Re: Build it they will come....

"Spike" <veeger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> 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.

K. I know I'm picking nits here, but I'm basing my position on the fact
that 
for most of it's life, the Ranchero was based on the Fairlane/Torino 
('57-'59,'67-'76) and not the Falcon ('60-'65). And that the Ranchero was 
entirely based on another vehicle. Even becoming based on the boat of a 
Thunderbird from '77-79 1/2 when it met it's demise. Everything used in it

was borrowed from a different line. The Ranchero wasn't it's own line for 
anything to be borrowed from. So I guess we agree on the basics, but from 
different perspectives. My only point was that the Ranchero really had 
nothing to be borrowed from, since there was nothing original (parts wise)

to BE borrowed, other than the trunk bed. :)

I'm probably only be contentious because I own a Ranchero. Ranchero
owners, 
at least the ones I've met, are very defensive about their cars. Kinda
like 
the guys who drive Edsels. The redheaded stepkids of Ford. lol

Scott W.
'68 Ranchero 500, 302
'69 Mustang S****tsroof, 400W
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