Not really trucks always were expensive and were status symbols.. The base model 1984 Ranger is over $18,000 in todays dollars..$6000 in 1984 was a fair chunk of change as you made $3.35 per hour...In 1988 I worked in a garage and made $4 per hour!! I was a mechanics helper at 17.. people with Trades made $12-$15 per hour..Remember that Ranger was base of base..no options gutless 4 cyl 0-60 23 seconds even the 6 cyl was not much better(Uncle had a 1986 with the V6).. Even in the 80's and 90's lots of guys wanted a fullsize 4x4 but trucks were expensive..Not just new but used 10 year old trucks were 4 times the price of a 10 year old car!! You dont know that trucks had a base model and other trim levels that cost more money.. Chrome,2 tone paint was a high end luxury option..Also mag wheels,deluxe wheel covers,deluxe interior,wood trim,power windows,cruise,a/c,tilt etc .. Trucks (fullsize) could be as much as a Cadillac ..Even the Ranger could be had in base and several different models,the top end was more than a lot of cars.Yes they had cheap base models but also expensive top end models.. Example there were lots of fullsize trucks 1/2 tons,3/4 tons and 1 tons even RamChargers,Blazers,Jimmy and Bronco's and Suburbans those were expensive status symbols and people who owned those were wealthy...Equivalent to a new loaded truck today.Even a nice new fullsize were expensive back in the day..A 1984 fullsize 4x4 dually with 2 tone paint and all the chrome and power options was a very expensive truck that wealthy people owned!
In 2011 a v6 super cab 4wd sport off road with nice wheels, CD player and all available options was a tick under $30k and a 4cyl extended cab XLT with some options and 5spd standard was about $20k real life. I was trying to get a raise to about 17-18 bucks per hr to after it but at about 12/hr I could have bought a brand new base model for about $12-15k real life 2wd and about 18k for 4wd
You can thank your government for ending the classic rangers of the 80s and 90s. EPA fuel standards won’t allow for “smaller” trucks anymore. Thats why you see ALL trucks getting bigger and bigger now.
Had an 87 with a 300 and Fords EFI on it. I was always a bowtie guy so I let that truck go. Dumbest thing I ever did. That trucks still on the road and it got excellent fuel mileage as well. Meanwhile my 2000 Silverado has a “better” engine but the frame has rotted in half
There's a video of a chevy vs ford clunk off (during cash for clunkers), it took 5 minutes for the 300 inline 6 to die, the chevy 350 seized in about 47 seconds, both were mid 90s vehicles. ua-cam.com/video/V_hKMHwj92I/v-deo.htmlsi=JmJifSDVcDrVgv41
$5,993 is $18,900 in today's money. Rangers cost anywhere from $35,000 to $64,000 now and look uglier than these. America's best days always seem to be in the rear view mirror.
My Dad had a little 80s ranger when I was young kid (Im 39) and Absolutely loved to ride with him when he came home from work to builder square or McDonald's
Those fuel economy ratings we're not accurate at all lol. I had a 1990 F-150 302 V8 in high school that would averaged more like 13-15 mpg and that was with fuel injection which in theory should have improved fuel economy over the carbureted 84 trucks. Great truck, not doggin on it at all, but 20mpg+ in any of these 30+ year old trucks is a pipe dream lol.
The 302 V8 was a gas hog. I had a 300 straight 6 with Fords EFI attached to a 5 speed manual and I got well over 20 mpg. Hate to break it to ya bud but absolutely everything was better back then
@@Momar-o5b I am completely aware about how old fuel injection tech is and know that it goes way back before the 1980s, and "I hate to break it to you as well bud" but I having a hard time believing your 300 got "well over 20 mpg" because funnily enough, I owned one of those myself with a 5-Speed later on and 20mpg was completely out of the question. Those old 300's weren't exactly the pinnacle fuel economy. It honestly didn't get that much better than my old 1990 302, hell my Coyote 5.0L F-150 I drive today gets better mileage on average than the 300 I drove for awhile. These 80s' era Fords we're not 30mpg trucks as advertised back then, if you believe they we're you're delusional. Another thing I hate to break to you is that some things we're better back then but some things weren't I love my old Fords but I am under no illusions about what they did well and what they didn't and good fuel mileage was not something did well, regardless of what engine you had under the hood.
