At any rate, hello 5th generation F100 owners!
My name is Steve and I live in Camden, Arkansas [south-central part of the state]. I've been a Mustanger most of my life. I bought my first vehicle ['68 Mustang] two weeks before I turned 16, in September of '82. 30-years later, I still own my high school car. For the past 11 years or so, I've posted at several vintage Mustang sites under the board name, 'ultrastang'. Now that I have an F100 and a "reason" to be here, it just seemed natural to use the name, 'ultraranger'.
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While the '68 Mustang was my first vehicle, it wasn't the first vehicle I learned to drive. The first vehicle I learned to drive was my dad's red & white '68 F100 Ranger, which had been upgraded with all '70 model interior and exterior trim. It had a 360 with a 3-on-the-tree. Only 'creature comfort' it had was A/C.
I had a chance to buy a very solid '69 SWB F100 Ranger in April a year ago, so I jumped on it. Currently, it just has the 240 inline 6, C-4 automatic, drums all the way around, 9-inch w/3.50:1 single track diff. No A/C or power steering but I did recently add a power brake booster from a '75 Ford F350 1-ton truck to my '69.
I have a 5.0L H.O. fuel injected engine from a '90 Mustang GT that will replace the 240-6. A Ford 4R70W electronically shifted 4-spd overdrive automatic transmission from a '98 3.8L Mustang will replace the C-4. The 9-inch will be replaced with the IRS rear setup I got from a 1990 Thunderbird Super Coupe which has rear discs, an 8.8" center section with 3.27:1 gears and a Traction-Lok differential.
My '69 Ranger as it currently stands:
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![Image](http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6465/1969fordf100ranger001.jpg)
2.
![Image](http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/7295/1969fordf100ranger005.jpg)
3.
![Image](http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3023/1969fordf100ranger003.jpg)
4.
![Image](http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2521/1969fordf100ranger009.jpg)
5. '03 Crown Vic front suspension & '90 T-Bird Super Coupe IRS rear suspension:
![Image](http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2513/1969fordf100ranger007.jpg)
6. 3.8L '98 Mustang 4R70W overdrive transmission:
![Image](http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6465/1969fordf100ranger001.jpg)
7. 1990 Mustang GT 5.0L H.O. fuel injected engine that will be going in the truck instead of the '68 Mustang:
![Image](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2152/50lefit5001.jpg)
8. The general idea of the look of the truck when it's complete:
![Image](http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7484/0012561970f0rdf100color.jpg)