On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:40:14 -0600, "Scott W."
<69ta_mustangatcomcastdotcom> wrote:
>
>"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
>http://home.comcast.net/~vanguard92/
>
I see what you're getting at. Since the Mustang arrived after the
Falcon version of the Ranchero hit the scene, Mustang borrowed from
the Ranchero, which had borrowed for prior lines. Lots of people are
defensive about their rides. Like, even though they are Mustangs, to
me, Mustangs were replaced by growing bigger until they became
Torinos, or morphing into the Mustang II, and later, until the
arriveal of the 05 styling. But that's me.... a guy who once owned a
Morris Minor. :0)
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