My new Toy: 74 RR 2door

[jenzz1]

This summer I've bought this 74 Range in Switzerland. It has been disassembled by a previous owner, but is more or less complete and in good condition. It's a lot of work until it will be back on the road, but I love it.
If you want to see pictures, look at
RR-Restoration

What do you think?

 

[Rikstaboogie]

Having it stripped out like that.....I think you ought to Bobtail it!

Ricky

 

[Robert Godshall]

Wow that thing is gonna be a sexy bitch once done. dead sexy

This Concludes my Current Statement
Robert Godshall

 

[jenzz1]

@Ricky: Nonono. Non modified 30 year old Rangies are hard to find nowadays. I want to keep it original.

@Robert: Thanks for the comment. Yes, she (?) is sexy indeed. Gonna find a name for her. What about Helen. Helen Wheels.

 

[Ian95rrc]

That's one hell of a nice rangie. It's amazing how little rust it has for the age.

 

[jenzz1]

It's amazing how little rust it has for the age.

It served most of it's life as a fire tender at a company's fire department. (Hilti/Liechtenstein). The odometer says 76000 km (50000 miles) and from the state of the engine and other components I would say this could be true. Unfortunetely it was sold later to a contractor and had to work at building sites carrying spares and fuel for the machines, so the panels took a lot of beating. But it is said that because of the heavy snow, they did not work in wintertime. It seems it never was exposed to salt.

 

[utahdog2003]

that's pretty snappy! I think it's great that you've got the documentation for it too! Not a bad looking Disco either!

 

[jmonsrvr]

she is going to be really nice bone stock. the body and floor panels look great...should be a fun truck to restore....lucky!

 

[jenzz1]

My new sills are in. Progress is very slowly. I'll try to rebuild the Engine during winter.

This is what it should look like when finished:

 

[Black Dog]

Ganz toll Jens! Viel Spass mit dein Freundin Helen!