George is a young man. This is what ya call growing pains. Lessons in life aren't free. He'll know better next time. Too bad you gave up your Chevy for that turd. It ain't Easy being Easy 👍👊
I'm surprised it made the trip. Wow. Reminds me of the 69 Camaro my brother bought once. It was 98% bondo. A complete rust bucket. But he managed to get it road worthy and drove It for several years. So, yes, anything is repairable. Good luck with it!
The three rangers I've had were never had rust that bad and two of them spent all of their lives up here in Pa. But I do know that the leaf spring hangers are a weak point on these when it comes to rust.
I thought I was looking at a New York State truck that's been out in the salt every winter. Fixable, sure, but surely there are better ones to start from down there. Find one with a blown engine and a good body/mounts and switch over the lift, tires, etc.. Now,, what I'd be interested in is that maroon/silver Chevy G20 conversion that I catch a glimpse of way off to the right of this truck, can see the top of it at about the 8:00 mark.
You think that's bad? You should see my 86 F150. Floor pans? What are those? Somebody put sheet metal across the rear besides to cover up the rust... this is mild
Jay Smart in my opinion this truck ( great colour and good looking) is toasted. All the mounts are gone, there is rust everywhere. If you have in the yard a good Ranger...all is a lot simplier and faster. But there is a lot of work to do in it.
This pile of junk did some in the salt belt somewhere. I see this all the time up here in Wisconsin. The issues with this one are why almost all of these have vanished from northern roads.
was it a coastal vehicle that received ocean salt water? I would transfer the whole truck to a new no rust/rot frame or sell the blue Sonoma to your friend.
Oh well, at least the body isn't all out of line because the frame is bent, just that the body mounts have gone so the body isn't attached any more... I think you're going to be doing a good trade in Ranger parts for a little while...
Hey Jay, surprise him by giving him your Sonoma!!! There's great reward from giving. :) Afterwards, scrap this death trap. He's better happy than dead.
Well Pennsylvania said it is a fail for inspection my neighbor had a 1999 ranger xlt 4wd and white first owner treat it like crap didn't care and my neighbor is the third owner and he sold it to someone else and it is dumpster on wheels and he found a way to pass the inspection and yet it back bumper is hanging by one fastner and it been sitting for more than 3 months
If the drive line is in good shape the find a rust free 2wd and swap the 4x4 stuff over. I bought a 99 Ford Explorer 4x4 4.0 with 113k miles on it thats got rust problems as well that I'd like to swap over to a rust free truck but don't have a place or time😢
George has bought himself a hobby. Or I guess he is in the best place to get parts, but DANG !! Lol Take JAy with you nest time George !! Lol When young we all make trades like that I guess too.. :)
It's doable, but until the chassis work is done, I'd almost be afraid to take a sudden turn in it for fear the cab would just roll off the chassis and I'd be on my side in a ditch while the rest of it just kept on truckin' without me.
Would of just put some marvel mystery oil in the 350 and drove it my 350 has had a lifter tick and i used some seafoam and some mistery oil and she now runs with no tick
It does look a nice truck, but in essence it's a what you call, a good from far, far from good truck, but it doesn't look too hard to fix though, and will be a nice truck then.
As much as I love this style of Ranger these were very prone to rusting out underneath especially the frames. Definitely Not worth saving could become very dangerous on and off road for your friend. It could be fixed yes, but itll need a ton of TLC. I bought a 2000 Red Ranger XLT supercab 2wd looked pretty nice and I liked it ran good, had a good transmission too but the rear of the frame was practically gone couldn't believe how a big dealership could sell trucks like that and mine wasnt the only one they tried selling like it either with bad frame issues.
Take all the good parts off and scrap it... One trail this thing is crunched. Especially in north Carolina you can find clean truck for cheap we don't have have that luxury in Ohio... even we would scrap that bucket here
you can't tell me that this thing is legally allowed to drive on the road. This thing looks like it would already have failed it's previous safety test here in germany (Has to be done every 2 years, otherwise it's illegal to drive the car).
@@samholdsworth3957 ohhh wtf. How did no one in the states have that Idea yet? People that Drive Something Like that are a danger to literally everyone how is outside of their House.
Personal I see why, most lifted trucks are pavment princess, never see dirt and are never using 4x4. So I can see why, however I do like lifted trucks.