Truly the best era of trucks ever made, the 300 was absolutely the best and toughest engine ever made, no other engines is as simple and could last as long, little basic maintenance these things will run forever, they also saw use in industrial equipment, like big welders, generators, tractors, and dozers, I can say I know for fact being a master fabricatior, and long time mechanic, all our vehicles has the mighty Lil 300, and my 80 model 250 custom I built myself has the 78 300 inline 6 has done what mighty few other engines has ever done, turn a million miles on the odometer, how many other trucks are going to do that, new trucks is a pathetic joke🤣
My dad got 20 years out of a 86 Ranger with a 2.9 and 5 speed. It was red. It was almost all original at 379k miles when retired. Still had the original brakes on it, he bought replacements but the factory pads were thicker than the new ones at 300k miles so he returned them. A few radiators, a water pump and an alternator A TFI module was the only electrical issue. He replaced it with a 2006 F150 with a 5.4. It just rolled 40k miles. The worst car he ever owned was a 78 Dodge Aspen, I remember as a kid he had that car torn apart every weekend working on it, finally my mom made him trade it in for the Ranger, he was happy.
I have an '84 XLT with a 302. 3 speed automatic and 4x4. Still runs like a champ and is an absolute workhorse. Built Ford Tough actually meant something back then.
@@account4info oh no way hahh I had one of those 60/40 split I think it had cassette or maybe they put cd player in it was a 5spd on the floor it was a 90’
AM/FM radio and 4 speed! WTH? 5:48. I had a 1999 F150 with 5speed and v6. I was lucky to get 19 MPG on the highway. I did not know that the straight 6 had this good a gas mileage with a 4 speed back in 1984.
With the carb, I agree and this is a commercial for the 84. But in 87 you could get the 300 with EFI, I had one of those combined with a five speed manual and got 20mpg plus. Honestly, with a five speed manual on the carbureted ones you could have as well. Goofballs that never got out of 2nd a or 3rd got horrible gas mileage. Not the trucks fault, it’s the retard driving it.
Back in the day when trucks were the perfect size to get any job done and so easy to work on you. You didn’t have to bring it to mechanic all the time like you have to nowadays. They also look a hell of a lot more attractive compared to today’s trucks of any brand. Ford had it right on the money when they made trucks from the late 70s to the early 90s. Everything nowadays are both overpriced and overrated.
Old Ranger sold for 6k. 18k adjusted for 2024 inflation. Today a Ranger is 51k depending on package. This is why I hate unions with a passion. Bosses get huge payouts, union employees get a very small piece of that, and the cost of their demands always gets stuck to the consumer in the same way $20 minimum wage demands made a Big Mac cost $18.
ive NEVER heard of a 300 6 getting 30 mpg highway in my life.maybe with overdrive & a 2.73 gear.but GOD forbid you had to pull anything up a hill.there sure not a working truck gear.farmers like 4.10s' to pull full hay wagons, bailers & such with them.300s put instant grunt to the ground with 4.10s.
You got that right makes me sick too seeing what junk they turned into now they'll never compare nor compete with the trucks from the era of these commercials
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Going back to 1984 would be such a great vacation
Agree I was 16 in 84, Where's Marty McFly and Doc when you need them 😮. Peace.......
@@tommcdonough6086 Honestly best movies ever.
Miami Vice
Simpler times…better times…
When a pickup was a work truck, not some status symbol, miss those days.
Not really trucks always were expensive and were status symbols..
The base model 1984 Ranger is over $18,000 in todays dollars..$6000 in 1984 was a fair chunk of change as you made $3.35 per hour...In 1988 I worked in a garage and made $4 per hour!! I was a mechanics helper at 17.. people with Trades made $12-$15 per hour..Remember that Ranger was base of base..no options gutless 4 cyl 0-60 23 seconds even the 6 cyl was not much better(Uncle had a 1986 with the V6)..
Even in the 80's and 90's lots of guys wanted a fullsize 4x4 but trucks were expensive..Not just new but used 10 year old trucks were 4 times the price of a 10 year old car!!
