One of my childhood friends just got one badass car.

"19JRC99" (19jrc99) 05/20/2019 at 19:10 • Filed to: None

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1972 Ford Ranchero 500. 302 automatic. He got it from his grandfather.

It’s a little rough around the edges. The trans won’t go into park (which I’m hoping is a linkage issue), the paint is a solid 15 footer, and the wheels are not that nice.

His immediate plans are fix the trans, put a Traction Lok (Posi in Chevy terms)  in it, and slap on a set of slotted mags, as well as find an original bench or pair of bucket seats for it.

Overall, it’s very cool.

lone_liberal > 19JRC99 05/20/2019 at 19:25

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Oh man, the memories! My first car was a ‘72 Gran Torino. It originally had the 351W but that was trashed when I got it so I put in a 400M. It wasn’t fast, or reliable but at least it used a lot of gas.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > 19JRC99 05/20/2019 at 21:26

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I hope he has enough mustache and chest hair to pull of that beast of a car/truck

jimz > 19JRC99 05/20/2019 at 21:34

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It’s a little rough around the edges. The trans won’t go into park ( which I’m hoping is a linkage issue),

yeah, that was a thing on ‘70s Fords:

at least he got a good looking Ranchero, and not this monstrosity from a few years later:

19JRC99 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/21/2019 at 00:39

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He does not lol.

19JRC99 > jimz 05/21/2019 at 00:40

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His won't even go into park. I'm pretty sure it's not the original shifter so someone probably screwed something up

19JRC99 > lone_liberal 05/21/2019 at 01:10

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This one has a fuel cell in the bed and an inaccurate gas gauge. He actually ran out of gas bringing it over!