bet that ac will drive you out of the truck with cold.

[coppertales]

Points? I hope I can remember how to set them with a dwell meter.....Thanks for the heads up on the tranns jumping out of park. It does have a C6......chris

[coppertales]

http://i58.tinypic.com/rcliev.jpg Pic of the new truck, I hope....chris

[Dan Morris]

Dang nice looking rig!
Dan

[skorpion]

http://i58.tinypic.com/rcliev.jpg Pic of the new truck, I hope....chrisThat is one good-looking truck. Clean as a whistle, too. Thanks for the pic!

[davepool]

That is a nice looking '72, bet it was kept in a garage

[1 Patriot-of-many]

Looks minty!

[mrkalashnikov]

http://i58.tinypic.com/rcliev.jpg Pic of the new truck, I hope....chris

Sweet-looking truck. I would love to own an old "pickemup" like that.

[Helen Keller]

very nice..




the salt woulda ate that all away by now.



I'd trade my fancy eco-boost for an older truck any day.

[Full Otto]

Man that is nice
I gotta get my '79 back out on the road some day
I keep saying that but it still sits out in the barn
Not quite as nice as shape but not far behind yours