The Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup (Japanese: フォード・レインジャー 4x4, Fōdo Reinjā Fōbaifō) is a Original Mini 4WD car released by Tamiya in July 13, 1982 and is the first Mini 4WD car ever produced by the company.
It was released alongside Chevrolet Pickup 4x4 in the same date.
It is based on the seventh generation Ford F-Series pickup truck that was produced from 1979 to 1986, namely the Ranger trim of the 2-door pickup version of it.
General info[]
The Ford Ranger is a 4x4 pickup, with rectanglar air intake with headlamps on the front and the vertical rectanglar signal lamps on the rear. It has fenders on the rear wheels and a bullbar that is attached to the front bumper, complete with the additional headlamps.
In addition to the 3-color stripes around the bodyshell, it has several manufacturer and OEM decals, such as Goodyear. It is mainly blue.
It comes with silver Origin-1 wheels with black Origin radial tires.
About the seventh generation Ford F-Series and the Ranger trims[]
Introduced in 1979, the seventh generation Ford F-series is a pickup truck released by Ford.
Depending on the region it was sold to, the F-series is powered by numerous Ford-sourced straight-six or V8 engines in both petrol and diesel favors, and were made to 3 or 4 speed automatic gearboxes or the 3 or 4 speed manual gearboxes. The F-series is available as either a 2-door pickup, 2-door extended-cab pickup or a 4-door pickup.
Three Ranger trims were made available to this generation of F-series prior to their discontinuations: the base Ranger trim added a color-keyed floor mat, chrome trim on the door panels and woodtone dash trim. The Ranger XLT trim have everything that the base Ranger trim have and added better seat trim, a color-keyed headliner, color-keyed carpeting, aluminum tailgate trim and optional power windows/locks. The Ranger Lariat trim added a plusher interior, and woodgrain Trim on the door panels.
The Ranger trims were later dropped in 1981 and were replaced by the XL, XLS, and XLT Lariat trims, in anticipation of the launch of the better-known compact Ranger. Production of the seventh generation F-series ended on 1986 (1987 in Argentina).
Technical info[]
| Variant | Body | Chassis | Wheels | Tires | Motor | Dimensions | Gear |
Standard |
Color: Blue and Black Smoke |
Type: Origin-1 |
Size: Small |
Size: Small |
Standard |
Length: 130 |
N/A |
Gallery[]
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Images[]
Trivia[]
- For some reason, the picture from catalog page on Tamiya official website has the car colored black instead of blue.
See also[]
Ford cars[]
Related[]
External links[]
Tamiya Japan[]
- Ford Ranger 4x4 Pickup at Tamiya Japan (Japanese) (Archived)