You dont know that trucks had a base model and other trim levels that cost more money..
Chrome,2 tone paint was a high end luxury option..Also mag wheels,deluxe wheel covers,deluxe interior,wood trim,power windows,cruise,a/c,tilt etc ..
Trucks (fullsize) could be as much as a Cadillac ..Even the Ranger could be had in base and several different models,the top end was more than a lot of cars.Yes they had cheap base models but also expensive top end models..
Example there were lots of fullsize trucks 1/2 tons,3/4 tons and 1 tons even RamChargers,Blazers,Jimmy and Bronco's and Suburbans those were expensive status symbols and people who owned those were wealthy...Equivalent to a new loaded truck today.Even a nice new fullsize were expensive back in the day..A 1984 fullsize 4x4 dually with 2 tone paint and all the chrome and power options was a very expensive truck that wealthy people owned!
They were status symbols then too, just a different kind of status. Better status than today.
Ford never should have stopped making the classic Ranger.
Cheap and simple.
Damn for sure, good dependable affordable truck s.
In 2011 a v6 super cab 4wd sport off road with nice wheels, CD player and all available options was a tick under $30k and a 4cyl extended cab XLT with some options and 5spd standard was about $20k real life. I was trying to get a raise to about 17-18 bucks per hr to after it but at about 12/hr I could have bought a brand new base model for about $12-15k real life 2wd and about 18k for 4wd
@@workingcountry1776It shows how worthless our money has gotten!
You can thank your government for ending the classic rangers of the 80s and 90s. EPA fuel standards won’t allow for “smaller” trucks anymore. Thats why you see ALL trucks getting bigger and bigger now.
@michaelmarburger1003 Yes, it is a direct result and unintended consequence of the Obama administration .
Definitely miss them days 😢
When you could get a manual transmission in a full size pickup.
40 years later the 300 straight six still refuses to die.
Had an 87 with a 300 and Fords EFI on it. I was always a bowtie guy so I let that truck go. Dumbest thing I ever did. That trucks still on the road and it got excellent fuel mileage as well. Meanwhile my 2000 Silverado has a “better” engine but the frame has rotted in half
@@Momar-o5b my papaw has always been a Chevy man too but he’s been driving a ‘78 F100 for the past few years.
how bout add several more years to that.
@appalachiangunman9589 your pawpaw is gross for making you swallow
There's a video of a chevy vs ford clunk off (during cash for clunkers), it took 5 minutes for the 300 inline 6 to die, the chevy 350 seized in about 47 seconds, both were mid 90s vehicles. ua-cam.com/video/V_hKMHwj92I/v-deo.htmlsi=JmJifSDVcDrVgv41
$5,993 is $18,900 in today's money. Rangers cost anywhere from $35,000 to $64,000 now and look uglier than these. America's best days always seem to be in the rear view mirror.
This is when Ford cared about making good trucks.
back when trucks were trucks not rolling RVs and cost a fortune
GM fan here, them bull nose f series with the 300 i6 and broncos are my favorite from that era.
Yes them days were the best. Need them days back by first taking away all the electronic bullsxxx in newer trucks and cars
Just trucks. Cars can still be sophisicated.
My Dad had a little 80s ranger when I was young kid (Im 39) and Absolutely loved to ride with him when he came home from work to builder square or
McDonald's
1st gen Rangers are awesome little trucks!
That Ranger had a payload of 1770 lbs. My ‘22 F-150 has about the same.
A truck getting 20mpgs brand new for 6k. No one can beat that today
Those fuel economy ratings we're not accurate at all lol. I had a 1990 F-150 302 V8 in high school that would averaged more like 13-15 mpg and that was with fuel injection which in theory should have improved fuel economy over the carbureted 84 trucks. Great truck, not doggin on it at all, but 20mpg+ in any of these 30+ year old trucks is a pipe dream lol.
The 302 V8 was a gas hog. I had a 300 straight 6 with Fords EFI attached to a 5 speed manual and I got well over 20 mpg. Hate to break it to ya bud but absolutely everything was better back then
Granted that was a 1987 and this commercial is for 1984. But you made my point by bringing up a 1990.
