ANOTHER Comparo/Review of Small Trucks

[BullyHayes]

Thought Maverick owners would be interested in learning more about the competition.

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[OleFordGuy]

HA, Classic. Believe it or not, I purchased a '86 Ranger that year, like the one in the video except a different color. Hum, what a coincidence, they complained about paint back in '86 and we have owners of the Maverick complaining about paint today in 2022....

 

[Maverickman74]

Rangers used to be real sweet vehicle. I had a buddy with a reg cab short bed 4cyl manual. We did a free lift on it, washers and shackle flip. Squeezed on 31s and he followed me down ever trail I took my cj7 with 33 boggers on. Granted i pulled him out more than he pulled me out, but he still made it. Cant say that about new Rangers, they would never fit down the best trails.

 

[A Dodge that drives Fords]

I had an 88 Ranger looked just like this except it was blue. The first Ranger Raptor. Never went off roading with it. LoL

 

[OleFordGuy]

Put alot of miles on that truck, it held up well. It had the V6 and manual transmission

 

[Maverickman74]

That was my buddies exact Ranger except the bull bar and the Marschall Lights. 2.3 5spd had a 1' stack of welded washers under the front spring, and flipped the shackle hanger on the rear. gave him 1" front 1.5" rear lift and 31x10.50r15 TSL Super Swampers. It was a pretty good truck. Got him to work and on the trails.

I had an 88 Ranger looked just like this except it was blue. The first Ranger Raptor. Never went off roading with it. LoL

 

[Naranjita]

Isuzu? That's a blast from the past. I've had five. A VehiCross and 3 Troopers. The last one was an V8 Ascender, which was only an Isuzu in name only. One of the most badge engineered vehicles ever: Chevrolet TrailBlazer/GMC Envoy and XUV version/Oldsmobile Bravada/Buick Rainier/Saab 9-7X/Isuzu Ascender. The V8 in that thing was amazing. I was sad the day I totaled it into a deer crossing the highway outside Bismarck, North Dakota.

 

[BullyHayes]

Isuzu? That's a blast from the past. I've had five. A VehiCross and 3 Troopers. The last one was an V8 Ascender, which was only an Isuzu in name only. One of the most badge engineered vehicles ever: Chevrolet TrailBlazer/GMC Envoy and XUV version/Oldsmobile Bravada/Buick Rainier/Saab 9-7X/Isuzu Ascender. The V8 in that thing was amazing. I was sad the day I totaled it into a deer crossing the highway outside Bismarck, North Dakota.

Had an '88 Trooper and a '91 Pickup. Both rock solid, and about as fast as a rock too. Funny thing is, I'm starting to look for a Trooper now for a project vehicle.
Never had anything that they tested in the above video, but did have a 1982 Brat (with the bed seats) I'd take to the beach.

 

[uh50]

Thought Maverick owners would be interested in learning more about the competition.

Wow, 12 -14 second 0 - 60 times. The Ranger base shown in the video was around $11k. Now 36 years later and the base price of the Maverick is 20K w/o delivery and much better 0 - 60 times. Man, it is nice to be able to buy a Maverick today.

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