Paul's '91 Sport

[Paul]

Nope, too busy with other projects. . . Kevin and I started take-down a few weekends ago (it's at his shop up the road a bit), so still in pieces.

 

[Paul]

. . . but, on the bright side - - I picked up a parts hauler . . .

 

[RockRanger]

Somehow I missed this thread till now. So many details your rig had at Moab that I didn't get to check out. Hopefully you have it back together by now.

 

[410Fortune]

dude
What happened to the front end?????????????????????

I love this sport
I love the red Ranger

So much WANT, beautiful build, love the doors

 

[Paul]

Sorry for the slow response - - and thanks for the comments. Rig is still in pieces up at Kevin's shop, not sure what the future holds for it. Damage not extremely debilitating, but the frame is tweaked and it's now a "salvage" title, and struggling with how much money to throw at it . . .

 

[Stic-o]

Sorry for the slow response - - and thanks for the comments. Rig is still in pieces up at Kevin's shop, not sure what the future holds for it. Damage not extremely debilitating, but the frame is tweaked and it's now a "salvage" title, and struggling with how much money to throw at it . . .

I have a perfectly straight California 1st gen sport I'll sell you dirt cheap you can swap everything over to. I gutted the interior and stole the manual transfer case and tail lights off it. It's a manual trans, and motor dosen't run. I'd rather see it get put back into service vs crushed.

 

[EddieMoney]

WOW...... Is all I can say about all the mods. Very cool!

 

[Paul]

Thanks for the feedback - - Stico: Appreciate the offer. Saw a bone stock 1st Gen cheap up here and still not ready to pull the trigger on a replacement to swap the good stuff...

 

[Paul]

End of the road . . .

Long time coming, but saying goodbye. Some stuff sold, some stuff stored for a potential resurrection in the future. . .

In the end, the frame was tweaked and the core support would have taken "professional" effort to repair - - too much for a salvage vehicle. . .

No, the Atlas II is not for sale. . .

Junk Yard ready. . .

Paul

 

[Stic-o]

Sorry to hear Paul..

My offer still stands. I'll sell you the extra '94 Sport I have for $300, which is what I paid for it. Interior is gutted, and missing the t-case, motor doesn't run. But is a manual. Perfect body.

All you gotta do is come get it, or pay my gas and I'll meet you half way. It's already on a trailer.

 

[Paul]

Sorry to hear Paul. My offer still stands. I'll sell you the extra '94 Sport I have for $300, which is what I paid for it.

Again, thanks for the offer, but going a (slightly) different route. . . As the Sport had front end damage, once we got in deep we found the motor mounts were FUBAR, front axle "tweaked" and like mentioned earlier, too much professional effort for a "salvage" title.

But at the end of the day, too much "good stuff" to just sell off - Atlas, lockers, gearing, SuperRunner steering, 3/4 doors(!), storage drawers, Corbeau heated seats, winch, rear tire carrier/bumper, and blah, blah, blah the rest of 27 years of ownership. . . Plus having Kevin (DiffWhack) just up the road to help with all the heavy lifting.


So. . .

1994 'Sport clone, correct transmission and only 83,000 miles (odo is 7 digits, so hasn't rolled over). . .

Even kind of like the "black & tan" interior - - won't have to worry about Moab dust on this interior. . .

Paul
Couple o' RBVs

 

[gmanpaint]

Nice find!!

 

[Stic-o]

Welcome to the Navajo family


That's a great looking truck.

Funny there is one down here for sale, that looks almost exactly the same, with almost the same miles....

Hope you didn't pay this much...

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[Paul]

Nope on that price, but it was a single owner vehicle in salt-free Washington, has the sunroof, power lumbar front seats, cold AC, Carfax with most all the service records and some other stuff: $2,950.00, plus tax and title. . . Some might think that's too much (like Kevin), but most I've looked at here in person or on-line are 200,000+ miles and roached everything. . . How often does a sub 100K, 2 door with manual pop up?

A couple of minor issues need to be addressed before swapping over the major components, but I'd trust this rig to drive to Moab tomorrow, well, maybe if the relatively new tires were a bit taller than 26" . . . (225 75R 15[!])

Good to be back,

Paul

 

[EddieMoney]

Wow, that's a clean 94. Even has those recliner like seats. Nice find.

 

[RockRanger]

Awesome find. Can't wait to see build 2.0.

 

[Paul]

Obviously want to start swapping stuff out today, but part of the agreement with the better half during the purchase process was to push the majority of serious work weekends to this fall. . . The obvious upside is having Kevin's shop up the road and the ability to put this rig up on the lift for a few weeks as we knock out the suspension work . . . come October.

Suspension plan a bit different this time - - still keeping the Dana 35 TTB, but sold portions of my front axle to a third party and will sling Phil's (Albino94ltd)'s TTB up front. Like mine, it has the ARB, but Phil mounted F250 shock mounts that gave him far superior "droop" to my fairly limited articulation. I had some radius arms made after breaking my old Rancho set on "Upchuck Hill" in 2013 and those went with my front axle, so I'll run Phil's Duff set on this rig. Right now have Duff 5.5" coils from Phil, we'll see if those work or whether they'll need a trim.

Rear axle also from Phil's rig - - going to upgrade to a disc brake conversion, and as of now he's got a "lunchbox" locker set up . . . will likely upgrade that to either ARB (likely) or Detroit - - right now price looks to be about the same for either option.

And the Atlas II - - one of the reasons for pulling the trigger on this rig was the fact that with the manual transmission we wouldn't have to fabricate or purchase "adapters" for the transfer case, have a brand new spare set of driveshafts that'll bolt right up. . .

Near term projects include dropping the fuel tank to replace the sending unit (gas gauge inop), and replacing a few lights on the dash. Also going to make a front headlight modification, "stolen" from a forum member with some great fabbing skills.

Think the round headlights with grille mounted turn signals and 3/4 doors will really make this rig look like a Bronco "tribute". . .

Paul

Edit: After some time, have opted against the round headlight conversion. . . like the boxy front grill just fine (3/22).

 

[fordpickupman]

I like the round eyes

 

[410Fortune]

I love my roundeye led conversion I did body match retainer rings

Love the new Navajo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Paul]

I love my roundeye led conversion I did body match retainer rings

Yep, scoured your BII page for some pointers, but you just skimmed over that modification. . . Going to use 77/78 headlight buckets as the starting point for this modification.

Few more pics of the new rig:

Paul