Like I had said before Jonathan started with a bare bones stock Ranger first order of business was to plant the Detroit steel frame flat on the Florida highways. Jonathan started by installing drop I-beams to the front to help with camber issues, next a pair of Firestone 2500 bags were installed above the I-beams to ensure adequate lifting.   For the rear a Pete and Jakes 4 link was installed with 2600 Firestones on a custom built tubular bridge over the axle. Knowing that he wanted reliability and looks Jonathan used all steel braided line to plumb the pneumatic pressure from the (8) 1/2 “ SMC valves to the bags. For air supply on-demand Jonathan added two Viar 450’s compressors to a 5-gallon tank placed inside the bed. Knowing that one day he would ditch the tired 4 banger for that of a Stang donor he decided now was a perfect time to replace the stock rear-end with one that could handle the increase in ponies. A Ford Explorer 8.8 rear-end with 3.27 gears was then narrowed 6”s to ensure proper clearance. The Explorer rear-end was also chosen for its stopping abilities, supplied from its factory disc rear brakes. Once Jonathan had the truck sitting firmly on the ground it would stay in this form for quite sometime with the exception of some custom rollers.
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It wasn’t till sometime later that Jonathan got a wild hair and decided to tear back into the truck and build it into a show stopping, head turning beast you see today. Jonathan went back and removed the cab from the frame and decided that if it couldn’t be powder coated, it needed to be painted and so the entire suspension was then treated to the shiny stuff. Once the frame was gleaming Jonathan would not set the cab back on until it was body dropped 3”s with the help of his good friend Stephen O’Brien.   
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