I get that you are meaning fuel injected vs carburetors but I don’t think you realize how old the tech for fuel injection is
@@Momar-o5b I am completely aware about how old fuel injection tech is and know that it goes way back before the 1980s, and "I hate to break it to you as well bud" but I having a hard time believing your 300 got "well over 20 mpg" because funnily enough, I owned one of those myself with a 5-Speed later on and 20mpg was completely out of the question. Those old 300's weren't exactly the pinnacle fuel economy. It honestly didn't get that much better than my old 1990 302, hell my Coyote 5.0L F-150 I drive today gets better mileage on average than the 300 I drove for awhile. These 80s' era Fords we're not 30mpg trucks as advertised back then, if you believe they we're you're delusional. Another thing I hate to break to you is that some things we're better back then but some things weren't I love my old Fords but I am under no illusions about what they did well and what they didn't and good fuel mileage was not something did well, regardless of what engine you had under the hood.
Truly the best era of trucks ever made, the 300 was absolutely the best and toughest engine ever made, no other engines is as simple and could last as long, little basic maintenance these things will run forever, they also saw use in industrial equipment, like big welders, generators, tractors, and dozers, I can say I know for fact being a master fabricatior, and long time mechanic, all our vehicles has the mighty Lil 300, and my 80 model 250 custom I built myself has the 78 300 inline 6 has done what mighty few other engines has ever done, turn a million miles on the odometer, how many other trucks are going to do that, new trucks is a pathetic joke🤣
Miss them days for sure, before cell phones and computers. Life was simple.
Let's all pool our money and create a truck company that doesn't suck.
“Based on owner reported problems within the first three months.” After that, all bets are off. 😂
Makes you wonder if Ford sent Tony to the owner's front door with a baseball bat while doing that survey.
still drive my 90.was so reliable i restored it after 16 years.4 years after assembly & all is still good on its second life.
That would be about 19k today. For a ranger. And these idiots buy them for over 40k
My dad got 20 years out of a 86 Ranger with a 2.9 and 5 speed. It was red. It was almost all original at 379k miles when retired. Still had the original brakes on it, he bought replacements but the factory pads were thicker than the new ones at 300k miles so he returned them. A few radiators, a water pump and an alternator A TFI module was the only electrical issue. He replaced it with a 2006 F150 with a 5.4. It just rolled 40k miles. The worst car he ever owned was a 78 Dodge Aspen, I remember as a kid he had that car torn apart every weekend working on it, finally my mom made him trade it in for the Ranger, he was happy.
When a blue collar worker could afford a new truck!
He's not kidding. My Ranger rides lightning bolts and jumps the Mississippi. :D
I’m on my way to buy that new $5,000 Ranger !
Miss those rangers
Proud owner of a 1985 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat. Love my truck
Sad thing today, is that a new Ford Ranger is now just as big, if not bigger than that old F150, lol!
my late father in law bought an 84 ford f150 brand new back in the day and Im quite sure he saw these commercials! LOL!!
Extraño los dos tonos de pintura y las transmisiones manuales en las pick ups😭😭
Makes me wanna cry....miss them days
It's crazy how much things have changed
Had a new 84 f-150. The price was easy to remember $8,400.00
The 24 f150 price is easy to remember, $240,000
No it’s 84,000
I have an '84 XLT with a 302. 3 speed automatic and 4x4. Still runs like a champ and is an absolute workhorse. Built Ford Tough actually meant something back then.
Haven't ever seen these before and I thought I've watched them all!
Love them ads and Explorer pick up trucks!
That’s when you could buy a truck at a decent price🤣🤣🤣😎💯
4:44 woah!! The international diesel was rolling!!😂😂
Had two 6.9s and owne 2 7.3s love them engines
Heaviest 100 hp you'll ever make
Glad they roll their own diesel now.
Am/fm radio lol couldn’t go all out & get the cassette player
They leaned you over for that
@@account4info how much more did it cost back then to get it for an option?
@@mkowboy13 I don't know about 84, but my 87 Ranger got it with a $1,500 package that included the 60/40 bench seat, power steering, the paint, etc
@@account4info oh no way hahh I had one of those 60/40 split I think it had cassette or maybe they put cd player in it was a 5spd on the floor it was a 90’
2:42 16K adjusted for inflation. '24 Ranger starting at 44K. What the fuck.
