Lil Digger 92 Explorer

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Decided to start a thread for my explorer. I had been wanting something 4wd for a while. 4 seats were a necessity and preferably a straight axle. I came across this 92 sas’d explorer on marketplace and went to check it out. It was hideous but had potential. Ended up picking it up for cheap and drove it 45 mins home. It rode absolutely horribly on the street, but was driveable.
4.0, 5 speed, HP Dana 44 in the front, and full size 8.8 in the rear. Had brand new walkers with 35” coopers which were pretty much worth the cost of the whole truck Here’s what it looked like when I brought it home. No bumper, Toyota emblem zip tied to the grill, and the lower section of the body spray painted black. Uglier than shit

 

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Got it home and threw a new starter in it. Found a junk yard bumper and ranger grill and slapped those on.

 

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Flexed it out on my driveway jump before taking it wheelin

 

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Took it out for the first time without any idea if it would fall apart or not. Went to a place called Chiva Falls which is about 25 or so miles from my house, 20 of which being dirt. Other than riding like shit, it impressed me. For being open diff and small tires it went up everything I pointed it at. Didn’t get many pictures, but I took the “hard lines” the whole way back to the water fall with no issues.