May have to get one of these . . .

[DMK45]

Over many years of Ranger ownership, I only found one plastic model. And, it was cheap and ill-made. Even talked to Ford licensing with no results. Apparently, Ford is doing more to push this one.

https://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/products.php?product=2019-Ford-Ranger-FX4-Off-Road-Pickup-Truck-Copper-Orange-Metallic-1{47}27-Diecast-Model-Car-by-Maisto

I want one!!!

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[TVRangerSTX]

Hi Trevor,

I told my wife of my order...her response...WTF?

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

Hey Phil,
Maybe I should see if they make a White Platinum Escape model, I'd be interested in her response if I ordered one just like her car!
Cheers,
Trevor

 

[Lone]

I told my wife of my order...her response...WTF?

A few years back, I got the stink eye when yet another package was delivered. I explained that my truck was my therapy that kept me calm. I could keep buying or I could quit and cause him great harm. He's been, relatively, quiet since.

 

[gfitzge2]

Getting ready to paint.

 

[Caluke]

@gfitzge2 Any chance you could measure the wheelbase for me? I have a little project in mind.
Thanks.

 

[Lone]

Getting ready to paint.

If I didn't know that was a model, I'd have to ask if the air bag deployed.

 

[Mokume]

If I didn't know that was a model, I'd have to ask if the air bag deployed.

Brings back memories of those plastic crash cars I loved as a kid....

https://images.app.goo.gl/2w197R637En7wpMo6

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Getting ready to paint.

How difficult was disassembly?

Any cutting or drilling rivets?

 

[gfitzge2]

@gfitzge2 Any chance you could measure the wheelbase for me? I have a little project in mind.
Thanks.

Looks like it is 4 and 5/8 inches.

 

[gfitzge2]

How difficult was disassembly?

Any cutting or drilling rivets?

Not too bad. The main body to cab are held together with screws.I didn't do any drilling. I did use needle nose to squeeze some of the little posts that the inner plastic parts are attached to. Then some very careful prying.

 

[Motorpsychology]

Over many years of Ranger ownership, I only found one plastic model. And, it was cheap and ill-made. Even talked to Ford licensing with no results. Apparently, Ford is doing more to push this one.

https://www.diecastmodelswholesale.com/products.php?product=2019-Ford-Ranger-FX4-Off-Road-Pickup-Truck-Copper-Orange-Metallic-1{47}27-Diecast-Model-Car-by-Maisto

When I was 8 years old, the salesman where my dad bought our brand new '58 Chevy Biscayne gave me a plastic model of a 1958 Chevrolet Impala convertible, white with a red interior. It lasted probably 6-7 months playing with it on the sidewalk, left out in the snow, run off the knee wall into the gravel.
As Joni Mitchell sang:
"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til its gone..."

 

[gfitzge2]

Thanks Michael...aka Lone Ranger
Right color, wont have to paint it like I did my Hot Wheel...I ordered hopefully before they were all gone. (my wife already thinks I'm regressing to childhood, wait til she sees this come in the mail! Sheesh)

Hi Trevor,

I told my wife of my order...her response...WTF?

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

A few years back, I got the stink eye when yet another package was delivered. I explained that my truck was my therapy that kept me calm. I could keep buying or I could quit and cause him great harm. He's been, relatively, quiet since.

My belief is you are never too old to play with toys. Weather it is a real truck or a match box model or something in between. At 69 years old I speak from experience. Just remind the critics that there are a lot worse things that you could be doing.

 

[TVRangerSTX]

My belief is you are never too old to play with toys. Weather it is a real truck or a match box model or something in between. At 69 years old I speak from experience. Just remind the critics that there are a lot worse things that you could be doing.

Agree Greg,
I'm liking the Honda mini-trail! I have a white '66 Honda Dream 305 I took apart years ago, and said it would be a "retirement project" to restore it. It's put up or shut up time since I retired at the end of December. My '69 Cougar convertible also needs a gas tank (smelled gas in the other garage 2 years ago, and found it sprung a leak) as well as new brake lines (ordered new ss lines about 10 years ago, still in the box). Lots of "retirement projects" now and here I am playing with toy trucks! BTW also have red Trail 110 and a red 500 XL dirt bike. Have had a m/c of some sort since I was about 12.

 

[gfitzge2]

Agree Greg,
I'm liking the Honda mini-trail! I have a white '66 Honda Dream 305 I took apart years ago, and said it would be a "retirement project" to restore it. It's put up or shut up time since I retired at the end of December. My '69 Cougar convertible also needs a gas tank (smelled gas in the other garage 2 years ago, and found it sprung a leak) as well as new brake lines (ordered new ss lines about 10 years ago, still in the box). Lots of "retirement projects" now and here I am playing with toy trucks! BTW also have red Trail 110 and a red 500 XL dirt bike. Have had a m/c of some sort since I was about 12.

That's awesome. Happy retirement. It sounds like you are like me and have plenty of projects to keep you entertained. It took a while to realize that you can just dial back your speed a little. What you don't get to today will still be there tomorrow. It has been three years for me, and I have only watched two episodes of Judge Judy.

 

[rang19ca]

Being retired is really great. It gives me time to work on my ‘69 Boss 302. And I can take all the time I need.

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