1997 Ford Explorer Sport - Flexplorer - Four Wheeler Magazine
Brad Baker is an insur ance vehicle damage estimator from st. Joseph, Missouri, and this is his fexy 1997 Ford Explorer Sport. Well, the body is a 1997, but the frame is from a 1992, and the engine is from a 1998 Explorer. Baker says, “My 1997 Explorer build started from a passion in Ford RBVs (Ranger-based vehicles). explorer4x4. com reading other peoples builds, gathering ideas, and along the way building quite a few RBV rigs. This 1997 Explorer started because I previously had a 1997 Ranger that I built to race tough tr ucks. The truck raced an entire season and made several trips to Southern Missouri Off Road Ranch, but along the way I rolled it over and it incurred some frame and body damage. I decided to retire it. My drivetrain sat waiting to see what I decided to do next. I bought a 1992 Explorer Sport with a 4. 0L engine and fvespeed transmission. I lifted it with a James Duff TTB long-arm kit frst, some 33s, and wheeled it really hard. We did the majority of our wheeling on the family farm where we have many trails, but when it comes time to make new ones the body gets a little roughed up. I decided to part out the suspension to some other www. com members and I bought the James Duff frst-gen Explorer solid axle swap parts. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