So instead of putting a cheap 350 in his truck, he bought a money pit of a ranger. Not worth doing with that much rot. Just chalk it up to a bad day and go put an engine in the chevy. And I'm a Ford guy.
@@1leggeddog . Why not get a donor with a better body and frame with a dead engine and swap the drive train. It be faster and easier have a better truck.
That truck don't look like it is in that bad of shape the body is good all it needs is a new chassis and mount the body tires motor and transmission to the be chassis. Put the springs and shocks also on the new chassis and you have yourself a good truck. Sincerely Robert Gildea Elmira NY
Damn that's bad if was me I probably just find another good ranger and swap everything that was left good on this one to the new one cause that's pretty bad gezz and if I had a friend like that and they said was good oh man would I have been pissed off . But I check and do my own but if I was in his situation I sure would be ha .
George is a young man. This is what ya call growing pains. Lessons in life aren't free. He'll know better next time. Too bad you gave up your Chevy for that turd. It ain't Easy being Easy 👍👊
The light bar and pods alone are worth more than the truck
open all body mounts and launch it up a ramp see if frame and body separate midair
frame is twisted and body mounts racked.............ugggggggggggggggggh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It probably would have been easier to swap out the 350. But as you said everything is fixable.
I'm surprised it made the trip. Wow. Reminds me of the 69 Camaro my brother bought once. It was 98% bondo. A complete rust bucket. But he managed to get it road worthy and drove It for several years. So, yes, anything is repairable. Good luck with it!
YEEEEESH!>>>>> Poor Ranger.... Take your friend out into the yard and I bet you can find ten trucks better than that one.
someone paid for that?????? they scrap way nicer trucks then that swisscheese mobile.
I agree, its scrap. Easier to just start again on a new truck.
I'm wondering what these ares look like on the outwardly rotten northeast Ohio trucks around here
Jesus... Looks like George got taken for a bit of a ride on this one. I feel bad for him. Gonna take a bit of work to make it worthwhile
WOW!! And people think I buy horrible cars!! Good video man!
The three rangers I've had were never had rust that bad and two of them spent all of their lives up here in Pa. But I do know that the leaf spring hangers are a weak point on these when it comes to rust.
Looks like a refugee from South Main Auto's neck of the woods.
Ha I thought same thing 😂😂
bad truck. good vid. thanks again Jay
yeah JAY u GO KEEEEEEP THE VIDS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's good to see you pumping out videos again. Glad everything is okay. Good to see more content
I thought I was looking at a New York State truck that's been out in the salt every winter. Fixable, sure, but surely there are better ones to start from down there. Find one with a blown engine and a good body/mounts and switch over the lift, tires, etc..
Now,, what I'd be interested in is that maroon/silver Chevy G20 conversion that I catch a glimpse of way off to the right of this truck, can see the top of it at about the 8:00 mark.
I must have missed the van video, I found it today, it's still there with no motor?
That's a fine yard truck ya got there.
That truck is still clean we're I'm from
Good thing I know about body mounts. I’ll be sure to check for small things like that when I get my first vehicle.
Remove the good parts and scrap the rest. Is too rotten
so what... save the headlight bulbs and radio walk away from the rest of it XD
You think that's bad? You should see my 86 F150. Floor pans? What are those? Somebody put sheet metal across the rear besides to cover up the rust... this is mild
Jay Smart in my opinion this truck ( great colour and good looking) is toasted. All the mounts are gone, there is rust everywhere.
If you have in the yard a good Ranger...all is a lot simplier and faster.
But there is a lot of work to do in it.
P.O.S. It's already at the yard go ahead.a scrap it.😁
He'll its a trail rig just weld we up and have fun👍🇺🇸
The only trails a 2 wheel drive truck is gonna go on is maybe a flat fire road lol. 😆
@@mxrider1478 you'd be surprised what sc. boys can do with 2 wheel drives!!
It's crazy that you get more rust in north Carolina , than we get in western Canada . Where i live we get very little snow , but lots of rain .
Part out to a rust free 4x4?Do you have a good shell that kind?
Now that's were two fools met and swapped problems 😱
This pile of junk did some in the salt belt somewhere. I see this all the time up here in Wisconsin. The issues with this one are why almost all of these have vanished from northern roads.
was it a coastal vehicle that received ocean salt water? I would transfer the whole truck to a new no rust/rot frame or sell the blue Sonoma to your friend.
