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Car Lust: The Ford Rangers

Ue oval was glued onto the tailgates on the Ranger. Names like "Explorer", F-150", "Super Crew", etc., were applied on the other trucks, but not a "Ranger". So I went to my friends' salvage yard, found a Ranger with a smushed fender, and removed the "Ranger" badge. It had pins to hold it on the fender, so I cut them off and used double-sided sticky tape to hold the badge on the truck's tailgate. I told people mine had the only "Ranger" tailgate badge in the world, making it easier to find in a parking lot LOL. Pinstriping, black body side molding, and a Nassau, Bahamas, license plate made the otherwise plain truck look acceptable, if not understated.

All Rangers received an updated dashboard and driver airbag in the 1995 model, which was only made for half a year. The story goes that the new dash was for both the Ranger and the Explorer, and they couldn't make enough components for both vehicles, so they favored the Explorer, since it had a major facelift for 1995. My 1994 Ranger had the older style dash - I bought it in October, 1994, and the '95 models were not released until the next Spring. The '93 and '94 models had two vertical bars on the grille, the '95-97 trucks had one in the center. 1996 saw the passenger side get an airbag. That same 1995-model dash continues till today, except Ford stole two of the gauges from the panel... the same new "corporate" gauge cluster can be found all across the Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln lines.

I suppose a few words should also be said that many Ranger drivetrain and suspension components were shared with Ford's Aerostar minivan. They were both built at the same St. Louis, Missouri , truck plant, but they shared no body stampings. Almost any upgrade to the Ranger suspension could be applied to the Aerostar.

1998 was a banner year for the Ranger! So much that it's called the Fourth Generation ,

As another example of the Ranger's evolution, until 1998, the

Passenger assist handles were added, a new 120-horsepower 2.5-litre

There was even an electrically-powered Ranger! Called the Ranger EV , Chevy Volt is expected to go 40 miles on a full charge. The EVs had an energy recovery system, batteries lasted for about 25,000

To propel the truck, a special rear end was used.

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