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Moebius 1971 Ford Ranger Pick-up

Jeeves

Well-known member
Was excited to see this one come out as my grandfather had one when I was growing up...really loved that old beast and tooling around with him on various "work" projects he took me on...
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The alignment of the engine onto the frame is giving me fits as it doesn't fit into the radiator as it should...will have to look into that...

In the meantime- here is where I am at with the body work...
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Thanks all! Nearly to the point of putting everything together! Still need to think of what's going in the bed circa 1971...lawn mower or go-cart would be cool...

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A job box/tool box. Jack, scrap lumber, beer cans, dirt. Hey, my old chevy C10 had grass growing in the floor board, that ryegrass seed takes up root everywhere!
Watch your paint in the engine bay, looks like you got some white showing on the rhs.
 
I use to have sheet of plywood using it at a nonskid also. it was cut to shape for the wheelwells. I did mention beer cans right?? Gotta have a cooler also, but I had a cooler in the front seat that acted as an armrest as well.
 
Spare tire with a milk crate full or extension cords on top.

How can I forget the milkcrate. :facepalm

Funny, I have nice lockable tool box now, if I didn't I'd have all that stuff back there. How about a crumpled up tarp (actually in my bed now :woohoo: )?
 
Great ideas everyone--thanks! Now to figure out which ones I can execute :hmmm :idonno
 
Thanks Chris and Warren! I think everyone knew someone who had one of these babys...I love Moebius!

Some more detail work-- more to do...
One needs a bit of reading material while puttering around in one's truck, n'est-ce pas?

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Mike before you get to far see if you can clean up that sprue gate on the bottom of the steering wheel. I like the clutter there. Looks good. :popcorn
 
Yessir- found a rifle from the Hasagawa Jeep spares and will scratchbuild a fishing pole as well...
 
Glad to hear Paul ;)

Ran into an issue when attaching things to the frame...need to figure the cause before I can fix things:
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Added more scraps to the interior-- some McD's wrappers, and some mail to hide the nasty bits on the Playboy ;)
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Not entirely happy with my attempts at the box in the back but I do like the pizza box on the other side ;)
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