BODYWORK IS EASY! Fixing my CHEAP Ford Ranger FAST.

[@billtaglia2865]

After watching too many KZbinrs like Samcrac and JR garage buy lambos is and Ferraris at auction and fix them up, Jake, you are a breath of fresh air in the vehicles you get back on the road.

[@nicklutz61]

"It's a little bit less hide-your-kids" love it! Good to see the Ranger getting cleaned up a bit. Keep up the great content.

[@alimackenzie2168]

Your stuff is so much more relatable than the rest of the crew.

[@crownhic6827]

That’s a keeper beater

[@darrelhandgraaf7708]

I love videos like this where you make reasonable investments in bringing an old vehicle back to life. I really enjoy your channel. Best wishes of luck.

[@keithdosik]

Jake you’ve been killing it lately with videos!!

[@rpmrallysport7071]

Loved the opening. You crack me up. I like your sense of humor.

[@JoshuaDemersProductions]

Ha ha ha, I knew from the moment it was said, "This hood needs to go completely to the left." it was going to be an up and down marathon! 😁

[@mcintirefamily]

Who here thinks he should take it to Maaco and get it painted? 👍This guy👍 Let’s make some noise for repaint!!!

[@shakyhandpictures2185]

Now to restore the paint as much as possible, looks great !

[@jeremyTallen1]

Plus now you have a cool hood sled to pull behind the truck

[@MrIzzydoodle]

Maybe should have mentioned it on the Car Wizard's channel, but really enjoyed Jake's recent video with him telling about the issues / problems that us shade tree mechanics -- now apparently called hobbyists -- come up against. Very relevant --- good job Jake!

[@chadriddle3517]

Holy headphone warning when he impacts . Gotta love the 50 hood adjustments ! We have all been there at some time . You da man jake the ranger looking good .93 ranger owner myself

[@markp2865]

Its great that you found a hood the same color so you don't have to paint it. Saves so much time and $$$. Truck looks nice now!

[@chuckdavis5300]

I had that happen once where a friend who was a professional body man installed the part. He told me that in over 40 years of Auto Body, only one time had he got a part with the correct color when sourcing used.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Every step forward on this truck is certainly a positive one away from the junk yard.

[@NoGGy]

Pleaseeeeeee polish it next. I'd love to see if those scratches come out. I think they will with a good polish.

[@jennyloughry896]

Becoming one of my favorite channels. Thank you for making awesome content!!

[@itsnotme07]

👍 Simple, cost effective, and still makes your kids cringe when they ride in it. Mission accomplished!

[@oncewaslost1982]

Killer deal on a great little truck. You're going to love it the more you drive it. They're dead nuts reliable with very minimal maintenance.

[@Celician83]

At least you went the easy route, everything on my front end was broken, and there was a locked up 99 sitting at my dad's, so went down that rabbit hole of swapping the entire front end to the facelift....

[@100PercentJake]

I prefer the early front ends so this was definitely the preferred method for me, lol

[@Celician83]

@@100PercentJake unfortunately the front core support, headlight mounts, and grille were broken, and the fenders smashed at the doors. The parts from the 99 were free, so really my best choice besides spending money on a truck I paid $250 for, lol.

[@lirr408]

Awesome job on the front end. I recently started to watch your videos after seeing "guesting" on the Wizard's channel. Great content. I am glad you are bringing the Ranger back to life and making it look better.

[@Akecherfd8424]

That music playing while you put on the hood flowed so well. Fitting for the Ford F ing Ranger. Awesome find at the junkyard. 👍

[@bboysfanatic]

Nothing says nice paint job better than spraying the grill in the dirt. Lmao

[@vamosaltemacongabrielmende3965]

Great improvements on the lil’ truck

[@Ram14250]

Jake: Great work! With a few plastic push pins (attach the plastic bumper filler on the bottom) and people would love to buy this little pick-up! Nothing is more handier than an older pick up truck! LOL. I'm sure you will make money when you sell it. Good job!

[@69Dartman]

I did that with mom and step dads old 93 Taurus back about 15 years ago when you could still find them all over the yards. She kept backing into stuff so I found another 93 the exact same color and paint wear withba good rear bumper, taillight, and lower trim piece. When I was done you couldn't tell anything happened. I saved the last slightly damaged rear bumper and when someone ran into the replacement and destroyed it in our driveway when we were borrowing it I put the old one back on that was still better and we drove it some more. They are hard to find now but back then they were everywhere in that light metallic blue green that was popular. I think we paid 150 for everything.

