On Sep 10, 9:21*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:

Now where's the hybrid kit for my truck? *I'd sure like to see one.
With the gearing in the auto-trans, I don't even feel the weight of a
ton of compost in the bed last week. That truck could have been set up
with a 4-cylinder engine and been entirely usable.

In 1991 I bought one of the last Ford Rangers with the 2.3l 4, long
bed and 4WD. It had been on the lot almost a year so they gave me a
good deal. It isn't a great highway cruiser, max is about 75, and
won't tow too much but it handles half a ton of machinery in the bed
well and can give 27 - 28 MPG with care.

They don't make them any more because we don't need them. When I was
shopping around another salesman told me I was crazy; nobody buys a
4WD truck mainly to commute.

Jim Wilkins