Hey Jim -
Thanks for everything you said . I hold no personal animosity against any
Ranger owner ('cept those ones that bounce all over the place!hehe) and I
also think that it would be in all of our best interests to pool together
and maybe even learn a thing or two about trucks in general .
Glad to hear from ya !
At 04:51 PM 12/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
> Hello All, In the last few days we've gotten to know a few of you
>guys and you some of us. If you take a visit to my site you will see that
>the Dakota and S10 stuff was completely removed. After much thought I felt
>that this was not an image that I wanted to portrait. Not only that, I
>also feel that the comments made back and forth really did nothing but
>tarnish the image of the site that was being represented so in the best
>interest I stopped it. That included myself and DML. I have spent many
>hours working on my site and I'm sure you have too. "". I'm sure you
>can relate. As both a Ford and a Dodge owner, I feel that we are bigger
>than that. I'm sure that I told a few of you that I own a 'Cuda and that
>I would eat dirt before I got rid of it. I love that car. But I am mainly a
>Ford man. I'm sure some of you will say that you invaded my site and
>forced me to shut down the Dakota stuff but that's not it at all. Being a
>fireman, I have plenty of time on my hands to work on my site. Besides, I
>paid for it! I'll keep the subscription to DML for a little while in
>case some of you want to reply but I will NOT get into a debate with you
>on which truck is better. I agree that comments on the Ranger site are way
>off in left field about the performance and what they've raced sometimes
>but of course they will be. The Ranger will probably never receive a V8
>because Ford sees no reason to. That's a complete shame because I can
>guarantee Ford and Dodge both would have a blast lining our trucks up when
>the displacement is equally matched. Until then, all we can do is dream
>and slowly strive to get our trucks up to par. I can tell you this, I'm
>personally trying to get hired on to the fire dept. locally so I don't
>have to drive so far. That means several things: I can drive my 'Cuda
>everyday and work on my truck. I've already got a 302 and 5 speed waiting
>but right now I don't have anything else to drive so I can't do the swap.
>My Dad and I have our own machine shop so I know what I'm doing and then
>we'll have some fun with some friendly grudge matches and such. If any
>of you guys meet up in the DFW area give me a holler and I'd like to meet
>up with you to chat or whatever. No I won't race you, yet! later, Jim
>Karnes webmaster - Ranger Power Sports
W . Jack Hilton III
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