Ranchero Progress
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!! We had to stop because his neighbor across the street yelled at him to knock that racket off. It was only like...
Installing Pontiac 400 into a Ford Ranchero Gasser
Very cool, we finally got around to Pontiacifying it. Now with a four speed!! Last thing a spider ever sees around the Garage!! Read More →
Buzzing Sawzall Blades Remove Ford Parts!
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. Read More →
Green Paint and Leaving the Backyard!
Greg gets the thing running good enough to haul itself around, so he drags it back to his house. This is how it looked before a sawzall removed all of the Ford out of the front of it. Read More →
EXTREME ENGINE PULLING!
I missed it, but Janelle took some photos of Greg doing this hot new sport! Greg is pulling the 289 out of this parts Ranchero for Janelle’s F1 pickup and he grabbed the Ford 9″ rearend out for his own Ranchero. There’s at least a foot of air UNDER the back of the hoist! We are professionals, folks, do NOT attempt this at home! This was Greg’s second engine he’d...
Greg’s New Project – 1965 Ford Ranchero
This is WAY BACK when Greg got it for FREE from one of the Tracy car guys. It was missing an intake manifold and steering wheel. Greg says the previous owner got some award at Billetproof for “best flames” or something. October 4th, 2004 Read More →