[MonteCarloSS86]

My brother just got a car to take to college to haul around his surfboards and his guitars--a 2000 Ford Ranger. I cleaned up the exterior for him today but since the interior is such a piece of work I'm going to wait until tomorrow to work on that. V6 and the automatic though (not sure which V6--not my car) with 112K on the clock. It runs really nice. Well here's some pictures:

Filthy interior:

After I washed, clay bar'd, and waxed the little beast:

And here it is with the Grand Cherokee that my dad and I share (for when it's raining and I don't want to get the SS all nasty):

(The following paragraph is about the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo pictured above)

It needs a good bath but I couldn't really get motivated since my brother drove it all the time but now I think it'll be easier to keep clean. 4.0 I6 with a four speed auto and about 135K miles and it's currently averaging 22MPG according to the on-board computer.

 

[BrickTamland]

It has a mileage estimator? That is surprising since I think it would have the power package before a trip computer, assuming I am correct in thinking power mirrors were always joined up with power locks and power windows.

Nice job cleaning it up!

 

[PA Dweller]

How do you plan on getting the stains out of the upholstery? Renting a Rug Doctor?

 

[lio45]

It's a V6, not I6.

Very nice truck, these years were my favorite Rangers (well, the cab has been the same 1993-2008, but I'm talking about that front end, 1998-2002, IIRC)...

Reg cab with the stepside short box (of that very generation) would be my favorite small truck model ever.

 

[MonteCarloSS86]

The I6, trip computer, and that entire paragraph were about my Grand Cherokee.

But yeah I'm really jealous of him until I look at my SS. A little truck would be fun though for sure.

And yeah tomorrow we're borrowing our friend's rug doctor thing. The interior was a little much to do in the time I had though. If that doesn't work though I'm going to try a few upholstery cleaners out (any recommendations?) but if it doesn't come completely out it's not too big of a deal because I'm sure my brother will never clean it anyways.

 

[lio45]

The I6, trip computer, and that entire paragraph were about my Grand Cherokee.

LOL! That Ranger, as you probably know, happens to have a 4.0 six-cylinder too, so I just assumed you were talking about it... the AMC inline six is pretty rare in Grand Cherokees (it's plentiful in regular Cherokees) around here, so I thought for some reason that you had the 318.

 

[PA Dweller]

And yeah tomorrow we're borrowing our friend's rug doctor thing. The interior was a little much to do in the time I had though. If that doesn't work though I'm going to try a few upholstery cleaners out (any recommendations?) but if it doesn't come completely out it's not too big of a deal because I'm sure my brother will never clean it anyways.

If anything is going to get those stains out its going to be a Rug Doctor. In our last home we used it yearly and the water would look black as oil when we were done.