My truck might have to be put up for sale in the next few months. Let me know if you are interested!

            My truck with the front valance                                      A recent picture without the valance, mid-March

Here's my daily-driver-163,000-mile-original-transmission 1996 Ford Explorer XLT. It has the 4.0L OHV V6 and automatic trans combo and is Ford Deep Emerald Green.

I bought it off the original owner last March for $1500.00 to take my '04 GTO off daily-driver duty. Needless to say, the old Ford has proven to be a trooper over the past year and a half. Just after buying it, I replaced both front hub assemblies and the starter. Since then, I've replaced the tires and done brakes all around.

For a stock SUV, it offroads really well. The short wheelbase and solid rear help it claw through the mud, even with the stock ride height. The BFG All-Terrains I replaced the street tires with helped too. I only managed to get it stuck twice so far as it likes to high-center on the diffs. I yanked the front valance off after smashing it fording a frozen creek last winter. Oops.  

I had plans in the works to lift it, install bigger tires and some other odds and ends, but those plans have been put on hold until further notice.

UPDATE: September 11th, 2009-

After losing my job, re-enrolling in school and (temporarily) moving thousands of miles from home, I am debating weather or not to keep the truck. I may wind up purchasing an SUV with less milage, as I'll be doing a bit of traveling in the coming year and refuse to put those miles on my car. If you're interested in the truck, let me know, although it won't officially be for sale until at least Dec-Jan. For right now, it remains safely parked at my parent's house in Virginia. If I do put it up for sale, I'll get some new photos and information up once I get back to Va.

                  The truck without the front valance                                    The backside, complete with half a dog