We all hate ads but not the old ford ads
Or any ads from the 80s
My daughter just asked me why I was watching commercials😂
When you could afford a truck
30/20 mpg in that majestic v6 hold up then why are they going down 4cyl turbos
I like the beefy F150s
Wow. My 2021 Ranger was sticker 52k. Let’s all thank the unions for the price increase.
At 3:20, if only you could buy one like that nowadays!
I never see these old Rangers on the road anymore but I still see S10s on the road today!
Interesting They are everywhere in fl. Much fewer s10. Where u live?
It's the other way around here in MD too.
There are S-10 trucks around, and I like them, but you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an old ranger.
@@jimmycline4778 there’s even a viral ford ranger song called ‘ford f$$$$n ranger’. Where is this guy from i wonder
6gs for a new truck wow
1984 selling a ford ranger for 6000! take me back!
6k?
We’re getting taken for a ride today.
After watching this I want to buy a ford ranger 84'
I did enjoy!
AM/FM radio and 4 speed!
WTH? 5:48. I had a 1999 F150 with 5speed and v6. I was lucky to get 19 MPG on the highway. I did not know that the straight 6 had this good a gas mileage with a 4 speed back in 1984.
0:22 I like how they weren't able to say two lines in one take and had to edit.
Always thought those 2 toned trucks back then looked cool. I might just paint mine. Everything now looks the same.
AND BEST OF ALL, NO 4 DOORS!!!!!!
Left my MULLET AND JEANS IN 1985
Please tell me you had a 'stache that complimented your mullet and jeans back then.
Parachute. F SERIES.....SPPPPLLLLAAATT😅
You rarely have to fix a 300 6.
wont give you problems for 3 months
When trucks were trucks
I had several trucks with the 4.9 L and while I loved the trucks the stated mpg is laughable
With the carb, I agree and this is a commercial for the 84. But in 87 you could get the 300 with EFI, I had one of those combined with a five speed manual and got 20mpg plus.
Honestly, with a five speed manual on the carbureted ones you could have as well. Goofballs that never got out of 2nd a or 3rd got horrible gas mileage. Not the trucks fault, it’s the retard driving it.
AMC had the 84 Cherokee at 30 mpg too. Not a chance in hell either would do that well.
3 month guarantees lol
Back in the day when trucks were the perfect size to get any job done and so easy to work on you. You didn’t have to bring it to mechanic all the time like you have to nowadays. They also look a hell of a lot more attractive compared to today’s trucks of any brand. Ford had it right on the money when they made trucks from the late 70s to the early 90s. Everything nowadays are both overpriced and overrated.
Hagler won
Old Ranger sold for 6k. 18k adjusted for 2024 inflation. Today a Ranger is 51k depending on package. This is why I hate unions with a passion. Bosses get huge payouts, union employees get a very small piece of that, and the cost of their demands always gets stuck to the consumer in the same way $20 minimum wage demands made a Big Mac cost $18.
ive NEVER heard of a 300 6 getting 30 mpg highway in my life.maybe with overdrive & a 2.73 gear.but GOD forbid you had to pull anything up a hill.there sure not a working truck gear.farmers like 4.10s' to pull full hay wagons, bailers & such with them.300s put instant grunt to the ground with 4.10s.
Why does it seem better then? 😢
Because it was
$6000 in 1984 = $18,100 in 2024
the MPG hasn’t really improved much
Better America.
And now, they've gone woke. Henry Ford is rolling in his grave. Makes me sick 🤮
You got that right makes me sick too seeing what junk they turned into now they'll never compare nor compete with the trucks from the era of these commercials
Lol love the Olde but not a ford person
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Sorry, it only works on my left side headphone. Got it thanks
cash for clunkers
5 horsepower more,,, and they are still CRAP💩😂😂😂
Wow those were lame
Mazda made RANGER.....
Mitsubishi made JEEPS/CHRYSLER/DODGE
MAHINDRA made JEEPS
Isuzu made COLORADO
... DON'T TEST MY GANGSTER KNOWLEDGE....
When ford was good, now its all electronic garbage with plastic gears