I need the Pelican Parts for Ford Rangers

A few months ago I dragged home the old 1996 Ranger I'd driven in college and a bit when I lived in Arizona. It sat out in the elements on the Oregon coast for a few years and was covered in grime, so I've been cleaning it up as I go. As it sits, it's a perfect occasional use work truck, but I'd like to do a couple things to make it more livable.

I've scrubbed it inside and out, down to the bare metal and now I need some "restoration" type stuff to make it more livable. Some of the stuff I can't track down:

New vinyl steering wheel. Don't know what it is about Ford steering wheels, but the top coat wears off quickly and it becomes a mess. Is this a dealer item? Is it even possible to find an OE steering wheel?

Carpets

Some sort of option for the seats - the ones in the truck have years of infused sawdust/dirt.

That's the short list. Over the next couple months I'll be doing all the usual stuff: shocks, bushings, engine maintenance, etc.

rock auto for parts and the ranger station for questions. LMC truck might have interior stuffs.

Does the steering wheel have airbags? These guys have inexpensive wheels. In lieu of buying an expensive adaptor thingie, I rep the frame out of the stock wheel and mount the new wheel to that. Horn button is on the side of the column ala door bell button.

http://www.grantproducts.com/

How nice do you want it? I'd hit up junkyards for seats or check out JC Whitney.

http://www.therangerstation.com/index.php

Dan

Ooooooooooh, something I actually know something about!

LMC, JCWhitney, or ACC for carpet, unless you stumble upon something in the classifieds or JY.

As for steering wheels, you CAN swap/backdate to pre-95/6 wheels. You just lose the airbag and get a light. It is a complete bolt on with minimal fuss. Most of the installation kits stop at 94 because you can't legally remove the air bag for a road going vehicle. But Ford never changed the spline count or diameter with the switch to an airbag wheel.

Seats, if you have the 60/40 bench, you can bolt in almost any Ford bucket seat from a car onto the Ranger sliders, EXCEPT the lower cushion will be much too high and make your head definitely hit the roof. BTDT and I am 6'. One of the common swaps is to swap in some pleather Exploder seats on the Ranger sliders. Then wire up all the motors and lumbar bags.

dude, don't spend real money replacing stuff into a Ranger, Junkyard.

If just the rim of the wheel is worn, you might want to get a Wheel Skins leather wrap. Those things are pretty cheap and look a lot less cheesy than most aftermarket wheel covers.