[@wanderinggentile]

A good buff and polish will have that truck partying like it's 1999. Great job!

[@markguillory281]

Nice trucks looking good

[@johna.4334]

I like your music choice Jake.

[@Vacationtime247]

Get it looking decent and running good. Then flip it to move on to the next one. We (the audience) love watching videos of flips and fixes for old beaters. VT247

[@evanweissman3075]

Love the new time lapse music hahaha. Truck is looking much better!

[@ssom7291ify]

Body by Jake😂

[@agenericaccount3935]

It’s always nice to get used body panels. The level of wear is way more consistent with what you are sticking them on.

[@geoffreyb3337]

I love the little ford rangers in my late teens I had a 2we 4cylinder excab only option it had was great working a.c. I put a decant radio in it and live out out of it for the summer with my dog traveling all over the country workings jobs it was great

[@tomdelisle8955]

Sweet, the new hood and grill look good. Seems that the hood color matched up well.

[@craigbomer8962]

Watching this makes me want to go out and mess with my 2000 2500 GMC I just picked up for 1800 bucks. Body looks like total trash, but it has a clean frame(which is a miracle in my part of NW Ohio), new brake lines, and rock solid oil pressure. Same deal as your Ranger. Somebody didn't love it and I'm going to drag it back from the brink and save it from the scrapyard so I can use it as a tow pig and general work truck. I'm enjoying the videos about your Ranger, keep it up.

[@logangeorge1280]

We have a 99 ranger - same spec but with a 3.0. Love seeing how easy it is to rehab these.

[@theEagleBeagle]

that does clean up decently

[@DuggleBogey]

Why did the theme song from Deadwood suddenly start playing? Love the videos Jake, stuff I would actually consider doing! Everyone join Jake's Patreon, like I did!

[@100PercentJake]

I badly need to re-watch deadwood

[@brandonmorris2513]

Coming along !!

[@RodderFiles]

use a scissor jack behind the header give a few turns grill will straighten out

[@colinritchie1757]

Nice job Jake a real improvement

[@michaelwelschmidt9338]

That’s a proper Ranger now with a new bonnet, Mike Brewer would say.

[@ippolitius]

I never wanted a ford ranger until your videos

[@jamesk3565]

Love the highly informative and detailed intro

[@ScottsafriendofGod]

This is a great truck for being a truck... doing 'truck' things. Like trash runs, moving junk and throwing dirt bikes in the back. Truck stuff... way to go!

[@novellahub]

I wonder if the Detail Dudes can buff it out

[@michaeltutty1540]

Neat job, Jake. If you are not careful, that truck is going to become snazzy indeed. Well done

[@markweissenbach196]

Awesome video as always

[@garrisong]

Ranger coming along great Jake!

[@michaelhawkins5530]

New carpeting next please!

[@leonarddaneman810]

Watching you work, FORD should bring back a 'shade tree' technology no-frills truck line and reincarnate the ECONOLINE trademark.

[@TwoDollarGararge]

Its not possible with current regulations either by old or figure something else out

[@vspencer9764]

Nothing says Nineties more than a pair of gingercators and back in the day we would rub down and repaint the back of the Ford emblem in whatever colour you like for that custom look lol.

[@silverstreak1001]

keep fixing on it. The front bumper could use a little massaging and few new push pins or zip ties. Then on to the carpet

[@larrybe2900]

That is a sweet little truck. Totally not worth it but deserving of a good sanding to get the scratches out and a decent paint job.

[@kevinm5177]

Very satisfying instant fix-it

[@mattcross1526]

Warshing off the chaw (Yes, that's how it's pronounced) spit removed half of its pickup truckness. Recommend Truck Nutz to fix.

[@justinpaone2227]

Take a good look at that junkyard grill. I'll bet it's not OEM Ford. I bought aftermarket grills off of eBay and whatnot in the past and it seems like they make them all Chrome and then they paint over them whatever colors people order which chips away in the Chrome shows through

[@calmccullen3539]

It is looking a lot better.

[@pebear]

Nice truck Jake. Put a Posey rear end in it.

[@yunus_aros]

Jake, you need to make some Puddin’s Fab Shop power washing stunts here. Come on! 🤣😂

[@JonBlondell]

It looks great, excellent job! You've done very well on this truck,maybe your best deal ever.

