1979 Ford Ranchero
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aquartlow |
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Summerfield, FL, U.S.A. (Other registries in FL) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1979 Ford Ranchero (Other Ford Rancheros) |
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'70 429 replaced internals with 460 crank and pistons w/ .030 overbore to make a 466. 9.5-1 comp. ratio, football/truck rods, Dove heads stock sized valves ported exhaust and port matched int. and ex., Crane 1.73 roller rockers, Comp cams lifters, pushrods, guide plates, Comp Cams 280 magnum camshaft, Cloyes 3122 timing set, Edelbrock 8876 water pump, Edelbrock Performer intake, Hooker 6126 headers, Holley 770 cfm vac sec. Street Avenger carb, Carter P4600HP electric 100GPH fuel pump, Accel distributor, Crane HI-6 Fireball ignition with LX92 coil, Ford Motorsport plug wires, Mickey Thompson cast aluminum valve covers. Dual 3" exhaust to Pypes narrow X-pipe kit to Dynomax Ultraflo 17221 mufflers. |
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'75 Lincoln longshaft C6 rebuilt with TCI and B&M products. Cut drum for extra clutches and steels(5 ea). Superior Super servo, TCI Saturday night special torque convertor. Rear axle housing is out of '72 Lincoln Mark IV, it's a 9 3/8 w/ 4 pinon Trac-lok out of a '71 F100. 3.25 gears and 31 spline axles, it's not popular but very strong and I only have $150 invested with new clutches/steels for Trac- lok. The small bearing rear axle housing now has 2k Crown Vic disc brake set-up and I am modifying the front brakes for 2K Crown Vic rotors and dual piston calipers. '95 Chevy Astro van hydroboost brake booster with '79 Corvette 1 1/8 in bore dual disc brake master cylinder w/ aftermarket combination/proportioning valve, 1 1/8 in front sway bar, 7/8 in rear sway bar, '01 F150 front coil springs, urethane bushings front and rear. |
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Bought from father in '90 and has been in repetitive restoration for a LLLLOOOONNNNGGGG time. It won't be a show vehicle but wouldn't be worried to enter one.Removed all emblems, door handles and welded up holes including rear cover snap holes for vinyl cover. Installed remote door releases as well as hidden manual door releases for emergency reasons. Painted w/ black cherry pearl. The Ranchero has power steering, power brakes, factory A/C, tilt steering, power windows, cruise control, power leather seats, interval wipers and GT gauge package w/ 140 MPH police speedo. Re-chromed front & rear bumpers, re-chromed tail light bezels. Rebuilt factory Saginaw steering box and installed quick ratio internals from a '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Installed 3G alternator from mid 90's Taurus which allowed removal of most of original alt wiring. Champion 3 core all aluminum radiator, '96 Windstar dual electric cooling fans. Lowered rear of Ranchero by cutting 1 1/4 coils then heated the cut end to remake the coil springs' pigtail to fit into upper spring pocket in chassis. This lowered the rear by 4.0 inches, lowered the front by removing 1 1/2 coils with a cut-off wheel (no heat). This dropped the front end by 3.5 inches. Riding on (4)chromed Boyd Coddington J5R 20 x 8.5 with (4) General G-Max 245-40-20's. |
| Last Updated: |
9/22/2024 |
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 christmas transmission 137.JPG
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C6 valve body B&M Transpak shift kit installation
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C6 valve body B&M Transpak shift kit installation
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Re-lowered my Ranchero 2" in front and 2 1/2 in rear. New Boyd Coddington J5R 20's & General G-max 245/40/20's
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Fabbed bracket to Ranchero spindle and cut down Ranchero hub note the wheel studs' shoulder protruding from hub face. You can see in pic where I had to clearance the brake shield and its mounting boss to accept Crown Vic caliper assembly. Ranchero ca...
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1979 windsheild wiper wiring diagram
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31 spline axle from '72 Lincoln Mark IV small bearing housing installed in my '79 Ranchero. This pic shows the retainer, wheel bearing spacer (needed for Crown Vic rear disc brake conversion), wheel bearing, lock ring and wear sleeve (National part #...
 christmas transmission 135.JPG
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Upper half of '77 C6 valve body
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'77-'79 Ranchero GT cluster
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'77-'79 Ranchero GT Tach and speedo
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