What was your first Ford daily driver?

[Ranger2021]

My first Ford was a 66 Mustang.

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[MoldyTaco]

Sadly I have no pictures of my first few vehicles.

First vehicle - 1973 Chevy K10 - paid $200 for it in 1996.

First Ford - 1987 Ford Ranger - paid $600 for it in 1999.

The rest are kind of a blur of junk cars that got me by.

In 2007 I bought a 2005 Dodge Ram 1500. Traded the Ram in 2017 for a 2017 Dodge Challenger, then at the end the lease I traded the Challenger in for the 2020 Ranger. These three vehicles are pictured below.

I have had 4 Rangers;(1) 1987, (2) 1985 (POS, lasted a month), (3) 1986 (it was a great truck. I sold it to a former coworker in 2008 and he still drives it today, and (4) my current 2020. I seem to always come back to the Ranger. ?‍

2005 Dodge Ram 1500

2017 Dodge Challenger

2020 Ford Ranger

 

[myothercarizahearse]

<-- 2019 ranger

I've had mainly GM cars, couple hondas, toyotas, and 2 nissans. I'm never going japanese cars again. I loved my wife's old kia and current hyundai. korean engineering is better than japanese. My parents always had plymouth or a chrysler. oddly I have never owned a chrysler, dodge, jeep, plymouth product or a european car

 

[l0rdv8r]

Well..... i have a bad habit with not keeping cars..... But my second and third cars were thunderbirds. 1997 first and 1996 second. The first one was bone stock aside from some light exhaust work. The second one was completly built, prepped, and ready for a S/C but never got around to it. After it's port and polish we were around 340 RWHP, which for that 4.6 was pretty dang impressive.

 

[Groo]

Groo here
1965 Mustang fast back GT 4 speed 289 hypo.
Highschool

 

[mustang marty]

1st car. 1966 ford mustang coupe. 289 c4 auto.
2nd car 1965 ford mustang fastback 2+2 302 c4 auto.
3rd car 1997 dodge avenger.. pos..
4th car 1994 ford lightning.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th were 60s ranchero, falcon, maverick all were projects..
10th was a 2004 f150 supercrew fx4 new body style.
11,12,13,14 were a 62 ranchero, 61 falcon futura 170ci t5 and 4 wheel disc brakes, 1962 falcon station wagon, 1963 falcon sprint hardtop.
15 was a 2010 mustang v6 manual trans.
16 was a 2008 base model ranger.
17 was the kids 1998 ranger that became his at 18yrs old.
18 was a 2013 f150 stx with 5.0 coyote 4x4.
19 was a 1964 fairlane wagon
20 was a 1965 f100 4x4
21 is a 1963 falcon squire wagon with factory bucket seats
22 was a 2015 f250 crew cab short bed 4x4 6.7 diesel.
23 is the 2nd kids 2003 explorer..
24 was a 1960 f250
25 is the 3rd kids 2008 escape
26 is the wife's 2016 fusion.
27 was a 1970 pinto wagon.. 302 t5
28 was a 2018 f350 crew cab long bed 4x4 6.7l
29 is the 2020 ranger lariat fx4..

Actually there was a 2007 jeep compass pos in there somewhere.
3 kia vehicles collision replaced not at my expense. No.more kia for us they're collision targets..
Wife replaced fusion with mazda cx3..

Only because the current escape is ugly and i dont buy ford to buy a roller skate made in India..

Many of those cars would make people totally happy .

 

[Jqueen]

1985 crew cab 1 ton diesel, nicknamed Big Red. Parents bought new and then it was my brother's first car in 1992, and then my first car in 1994.

And as someone who literally learned to drive in a crew cab, 8ft bed F350, trucks are too dang big now!

 

[Doc]

69 F-100

 

[Ranger Dave]

1968 Mustang GT (highland green, although hard to tell in this old Polaroid). “J” code car, so 302 4bbl. Pretty sure it was the Summer of ‘74. Hood mounted ”Dixco” tach, chrome reverse wheels (they were cool at the time) even the 1/2 moon chrome headlight covers LOL. Thrush straight glass pack. i probably should have died in that car a couple of times .... insert ancient photo:

 

[Ranger Dave]

I still have the Mustang from the front grille

 

[Joeiconic]

My first car was a 1980 Datsun 310gx like the below. My first Ford was a red 1986 (or 87) Ranger single cab similar to this one. Five speed, no A/C. Boy, that was a long time ago.

 

[Mustang2Ranger]

Interestingly enough my first Ford had the same motor, 2.3 Turbo

But it was not what comes to mind first, the Mustang SVO

It was the lesser-known variant - THUNDERBIRD TURBO COUPE!

Had about 1/3 the torque as the Ranger

 

[fob63]

If counting High School, then a 1958 Golden Hawk Studebaker. They had been out of business for a while, learned a lot from this car on being a dumb high school mechanic.

First (Ford) 1973 Mach 1 429SCJ Mustang (dark green). Bought it new... It was a thirsty beast!
Looking for old polaroid's.
Trained on my Dad's 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 (406 CI).

 

[Scottopia]

1973 Yellow Pinto... all 96 hsp

 

[Murphie]

In my 'nearly broke and desperate' days (1976), my Mom and Dad gave me a Turquoise 1963 Ford Fairlane coupe they bought from their neighbors. It served me well (ok, maybe just got me by), but gave me some breathing room to get caught up.

Over the years, we've owned several Fords. My wife drove F150's, I mostly stayed with Chevrolet/GMC trucks. But the last one I had was a real POS, and swore off General Motors then. Had my Ranger for about 2 years now, really like it. But I have to admit, I'm intrigued with the Maverick.

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