I feel like the king of manual rangers, this is the third one I've purchased:
Super cool. I have only seen that once before, on a carmel bronze '72 with a complete Stroppe AT and PS plus Baja Bronco kit on it. "dealer demonstrator"
Add another manual ranger to the list. Built in September '72 and wasn't sold until July of '73 And to top it off, mine could be Slowleaks sibling.I have always wondered how many manual Rangers were built and have not found a way to figure it out.
Very cool - an early one! I have an acquaintance looking for an uncut manual Ranger. I've told him he's going to be looking forever!Add another manual ranger to the list. Built in September '72 and wasn't sold until July of '73 And to top it off, mine could be Slowleaks sibling.
https://flic.kr/p/2qaxawh https://flic.kr/p/2qaqQ2F
I got lucky when I bought this in 2011. It's exactly what I wanted. I actually bought it on eBay based off of ~8 pictures and had it shipped across the country (NV to NY). It was a gamble that surely paid off.Very cool - an early one! I have an acquaintance looking for an uncut manual Ranger. I've told him he's going to be looking forever!
Todd Poly
This is weird, my truck was built almost a month before yours and was sold as a '73 ranger (see a few posts up). Does/did yours have the 6 port fuel selector with the return style fuel system?
I actually read every post in that thread from you mentioning it haha. Should I post my Marti there so viperwolf can add it? I tried PMing it to him a while agoThat's the interesting part of the discussion about the whole "P's and Q's" thing. There are VIN's with the P ('72 model year) and VIN's with the Q ('73 model year) and some Q's started production during the normal time frame (August of '72) while they stopped production of '73's and renewed production of '72 model year Broncos all the way up until October if I remember.
Check out the P's and Q's thread. I'll try to find it and post a link, but have my new computer up and running, so don't have anything saved.
I used to use the search function to find threads started by Viperwolf1, but don't think the new format supports that.
Going to try it anyway... Be back in a bit...
Paul
Cool, this one was sold in my home town. I purchased at least 3 vehicles from Megginis Ford.. The dealership changed hands several years ago. Now Anderson Ford. My house is in a subdivision built on the old Megginis family farm.Here's one that's real stripped down with 3 options (limited slip as the 3rd)
Another strange thing is the release date, 1.5 months after it was built?