Greg's 1965 "Ford" Ranchero Gasser



The garage scene at Greg's house this January. The Ranchero dominates the garage while Greg takes measurements and installs ladder bars and housing rotaters for MAXIMUM DRAGSTRIP LAUNCH ACTION!!


This picture is about five seconds before the front axle was pulled from under the car. Greg had to redesign the mounts, remount the front spring, after the engine was put back in it lost all suspension travel. He actually already has the suspension fixed, and put it back together!


The 400 Pontiac now sports a pair of Offenhauser crossrams bolted to an Edelbrock Dual Quad intake.


The "toolbox" in the back of the Ranchero makes a clever battery box.



We had to stop because his neighbor across the street yelled at him to knock that racket off. It was only like 9:00, too!!

Greg cuts more Ford off his Ranchero. Steering works now, and he's building up a 400 Pontiac with 12:1 slugs, and really big cam (320 advertised duration, I think?), and mild head/port work. Also picked up a scattershield and aluminum flywheel for it. Coming soon, too!!


A REAL 1965 Ford Ranchero found in Popular Hot Rodding, July 1966!


This is what Greg has in mind!


Very cool, we finally got around to Pontiacifying it. Now with a four speed!!


Last thing a spider ever sees around the Garage!!



Wait a minute, that was an 289 four barrel A code!!! Aaagh!!!


We all feel much better now.


Cut 'em up, they'll make more!


The straight axle!


The mill: A Pontiac 400, hopefully backed by a 4 speed. We need a pair of junk Poncho headers so we can make zoomies or something nasty.


How it looked back on 4/12/05, before a sawzall removed all of the Ford out of the front of it.



WAY BACK when Greg got it. Greg says the previous owner got some award at Billetproof for "best flames" or something.