[@dna59]

Idk which series I like more...this or the Maxima

[@bosgaurus1]

Firefly!! 😊

[@rpavlik1]

Everybody loves a beater-with-a-heater. So now can you bring the other hood back to the junkyard for a core charge? 😉

[@randomcrap763]

LOL fixing up the looks before doing the bald tires LOL Priorities!! :)

[@liquidrepublic]

Jake starts spray painting in dirt... Me yelling at my screen, "Dude, no! You're killing me, bro!" That really hurt me deep in my soul.

[@motocrossedful]

looking better

[@300DBenz]

Man, that paint is in die need of a polish/scratch removal!

[@mclarenjohnf1]

Nice fix on the front if you take it for a bath I would power wash most of the interior, even better if you know someone with a diesel steam cleaner use that it is great on interiors years ago I was helping out at a Prestige Valet centre and we had a Mercedes estate car with less than 40 miles on the clock, it had a 10 litre can of paint burst open and flow over all the carpets from the rear section to the front and also out of the back over the paint work, we hit it first with the steam cleaner while popping all the body grommets and then removed the seats letting us drain most of it out through the floor once we cleaned the paint out and dried the car with a gas heater like you use in the garage we used to aim it in to the car through the door and open all the windows about 2 inches so there was a flow of air or you can melt a dash, that car was fine and the owner used to come in once a month until he traded the car 5 years later for another Mercedes.

[@300DBenz]

I reiterate my previous comment in the last Ranger video: Get rid of that nasty carpet and replace it it with a red one, then dye the vinyl parts of the red seats grey to make a cool-AF two toned interior!

[@seanwieland9763]

Congrats on making the Ranger look just like a workhorse instead of like a drunk driver with “whisky dents”.

[@StevesMachines]

Nice to have some simple wins 🏆

[@IamCleadus]

Love the ranger content!

[@Fatspurios]

Beater with a heater. What's not to like.

[@alexandrecouture2462]

One thing at a time, it does get better!

[@MrEgnorant]

"Always snag hardware at the junkyard!" Rule number 14 from the "Car Rescuers And Parts Collectors American Region" book of unwritten rules that someone really needs to write down. C.R.A.P.C.A.R printing (in evaluation).

[@sxs4l245]

Yo. I have a 1984 Super Coupe that's a perfect t swap for that thing. Let me know....

[@Julian-do7bv]

Heck a new bumper and itll look brand new lol

[@loganarzuaga8316]

That is the least damaged front end I have ever seen on that generation ranger

[@billtaglia2865]

You are a serious wrencher.

[@cornbeltslayer9857]

Take that carpet out and power wash it and carpet paint it that thing would look nice for the money!

[@julias-shed]

If you had the hood bolts hand tight could you adjust it in place then tighten up? Enjoying the recent videos 😀

[@organiccold]

Not bad, just need to align the drivers side headlight and will be perfect :p

[@Heavygravy447]

The Ranger is really coming back to life your taking all the "meth" out of it

[@hellojoe1]

Are you going to paint the new hood?

[@jackrobb1609]

ground strap for the hood?

[@SegaRally826]

Hey Jakey love your content! I like the T-Shirt of your cameraman, but here in Germany you wouldn't be able to pull this style off. You would immediately be associated with a specific group! With love from Mannheim

[@ElSascho]

I just installed a new toilet seat and you look exacatly the same with the hood XD

[@johnylong7616]

Anything interesting that you could jump the ranger over ?

[@johnnyhawk329]

In todays market you probably could make a lot of money on the ranger.

[@MitchellEdwards222]

Buff it Jake

[@lightningbear2135]

The Ranger of this era was amazing. They could take all the abuse and beating a guy could throw at it and just keep going. Yes, this is an improvement. I am glad you washed the chew off the door finally. Ewwww

[@tonkabot420]

The stranger danger ranger lmao 😂

[@daviddennis9644]

You just doubled the value of the truck.....again!

[@laytonwhip]

Clearly I understand how you get the gaps correct on the hood, but how did you raise the back right corner? And nothing in this video necessitated a Garbage mention, which is nice......

[@100PercentJake]

There was a shim on that side that went in the lower bolt. I put it in the upper bolt by mistake at first which did nothing to raise that corner.

[@laytonwhip]

@@100PercentJake Roger that!

[@ohiodavegful]

Wait.... You washed it? No really, did you wash it?

[@metalja]

Great!!! love this car

[@seriousrampage]

I really want to see you take the carpet out and power wash it so we can see the soup that comes out of it.

[@KELLZ720]

can you please just detail the inside of this thing already damn