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Sorry to hear this. Do you have any pics of the Ranchero and what kind of shape is it in?
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No pics of the 'Chero. The body is OK, needs work, but runs great. All the stainless bedtrim is intact and in surprisingly good shape. It needs torqueboxes on both sides. Since posting the website I had an incident in it. I was moving a small block in a crate and a moron pulled out in front of me and I had to hit the brakes (HARD). Well inertia was not my friend that day. The straps held, but the bed hooks didn't. The rear window is busted and the wall needs to be pulled out (not much). Bent just enough so glass won't fit right back in. The same bodyshop that did my '69 will pull it for $100, then it would just need glass. I've located a backglass locally for $75. The trim is still intact. I put a new/used dashpad in it which is in near perfect shape.
The motor/tranny, which is really what makes this car worth much, are near perfect. .060ob C8 302; 10:1 compression; ~270hp; freshened heads. All new valvetrain. Melling cam (similar specs to Edel RPM). Air Gap intake; edel 600cfm carb (tuned for altitude); Stock crank; new pistons; middy hedmann hedder's; dual 2.5" side exit exhaust with crossover and 24" glasspacks. I've towed the '66 and the '69 with the 'Chero on a dolly. Plenty o'torque, but the rearend doesn't help.
It has a fresh rebuild on the column shifted C4 tranny with a TransGo shift kit.
I've got $3500 into just the motor and tranny. 9" open rear with highway gears. Rear suspension has 10 leaves on each side (really) and coilover shocks. It's as solid as a rock. I bought it from a guy who loaded the bed and towed a trailer for his garage band. Motor has ~1000 miles on it and the tranny has ~2000.
The motor that almost embedded itself into the back of my head is the original block from the 'Chero. C-code 289, running when pulled, but needs rebuilt.
