I Bought a Gorgeous 1988 Ford Ranger 

I may have a thing for 88 rangers now. Absolutely mint.

I have a 4 cyl. 88 Ranger that I just changed the valve cover gasket (blue silicone). In the process of looking for a degreaser I found a product Oil Eater which melted all the caked on and burnt on oil from the engine. After I painted the valve cover the engine (2.3) looks great. That was in 2007. Best vehicle I've ever owed.

My truck used to look like that, then I went off road :)

congrats on the ranger!! happy for you, as long as you love the truck thats all that matters! 👍

I love the 1st gen rangers, what an awesome find

I just purchased a 89 ranger 2.3 manual 4x4 with manual locking hubs. themtruck has zero rust which is getting extremely hard to find, cant wait to start restoring mine

Very nice!

This was my first car in highschool - late 90's. Nice video

That's really nice. Minus a few things, it looks almost exactly like the one my sister used to have.

This thing looks amazing

Great truck! I just got one myself last month. I wanted a tacoma and I'm really glad I went with the ranger.

Very nice man, can’t beat a square body Ford truck!

I have that same exact truck now,an 87 Ranger manual 2.9L 6 cylinder. I paid $900 for mine back in 2015. And still running strong driving from Georgia to South Carolina a lot. Has its ups and downs as all cars do you're right about rust there is none whatsoever on mine it's not as pretty as yours and has a few dings as well but it's a good truck best Ford Ranger I've had out of 4 Fords which 3 of them have been Rangers. I started out with a 1991 manual 6 cylinder,then to the 1998 automatic with all the fixin's and then I found this 87 that I have now. Also I have had several people in the past couple of years asked me if I wanted to sell it or trade. Great showing of your truck. Thanks!!

They are notorious for cracking heads between exhaust valves and coolant passages. Bring it up to operating temperature with the radiator cap off and sniff the radiator for exhaust smell and watch for bubbles coming up in the water in the radiator. Try grounding or pulling one plug wire at a time and listen for a cylinder that doesn't drop any, (or as much) as the other ones. The water leak is under the panel in front of the windshield. I fought mine for almost two years before finding it.

Definitely drop that 302 in it. Glad to see you still have the Mach1

These are just neat little rigs, way cooler than the s10 and these really are like a baby f150 where the s10 feels like your sitting on the floor almost

Reminds me of my 1988 Ford Ranger XLT 5 speed 2.3 L

Window trim originally came with a black rubber coating on most models, Dash wash filled and coated, its got a body lift, hence the reason theres holes from the frame cutouts on the front where he put the lights, its typical to get surface rust on the frame like this one, but a quick sand and spray can be done mostly without removing the cab or bed. I'm on my 3rd and decided to get away from the 2.8, 2.9s and now own an 87 2.3 4x4 regular cab, which I love to bits, even though I'm halfway through the resto. This particular ranger in the video is in incredibly great condition and would fetch much higher than 2100 any day of the week if he decided to sell it, my 87 gets offers for 5k+ and its only half as pretty as this.

Nice Ranger! Always wanted one like that lifted with a 302.

I have a 1988 Ford Ranger 2.9L 4x4 254,000 miles, have a long block ready to go in, nice Ranger you have!!

get them thin chrome fender liners for the wheel well areas. would look so good on this truck its gem for that year

That dude who sold it literally messed up😭

Very good truck! I. have. had four. Rangers and loved. them . Very. reliable truck . The only thing not so good is there is no antilock brakes on these 80's Rangers, but it is good some of these exist after the cash for clunkers bs. Where's the Jeep trails and snow !

I need something like that!

Beautiful

beautiful truck man,i had two bronco 2 and extended cab ranger which I hastily donated to a charity after I did head gaskets and still could not resolved the burning of anti freeze issue it had.

It looks tuff with those rims!!!

I Want This Truck!!

Fire it up cold with the radiator cap off. If you got head issues it will blow water with every stroke. I have a rust free 88 but it is full of dings. It was that way when i bought it. But it was a 2 owner 94,000 miles 4 wheel drive for $200.00.

Nice looking truck.

man wish have that truck its same year has me

I’m about to go buy my 2nd 1988 Ranger extended cab!!

If you could answer me back may i know what that pice is called that is covering the front bumper

Wow $2100 that's a steal for that body condition. I'm currently looking for one since I sold my 1990 ranger several years ago and I miss it lol.

