My dad owned a mid 80's 4cyl Ranger..think it was an '86. It got crap for gas mileage, he still bitches about it today! Was the last Ford he's ever owned and that is all he drove before that. Could have been a Monday morning build, as he was constantly fixing something on it. I was only just a kid when he had it but I still remember that thing farting and puking in the driveway on him!
Now he has his '94 Half Ton Chev with 400,000km on it and won't get rid of it...
If you get 30MPG out of that Ranger do share and I'll send you a big THUMBS up Mr. Green.