Figured I'd post this up. She's very happy to have it, and eager to learn how to work on it.
I bought it a little over a week ago. Paid $3700 including ttl for it. It's a 2000 Ford Ranger XLT. Has a 3.0ltr V6, and a 5spd manual trans. AC blows ice cold, engine runs decent, but it didn't have much power (even for a baby V6) when I bought it. It's got a few dents and scratches, but not bad for a first vehicle. I found out on the ranger forums that the throttle cable stretches badly on these trucks, and how to easily fix it with a tie wrap or two. Has much better power now, lol.

Here it is on the lot the day I bought it:





This is me and my daughter the day I brought it home. I could hear her screaming and yelling before the school buss even stopped. lol