Those swwblade wheels are hard to find worth hanging on to

I like it!

Los soportes de cabina que altura tienen se los cambiaste por unos con mas altura?

What brand is the bed liner or the truck?

Hey bro, I have the same truck, model and year. But mine is 4 Cil. Do you know where I can buy the rear lights and the side turn signals in that black color? I am from Mexico City and I would also like other parts of the truck like, dashboard, gas tank float, sensors and several. That here is very difficult to find. Thanks

Cracked head, Cylinder Head specialist yep, have spray welded hundreds of them factory defect they crack across the top on the end, 3.0 v-6 is the way to go ,,,, beautiful little truck

Man and I thought my 88 was clean you literally have no rust my back bumper has a Bondo job done and it's starting to rust again to where I'm going to need another back bumper and a new paint job and I got some rust bubbles on the top on the truck other than that I'm happy with my truck mine is a Grey color

I have a question, I just found this video But My dad owns a 87 ford Ranger and he said the Relay's are burned but we checked them and they are fine. She cranks and only starts when we use starter Fluid in the vent area but then backfires. Someone said it could be the computer or it could be the fuel filter but the dash lights don't even come on there's no Power coming into the truck. It's been sitting for a good 2 years so I want to redo everything on it, but I need to get it up and running anything would help honestly ! Thank you. It also has the two gas tanks I'm just really stumped about it.

Belleza andante

I want this truck

that truck is crying for an explorer motor swap

What size of wheels and tires

Whoaaa head jobbbb

I have a big thing for 92's.. lol

What did you use to paint the dash?? It looks awesome

There is a bolt in kit for putting the V-8 into it and even a kit for one with factory EFI there's even a guy who took everything out of a 2013 5.0 Coyote Boss Mustang, dash and all and put it in his early Ranger.

Do you have rims specs?

How much lift does this truck have? I'm doing a v8 swap on my old Ranger and I love the stance of this one.

I have a 2.3l 5spd 4x4 same cab

I love the style. i like the color alot & the tires under fenders perfect additions. rims are cool to me; 90s but they have detail where most today lack & its a good feel for its era i say keep them its RETRO & BA

Nice Ranger. Run some Seafoam through it. You'll be surprised. The 2.9l is a great engine.

I own a ford ranger that’s a 1980s XLT

That thing is MINT!

2-3 inch body lift?

Just sat. A 5.0 in mine out of a stang

It's My car favorite

I now own this truck and have some questions, if you dont believe me I can prove it. Please reply when you can, I found this video by chance

Hey man I'm buying 88 Thursday or Friday

What kinda rims are those?

original paint?

Those always have head problems the water flow in the heads are to small so they get hot and the lifters from factory made noise. . Put a 302 in it and leave it alone buddy. No disrespect but the 2.9 cyclone will give you so much trouble once hot. Make sure the heads you get have that issue fixed with the water.

The 2.9 heads were flawed from the beginning. A bad casting design. It was a large enough problem that World Products stepped up to make an aftermarket head that was cast a little thicker in the areas that are prone to cracking. I've cracked over half a dozen heads on two different 2.9 blocks. All cracked in the exact same place, and I'll never own another 2.9 powered truck because of it. You're in for a head replacement without a doubt, and if the kid drove it for long with that issue, you're in for a lot more work eventually.. I currently drive an EFI 302 swapped 1987 model myself, as well as a 2001. Your longbed has been body-lifted and the windshield trim was black on some models from the factory.. I promise you that the truck has at least SOME filler in it.. If you really want to get the best info on repairing that old Ranger, go to www.TheRangerStation.com Tell em Bird76Mojo sent ya. :)

U payed what 2100 with bad motor I got 92 for 15 driving daily

Rustfree Are Rare. Please remove w/well covers. Why cover up those nice square Lines? As If there is something to hide As most use as a cover up ! VG Legacy Truck

Thanks truck looks solid, but it's a rust bucket on the inside , the firewall is rusted out and has fiberglass over the rust and it falling apart and the rust is behind the brake booster and the brake booster is probably going to fall off from all the rust and the cowl panels are completely rusted and water leaks on the ECM and this guy here filled it with expansion foam to try to stop tge leak , and it didn't work , -this guy here is no mechanic and shouldn't be working on cars , that truck is a piece of crap , he said it has good bones , the only good bone is the one you get when you bought this ranger , you guys make this videos and have no clue what you are talking about .