Wow! You're super virtuous! I don't think my patience woulda lasted from August '23 till February '24, much less till now. If you plan to keep it a long time and/or there's fairly rare options I'd wait since you've sunk this much wait time. Incredible that similar orders may have been...
But is that the "MODULAR BEDLINER SKU: R1WZ2600038A" ?
I see a seam/break at the wall to bottom corner. If so, you like it? That's the one I'm planning to get.
After thinking long and hard I deduced three things:
1. It's a version of Generation 6.
2. You mistitled this thread with a completely different vehicle.
So that hints at another aspect of this whole thread. I ordered a new Ranger after about a year of looking at used prices that were so high that a new vehicle didn't seem like much more of a reach. Should I hear used prices ever fall much I"m not looking!
Well Rod, apparently I have good company (as in a others with a long span between order and schedule date). By April I and dealer folks guessed that production would likely have smoothed out. And yeah, to run with your 'bizarre' description, I just couldn't imagine there were so many...
20240420 ordered XLT 4x4, lock diff, high (301A), advanced tow + tech, box side step, Priority Code 10
20240420 received email order confirmation
20240612 received email "we’re working on your scheduled build date"
20240719 received email "we’re still working on your scheduled build date"...
Haven't gotten a build date. I ordered a 2.3 XLT and it was confirmed on April 20, 2024. On June 12, 2024 I got a "...we're working on your scheduled build date..." email.
I entered info on the FordRangerOrdervsScheduled spreadsheet, but it doesn't seem very active.
I thought Ford would have...
There is no 'light steel' and I think the OP is using the vernacular for thin steel (sometimes called light gauge). Some of these steel alloys are amazingly hard after all the fabrication and hardening processes. The hardness of alloys can also be subjectively observed... my opinion after...