What is this truck?

My wife hikes by this and is curious. Might be obvious to someone. Springs under straight axle, four door and rear windows curve around to meet liftgate.

It is striking me as a first generation Ford Explorer

Ford Explorer? guessing around 1992 or so based on the door speaker hole and the drum brakes. 

In reply to bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) :

Tell her to get the VIN next time she jogs by.

Spring is over axle on the Explorers I think.

Definitely exploder

I think the tense is wrong in your title. It was a um I don't know.

bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) said:

Spring is over axle on the Explorers I think.

I have pulled a ton of XJ/MJ D44s and Exploder 8.8s for resale from the U-Pulls over the years using just a hacksaw.

The Exploder 8.8 is annoyingly SUA (as is the MJ D44)

Yep, Explorer was my first thought. Looks like a T-Rex got it. ;) 

I have demolished Explorers imprinted in my mind from Jurassic Park. 

Looks ready for an LS swap to me.

It is "Ran When Parked".

Strange how the chrome on the bumper is still shiny while the rest of the truck looks to have seen a forest fire or 2.

914Driver said:

It is "Ran When Parked".

And

"No low-ball offers...I KNOW WHAT I GOT!!"

Thanks for the suggestions. I have told her Explorer. I do see now that they came with spring under axle so perhaps they changed at some point so spring over or I was looking at the wrong photos 

For grins, give her some of this  and a rag. Ask her to make the bumper *shine*. I, for one, would be amused to see a pristine shine on that forest fire victim

Speaking of which -- what do you guys think would be the MOST out of place thing to see on or in that wreck? 

In reply to P3PPY :

DB Cooper?

Seriously though, I would be surprised if the vin tag was not missing. 

I was in Search and Rescue for 7 years. I found a dead guy once who had launched his truck off a logging road into the abyss. But where he landed there were I think 5 other vehicles that had been stolen and pushed over. The oldest was from the 50's and the newest only a few months old.

In reply to bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) :

bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) said:

Thanks for the suggestions. I have told her Explorer. I do see now that they came with spring under axle so perhaps they changed at some point so spring over or I was looking at the wrong photos 

Common (and cheap) way to lift the rear is to convert to spring over. Were you looking at photos of a lifted Exploder?