# Well i got me a beater truck cheap!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 30, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390 "2004-12-30T18:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/1 "2004-12-30T18:27:40Z")
i got this truck cheap bought it for 50 buck’s run’s great… only needed 2 brake line for inspection … so i took the warm weather and started to do some work to it … not bad for a ford … ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0009.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0009.jpg) some rust not bad … ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0010.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0010.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0011.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0011.jpg) and a few holes but in the bed : ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0013.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0013.jpg) it is a ford so you get that … not to go the cheap way out here it is a beater i went in the house and got this : ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0012.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0012.jpg) ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0014.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/customandsound/ranger/Dcp_0014.jpg) filed it down and skimed the out side and under coated the hell out the back side primed it and went back to work …hell i only paid 50 buck’s for the truck ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/2 "2004-12-30T18:31:44Z")
That is scary, Looks like a buddy of mine old ranger :ugh: 4 speed? ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/3 "2004-12-30T18:35:08Z")
it is an 83 the first year they cam out with them in the mini size … i going to start the rest of the body work on it in the morning and repaint it next week … but is is a good beater and as you can tell i am beating it … ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/4 "2004-12-30T18:35:34Z")
not 2.8 auto ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/5 "2004-12-30T18:36:22Z")
4 speed? ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/6 "2004-12-30T18:37:08Z")
maybe a 2.9L ? ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/7 "2004-12-30T18:39:43Z")
> [@SHAG](#): > > maybe a 2.9L ? yep … i hit the wrong key … one i get the body straight i am droping a 302 in ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/8 "2004-12-30T18:42:57Z")
my step dads 4.0l 93 runs pretty good with a 5 speed, rangers are durable from our experiences with them, ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/9 "2004-12-30T18:56:04Z")
they guy had this and a 86 bronco 2 the bronco is beat … got a bunch of cheap beaters . he haul’s them to the junk yard … it took me 3 days to find the owner so i can get it in my name … ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/10 "2004-12-30T19:01:14Z")
oh no another title situation, im in one now and it truelly sucks !!! ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/11 "2004-12-30T19:26:19Z")
was it lost or not received or did you buy it with the hope ot getting it in your name …? give me a call i can have my uncle help you track down the person he is a cop that is what i did… ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/12 "2004-12-30T19:36:02Z")
No, its a long story. I’ll just say neighbor used my garage for a year and the great flood of 2004 occured in my garage and i had it towed :owned: ---
**Author:** ![BETRAYED93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BETRAYED93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BETRAYED93)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/13 "2004-12-30T22:32:27Z")
4x4? id buy it to run in the mudd… but for 50$… great deal! ---
**Author:** ![BETRAYED93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BETRAYED93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BETRAYED93)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/14 "2004-12-30T22:33:05Z")
oh yeah… did it come with the truck bed full of junk? ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/15 "2004-12-31T05:50:09Z")
old rangers are awesome. I beat the hell out of my dads when I was in high school. He gave it to me with 214,000 miles on it and it lasted till 273,000 miles last year when my little brother wrecked it. That thing was a tank. It was a 2.9 with a 5-spd. Great find for $50 :bigthumb: ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/16 "2004-12-31T13:12:16Z")
2 wheel drive and it is not forsale… the junk is shit i had laying around i took 2 loads to the scrap yard and that is about the rest of it… now i wonder what it will do in the 1/4mile ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/17 "2004-12-31T13:49:34Z")
> [@customandsound](#): > > 2 wheel drive and it is not forsale… the junk is shit i had laying around i took 2 loads to the scrap yard and that is about the rest of it… now i wonder what it will do in the 1/4mile we should race beater trucks!!! ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/18 "2004-12-31T16:46:07Z")
your on!!! i got the 302 sitting in the garage at the body shop i need to find a c6 to bolt it in … ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/19 "2004-12-31T17:51:47Z")
> [@customandsound](#): > > your on!!! i got the 302 sitting in the garage at the body shop i need to find a c6 to bolt it in … what year 302 ??? out of a truck, Mustang, Van, WHAT ??? ---
**Author:** ![customandsound](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@customandsound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/customandsound)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390/20 "2004-12-31T18:44:19Z")
i will never tell !!! no it is out of my bronco 81 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-got-me-a-beater-truck-cheap/171390.md?page=2)