Since the weather has broke in Chicago finally, I wanted to start this thread. Some of you already know this story, but I responded a Clist ad that had a Ranger for sale. It was red (Burnt Orange as we now know). It was a quite the drive to get this, and my wife did it since I was out of town. When she got there, it turned out this guy had 2 Rangers! Of course I had my wife get both. The one pictured in the ad was red, the "other" was turned out to be yellow. The yellow was in better condition and I've already redone this one. The red one is rough to say the least. The bowl has damage where it connects to the frame, chips throughout, and yes Brian, it DOES need a handle. Also, over the last year, the plastic hub in the center of the wheel got dry rot and cracked, but as you will see...I DO have a plan for that as shown below. I'll never find an original wheel, but I think the wheel pictured below will actually look pretty darn cool on it. This project will be time consuming, but I will bump this thread from time to time as I get work done on it.
Lastly...I put my red Smokey next to it to try and show the difference in color from a standard red, to this "burnt orange" color. I don't think the pictures do justice, but this color is distinctly different in person. Its also 2 toned.
The future wheel