Well last year I helped purchase my father a new 2008 Ford Escape. He loved the car and asked me if I wanted his old truck.

At the time all we had in the family was a 2005 Volvo S80 and a 2006 Mercedes Benz C55 AMG. Previously my wife and I spoke about wanting to get a truck so I wouldn't have to put sod in the back of my Benz like I did once.

So he gave it to me and it's a 1998 Ford Ranger XLT bare bones. Manual everything, Green with willow interior. So it's been 7 months since I got it and I have since lost my job and sold the AMG and now this is my primary vehicle so I can save up for a Porsche.

I've cleaned it up and here's what I did, enjoy!:

• Steam cleaned the interior and scrubbed all the plastics
• Claybared the truck
• Porter Cabled the entire truck using PB SSR2.5
• Klasse AIO'd the truck
• P21S waxed the truck
• Put my 2006 Badges on that I've had for 7 months

 

Very clean for an 11 year old truck.

 

Very nice! I would of gladly taken it!

 

nice... i think it needs bigger tires though

 

very nice sounds like my kind of guy on cleaning only step i did more then you was take apart the whole interior for a wash lol

I love the truck been looking for a 98-00 2wd flare side manual for a while now

 

Yeah I'm going to get some 15" wheels from another member here. I just gotta go pick them up and the 14" tires are almost worn enough to negate buying 15" tires.

Mines an auto :(

 

What no pics of the willow interior? Truck looks good man, but the cap isn't doing it for me on the stepside.

 

nice rig man

 

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I'll get photos tomorrow of the interior however I will say that the damn armrest is worthless!

Yeah I'm not a big cap guy but it was on the truck when I got it and it allows the dogs to get in the back and be protected. And the cap actually has helped protect some cargo.

 

you said manual everything so i assumed it was one

 

Damn, that is very clean! Congrats on the truck!

 

Wow... glad to see somebody take care of their truck.. that thing looks mint man! Sounds like you know how to take care of it!

 

Sweet! Looks as clean as my '08.

 

Interior shots:

 

truck looks like it was nicely taken care of!

any pics of the amg you had??

 

Hope this isn't too off topic but here are a coupleInterior shots:

 

Very nice truck man, very clean and looks well taken care of. That cap has got to go though

 

Nice car and nice truck. Truck is begging to be slammed.

 

That Ranger looks like it just left the dealer! I like the green,but not feeling the willow interior. My friend had a 96 Grand Marquis with a leather willow interior. Just as bad as burgundy lol.

 

Clean truck (just like mine, manual everything and only 1 year difference), sorry to hear about losing your job.