Oh well, at least the body isn't all out of line because the frame is bent, just that the body mounts have gone so the body isn't attached any more...
I think you're going to be doing a good trade in Ranger parts for a little while...
My cab mount broke once not that bad a replacement but the ratchet strap is pretty sucky of a fix
I think somebody got screwed ....and for once it was not me
Hey Jay, surprise him by giving him your Sonoma!!! There's great reward from giving. :) Afterwards, scrap this death trap. He's better happy than dead.
Well Pennsylvania said it is a fail for inspection my neighbor had a 1999 ranger xlt 4wd and white first owner treat it like crap didn't care and my neighbor is the third owner and he sold it to someone else and it is dumpster on wheels and he found a way to pass the inspection and yet it back bumper is hanging by one fastner and it been sitting for more than 3 months
What about cutting pices of metal weld some up ?
repair it as best you can and post a video!
I see that Plymouth Sundance, in the background, from older video. Is it a yard runner?
What magic spell was put on that to hold the cab on the frame exactly because I need to talk to that wizzard 😂
I have no idea, but Id like to learn it to use for other applications XD
Guess there's no quick fix for that huh?
If the drive line is in good shape the find a rust free 2wd and swap the 4x4 stuff over. I bought a 99 Ford Explorer 4x4 4.0 with 113k miles on it thats got rust problems as well that I'd like to swap over to a rust free truck but don't have a place or time😢
Im sorry but you got ripped off, find a 4x4 ranger and go from there
I'd probably put some new body mounts on it, but why would someone lift a 2WD truck that much and put off road tires on it?
I had a 2000 Silverado had 284,000 miles on it 3rd water pump gave out had antifreeze in my oil was tired of putting money into it so I junked it
That must be from up north; seems like all the local stuff is pretty rust free.
George has bought himself a hobby. Or I guess he is in the best place to get parts, but DANG !! Lol Take JAy with you nest time George !! Lol When young we all make trades like that I guess too.. :)
Pretty much every lifted ranger I've ever seen has had a K&N sticker on the back window.
Damn....was that stored in 4 feet of ocean?
It looks good from a distance for as bad as it is. Painful way to get there, but on the plus side it found it's way to the scrapyard.
Honestly just replacing all the cab/body mounts and that truck won't be half bad. I'd get that all replaced before driving it too much
Nice clean truck 🥴😎
I love those tires.
Why would anyone put a lift kit on a 2 wheel drive truck? 🤔
Because some people are stupid
prerunner
It's doable, but until the chassis work is done, I'd almost be afraid to take a sudden turn in it for fear the cab would just roll off the chassis and I'd be on my side in a ditch while the rest of it just kept on truckin' without me.
Everyone makes mistakes. Hopefully with Jays help, he will get everything fixed on it and it will be a lot safer to drive.
Would of just put some marvel mystery oil in the 350 and drove it my 350 has had a lifter tick and i used some seafoam and some mistery oil and she now runs with no tick
It does look a nice truck, but in essence it's a what you call, a good from far, far from good truck, but it doesn't look too hard to fix though, and will be a nice truck then.
I don't know why the music that plays when a deal goes bust on' Let's Make A Deal', keeps running in my head.
do a repair vid on ghetto fixing the body mounts and drive it!
Good lord the best thing about it is the tires! They’re worth more than the truck is smh I would of never made that trade
As much as I love this style of Ranger these were very prone to rusting out underneath especially the frames. Definitely Not worth saving could become very dangerous on and off road for your friend. It could be fixed yes, but itll need a ton of TLC. I bought a 2000 Red Ranger XLT supercab 2wd looked pretty nice and I liked it ran good, had a good transmission too but the rear of the frame was practically gone couldn't believe how a big dealership could sell trucks like that and mine wasnt the only one they tried selling like it either with bad frame issues.
Take all the good parts off and scrap it... One trail this thing is crunched. Especially in north Carolina you can find clean truck for cheap we don't have have that luxury in Ohio... even we would scrap that bucket here
The lights and tires are worth more than the truck. I would try to fix it, but I wouldn't dump a ton of money into it.
The cooler in the bed is worth more than the truck😂😂
Yeah....it’s like factory.....👌
Hope you like rust repair, i wouldnt drive it untill all the mounts are replaced. Id look for a less rusty truck.
How bad was the Silverado?
This is what you call looks good from far away, lol
What Were You Expecting from a 90's Truck?
