project drgnmits

[dragginmits]

heres a few of my mm plan on tearin in to it when i get my ranger done

when i bought it fo 300 bucks a few years ago

[dragginmits]

heres a few more after some tlc and an engine rebuild

[dragginmits]

finishesed this up this afternoon new radiator heater core electric fan fog lights and upper radiator hose. had the pulleys painted black with red pearl i know they clash with the blue but i changed up my plan getin painted silver with a red engine bay so when the engine comes out it will get repainted

[qballd50]

Looks Really Good Man!

[tekjones83]

very niiice!!

[onerex]

Looks good! Any updates?

[dragginmits]

yea after the new heater core now the blower motor doesnt work haha been to lazy to pull the dash again to see why. on a good note replaced the front speakers with some new JL Audio TR's been pretty busy on my shop lately when i get it finished ill be makin some progress

[dragginmits]

well been a busy couple of year but found some time for the mighty, here is a tease

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[camoit]

It's starting to look better.

[DroppedMitsu]

Sweet, new paint. Looking good, looking forward to updates.

[dragginmits]

The mighty made it home last night after about a year of some much need TLC. Today its getting cleaned up and fluids changed and gonna go for a drive. The next few months are gonna be busy gotta redo the bumper mounts for a tighter fit and gonna be doing a five lug swap to update the wheels. After i get that done its going for a one off interior.

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[dragginmits]

had a productive trip to the yard today got a column the tail light light harness and some screws and clips that are missing should be driving this thing soon.

[meandmit]

looking good

[dragginmits]

busy day ill let the pics speak for themselves hope to get this finished tommorow

[dragginmits]

one more and a shot of the new paint

[BradMph]

This project has been on the blocks for over 2 years, are you close to completion or has it been done and just not posting for that time?

The updated front looks good, nice to see some chrome on trucks since everything is going plastic nowadays. All clear light covers as well.

[dragginmits]

Thanks man Its getting real close. I got a little side tracked with other obligations. I bought a house and had to get it habitable, as well I went back to school to become a cnc programmer/machinist and consequently started a new job. The interior and stereo is my main focus right now. One of my close friends runs a trim shop and he is gonna do a one off interior in it. After that the only other major project is to convert to a 5 lug setup and get rid of the 80's wheels that were on it when it bought it. This truck is supposed to be my daily when its finished. Im trying really hard not to get too carried away since I'm in the middle of the build on my bodied Ranger also

[dragginmits]

Sorry about the bad pics it got dark before i could get them. I'll put up some better pics tomorrow. The seats are in and the floor is sound deadened I'm gonna get the power wired to them this week and hopefully drop them off to be covered.

[dragginmits]

heres a better pic of the buckets from the front an a pic of the rear brackets welded and painted

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[dragginmits]

[dragginmits]

[dragginmits]

Made some progress on the truck today finished putting sound deadner in. Did the roof, back wall, and inside the doors def gonna make a difference when i get my stereo in. Also got the power wired to the seats. The plan is to get the new carpet in tomorrow.

[geezer101]

What noise matting did you use? I don't see dynamat stamped all over it (I have heard some not so good things about dynamat in regards to it's solvent resistance...)

[dragginmits]

I used FatMat Mega Mat it is a butyl based mat. I am very pleased with it so far. It got very good marks on most of the audio forums I checked out. I do not recommend there lower end products. This stuff sticks very good and installed very easy.

[bobbyk]

The truck looks good man. How about some pictures of the bodied ranger?