On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:49:46 -0600, "Scott W."
<69ta_mustangatcomcastdotcom> wrote:
>
>"Spike" <veeger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:19:45 -0600, "Scott W."
>> <69ta_mustangatcomcastdotcom> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Spike" <veeger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>>> A large percentage of the early models were 6
>>>> cyl. And the parts came largely from other models, like the Falcon
and
>>>> Ranchero as I recall. S****ty? Yes. Performance? No.
>>>
>>>Ranchero?
>>>
>>>Scott W.
>>>
>> Yeah. A smallish pickup truck that used the same wide sweep gague
>> panel and a lot of other parts.
>
>Yeah. I own a '68 Ranchero 500. But nothing was based on or taken from
the
>Ranchero. The Ranchero was based on the Fairlane (except for those few
short
>sad years it was based on the Falcon and rendered basically useless as a
>truck). Nothing was taken from it to use in any other vehicle. It was a
>hybrid Fairlane with a truck bed slapped on the back of the unibody. In
>fact, the Ranchero 500 used Fairlane 500 door panels cut down to fit the
>shorter door. Ford didn't even bother to change the script from Fairlane
to
>Ranchero.
>
>Scott W.
>'68 Ranchero 500, 302
>'69 Mustang S****tsroof, 400W
>
Ford's "official" name was Falcon Ranchero which leads me to believe
that they saw it as a version of the Falcon, as was the Futura.
According to the BIG Book of Mustangs on my coffee table, the gauges
and other parts of the early Mustangs were borrowed from the Falcon
line. My 65 Fastback, for example, which is an early fastback, has the
Falcon wide speedometer and idiot lights. And many of the parts in the
Falcon parts catalogs (dearborn classics, mac's etc) are the same
parts as used to restore my Mustang. This changed in1967 when the body
was enlarged to make way for the BB engines, which resulted in a
redesign of the dash, etc. Although I may be wrong, which would be a
first (LOL), this is my understanding of it.
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