You can find many 90s pickups in far better condition than this. This is just someone's problem their trying to unload onto someone else.
Uh, my 80's Truck looks brand new by comparison. This is just a mess someone didnt want to deal with anymore
That truck is the perfect definition of a rust bucket Ford.
Fix
Or
Repair
Daily.
RoyalKingA73 better than government motor co junk.
@@jasonjgr8580 , you right about that too. Both companies have they rust buckets, I've had a few rust buckets myself.
@@RoyalKingA73 shitrolvets always have the worst rust ever.
This is a fork in the road, here. Either it's going to the scrap yard for good or restored to be roadworthy again.
Weld it up! This frame stil won't bend like a Chevy Colorado lol
That's ready to go to truck heaven
Doe's George have a problem with his fingers?
The rubber cam mounts and the bed mounts are not expensive
I don't see the point of lift kit and large tires on a 2WD.
Someone was compensating for something much smaller.
It's good for another few years!
Make it Rally Truck!!!!
Do stunts in the yard with it
Glad I live in Alabama. Vehicles dont rust here
Glad I live in southern California. My 58 CADILLAC, and 68 mustang look like new, including undercarriage. Both lifelong so, cal cars.
take a look at that passenger side frame next to the cat. famous ranger rot out spot
if it runs and its paid for , drive it till its dead , then sell it for scrap ;-)
I would find a clean 4.0 ranger 4wd that needs a motor or trans and do as transplant
you can't tell me that this thing is legally allowed to drive on the road. This thing looks like it would already have failed it's previous safety test here in germany (Has to be done every 2 years, otherwise it's illegal to drive the car).
No safety checks here in the states, you can drive extremely dangerous vehicles like this all day long. Scary.
@@samholdsworth3957 ohhh wtf. How did no one in the states have that Idea yet? People that Drive Something Like that are a danger to literally everyone how is outside of their House.
WhY happened to your Ranger Jay? I haven't seen you post it in awhile.
It's a paperweight. Also, who lifts a 2wd?.
Nobody should lift a 2wd it's a big waste of money.
Personal I see why, most lifted trucks are pavment princess, never see dirt and are never using 4x4. So I can see why, however I do like lifted trucks.
Do y'all have any of those in the yard
So instead of putting a cheap 350 in his truck, he bought a money pit of a ranger. Not worth doing with that much rot. Just chalk it up to a bad day and go put an engine in the chevy. And I'm a Ford guy.
love the tires though
I would take it back and get my old truck back cuz he certainly got taken advantage of
It's welding time.
I'd fix it up.
get the body off, weld in some new mounts and fix up the rust and it'll keep going forever
Not worth it. You can buy a clean one cheaper than it would cost to fix this one.
you can do the work yourself and save a lot of money
@@1leggeddog . Why not get a donor with a better body and frame with a dead engine and swap the drive train. It be faster and easier have a better truck.
Id pull that motor and transmission and put them in a 4X4 model that needs them and crush the rest of the truck
That truck don't look like it is in that bad of shape the body is good all it needs is a new chassis and mount the body tires motor and transmission to the be chassis. Put the springs and shocks also on the new chassis and you have yourself a good truck. Sincerely Robert Gildea Elmira NY
Oh for Elmira NY it's great, but for the Carolinas? They scrap nicer stuff there than we still drive in NY
Damn that's bad if was me I probably just find another good ranger and swap everything that was left good on this one to the new one cause that's pretty bad gezz and if I had a friend like that and they said was good oh man would I have been pissed off . But I check and do my own but if I was in his situation I sure would be ha .
Run away from that disaster !!!!
Unfortunately it's crush time,lol👍😲☺...
Looks like the fuel tank crossmember is gone too.
That thing shouldn’t be on the road . Don’t make any hard turns the body might continue going straight.
98 last year of 350 99 and latter 5.3
I had a ranger that the body mounts were gone. Bought from a dealer , took it back and got a refund. Very common problem for the ranger.
he felt in love with the truck and didn't thought critically. that whats happened.
Donor truck, unless the donor truck is smashed but leaves the parts you need intact, the donor truck would be in better shape.
I'd find an older 4wd Ranger and put the motor and trans in the donor one and scrap thst one. But that's me.
A 2 wheel drive lifted truck what's the point there???
I have no idea
That’s rough.
whats the point of liftin a 2wd?