mine and a few 72's in my family!

[grabberblue72]

Hey all! my name is Randy, and i live in Alberta, Canada!
i am new to this site and i have to say i absolutly love it! fordification has to be the best site on the internet!
i am a huge fan of bumpsides especially 1972"s, and thought i should share some pics of mine and a few other trucks of my family and friends!

first 2 pics are of my 72 from summer 2009. i built it during highschool in 2002.


my friends and mine from our highschool grad


this is it today oct 2010, in the process of being rebuilt as a short box!





this is my dads 72 ranger xlt. the body was rebuilt and mounted on an 85 ford frame with a 6.9L diesel!


my dads beside my neighbors truck



pics of my cousins 72 ranger xlt




my dads old orange truck that burnt up in our old shop



this is one i seen on the internet. it was used in the oil field to drive on muskeg and snow! i have to share it too!


thanks for lookin!

[guerra]

thanks for sharing all the cool pic's yall got some nice trucks up there.. id like to know more about your dads truck. what all had to be done to get the bump body on the 85 frame? oh and your truck is nice too. what are your plans for it? it looked killer in the long bed form. and to this great site..

[redtracker]

awesome pics can i get some info on the wheels and tires on the blue shortbed

[robroy]

Good afternoon Randy!

Thanks for putting these truly one-of-a-kind photos here! In my opinion, this one is a real classic all-time Ford truck photo.

Robroy

[grabberblue72]

there has been a ton of work put into my old mans truck.about 4 years worth! the frame started out as a 85 f-250 extended cab long box 4x4.
we had to shortn the frame to the proper wheel base, and to get the body to sit proper, and clear the 6.9 diesel, we had to build all new mounts.
it basically worked out to about a 4 inch body lift to get every thing to fit perfect. we also had to modify the firewall slightly to get a lil more engine clearance. the drivtrain is pretty much all stock. it even has the IFS in the front still. pretty much everything is new on the body. it looks amazing in real life, the colour is aqua and black. the tires are 33x12.5 by 15 studded baja claws. i will try to get some more pics of it and post them up!
as for my truck, i have a long ways to go as you can tell. some of my major plans are to do a 3/5 drop, and get some 17 or 18 inch wheels for it.
i am tossing around the idea of running a 4 link in the back and air bag it. but for now i am mainly focusing on the paint. i have a 460 in it right now, but i am planning on rebuilding one of my 429s for it. the truck in its long box form was originally a sport custom. so it think i am going to put all the chrome back on it after i paint it two tone grabber blue and white. the original chrome was dented and missing. so i will have to buy all new chrome for it. i am hoping to have it painted by may 2011,in time for our local car show and cruize.
and redtracker, the blue 4x4 is running 35 inch baja claws on 15x10 inch wheels. the suspension is a 6 inch lift out of a 79 bronco!

[redtracker]

very nice you have done an awesome job

[1971ford]

bumpside burning picture is the most sad bumpside picture i have ever seen

[grabberblue72]

yup, that was a very sad day. we lost 2 bumpsides in that fire. and tons of parts. it wouldve been better if the house burnt instead!

[dantheman71]

That is one nice truck you have Randy. Always been a fan of grabber blue.
Alberta rocks!!

[jp2005]

Very nice ford family!

[crewcabfan]

niiiiice!!!! where do you live man? bump town USA fer sure. i'd love to be your neighbor

[hick67]

Alberta by the looks of those plates.

Where about's you from if you don't mind me asking? I have never seen such good looking trucks in my neck of the woods before

[72biggreen]

Those are some sweet trucks, but so sorry about your dads truck that burned in that photo
I also have a 72. I'ts a camper special .

[sport71]

Friends and family that love bumps, that's cool.

[grabberblue72]

we are from camrose, alberta, canada!