1973 Ford Ranchero
| Owner: |
jeff931 (All of this user's registries on SuperMotors) |
| From: |
Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada (Other registries outside the U.S) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1973 Ford Ranchero (Other Ford Rancheros in this club) |
| Avatar: |
 |
| Clubs: |
SuperFord.org (Other vehicles in this club)
Ford Ranchero Club (Other vehicles in this club)
Ranchero Enthusiasts (Other vehicles in this club)
|
| Nickname: |
GT |
| Mileage: |
99694 |
| Engine: |
393 cubic inch Cleveland stroker:
1973 Cleveland 351 2 barrel/2 bolt block, bored 0.030 over, decked & line-honed, ARP main bearing cap studs, Clevite cam bearings;
Moroso windage tray, Melling stock-volume oil pump, ARP cro-moly oil pump driveshaft, stock Ford 6 quart steel oil pan with baffles added;
Coast High Performance stroker kit with Scat cast steel 3.85 stroker crank, Scat i-beam rods w/ARP bolts, Probe forged pistons w/-16cc dish, light weight cro-moly wrist pins, Federal Mogul moly rings, Clevite bearings, B&M flexplate, Pioneer crank damper, dynamically balanced;
Ported Ford 351C 4V closed chamber iron heads with Manley SS 2.19/1.72 valves, 67 cc chambers, ARP head studs, bronze valve guides, teflon valve seals, stock steel Ford valve covers;
Custom grind Bullet mechanical flat tappet cam with 251/251 duration and .619/.619 lift @ 0.50, 114' ICA, (52' of overlap)CC hydraulic lifters, CC 920-16 beehive valve springs w/steel retainers and locks, CC Magnum 1.72:1 roller rockers, CC guideplates with 7/16 screw-in studs, CC hardened 5/16 pushrods;
Edelbrock RPM AirGap aluminum dual plane intake, Barry Grant Speed Demon 750 four barrel carb with vac secondaries, Carter mechanical fuel pump, 13 inch open air cleaner, and Hooker Competition 1 7/8 headers.
Ford OEM distributor with vaccum advance, re-curved with lightweight springs, Pertronix Ignitor III digital ignition module and hi-voltage Pertronix coil, Motorcraft 7mm wires and Autolite 24 spark plugs, PowerMaster hi-torq starter, Motorcraft 600 CCA battery, Motorcraft 60 amp alternator;
FelPro gaskets and ARP 12 point black oxide fasteners.
|
| Drivetrain: |
Ford C-6 3 speed automatic installed currently, rebuilt with Hi-performance parts including:
wide-ratio 1st-2nd gear E4OD six-pinion planetary gear set, TCS kevlar intermediate band, Ford S servo, B&M shift improver kit, stock steel oil pan, and a TCS Products (the CANADIAN one) 10.5 inch Pro Street torq converter, green stripe modulator; custom 3.5 inch cro-moly driveshaft with 1330 u-joints;
Front brakes: stock Ford disc brakes with 10.7 slotted & drilled rotors & single piston Ford cast iron calipers, Bendix semi-metallic pads, Russell braided steel lines; (having trouble finding oversize front rotors & calipers to fit)
Front Suspension: stock Ford upper & lower control arms with Energy Suspension bushings, stock Ford small block coil springs {1/2 coil cut off}, Monroe HD police car gas shocks, 1.25 sway bar with Energy Suspension poly bushings & end links;
Rear Suspension: stock Ford 4-bar unequal-length trailing arms with Energy Suspension bushings, stock Ford coil springs & Monroe HD police car gas shocks, no sway bar; Ford 9 posi rearend, 28 spline oem axles, and 3.70:1 gears currently;
Rear brakes: stock Ford big drum brakes with 11x2.5 pads and stock wheel cylinders, rubber brake lines.
Custom built 2.5 inch dual exhaust, mandrell bent & welded stainless tubing, with Magnaflow X-pipe & Magnaflow 5x9x18 stainless mufflers exiting behind the rear wheels.
Front wheels: Coy's C-5 wheels, polished, 18x7 with 225/40-ZR18 Nexen 3000 tires
Rear wheels: Coy's C-5 wheels, polished, 20x8.5 with 255/35-ZR20 Nexen 3000 tires |
| Notes: |
1973 Ranchero GT, VIN 3A48Q197113
I purchased this 1973 Ranchero GT in March 2007 to replace my '73 Ranchero 500 (which had been rear-ended while parked on the street and totally destroyed!)
I found it on the internet on a small used car lot in San Jose, CA. The dealer had bought it at an auction in Las Vegas; it was originally sold by Pacific Auto Sales in Long Beach, California.
It was quite a mess when I first saw it-not fit to drive; the brake booster was leaking, it wouldn't idle any more, it had orange cloth seats, duct tape arm rests, a tired old non-original 351 Cleveland 2 Bbl engine, old-school aluminum slotted mags and tires that didn't match; but it was orange and I like orange so I made a deal and bought it for less than the advertised price.
The car was originally 2B-bright red, not brown or green like so many cars those years; it is now Prophet Orange painted in Omni AU base/clear with gold pearl ghost flames on the hood and front fenders.
The interior is the stock bench seat recovered in black vinyl, with black 80/20 carpet and lot's of Dynamat insulation.
I don't have any of the original paperwork, but I did find the original build sheet under the carpet.
The original engine was a Q-code 351 Cleveland 4 barrel 248 HP, with a C6 automatic and a non-posi 9 inch rearend with 3.25:1 gears.
I swapped out the drivetrain, exhaust, wheels, interior and everything else I could unbolt from my destroyed Ranchero 500 during the summer of 2007, then built the 393 stroker in 2008; I changed heads in 2010, and put fresh bearings into the short block and a new camshaft in 2011.
Still a few more things to fix, like the A.C. system and an AOD tranny to build & install, and solid camshaft.
Thanks for looking.
|
| Last Updated: |
6/22/2018 |
| Hits: |
68808 |
| Folder |
 |
 |
 |
Hits |
 |
Created |
Updated |
 Jeff's Ranchero GT | 20 | 0 | 1 | 39,552 | 0 | 3/28/07 | 4/3/10 | | Interior | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15,821 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 7/4/09 | | Exterior | 34 | 0 | 0 | 24,761 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 4/3/10 | | Re-paint | 73 | 0 | 0 | 47,509 | 0 | 2/7/10 | 2/18/10 | | Drivetrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 3/31/09 | | Engine | 79 | 0 | 2 | 89,070 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 6/5/16 | | 'new' iron 4V heads | 131 | 0 | 0 | 80,625 | 0 | 5/25/10 | 6/5/16 | | Transmission | 45 | 0 | 0 | 30,599 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 2/17/13 | | Rearend | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6,043 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 6/28/09 | | Wheels/Tires | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17,166 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 4/3/10 | | Chassis | 33 | 0 | 0 | 23,325 | 0 | 3/28/09 | 11/21/09 | | Documents | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8,459 | 0 | 3/27/09 | 9/21/10 | | Pre-purchase Pictures | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7,387 | 0 | 3/28/09 | 3/31/09 |
 100_1978.JPG
5831 hits | 67.34 KB | Posted: 11/10/08
Old School! My 2-smoke KTM's in the back of the Ranchero
 100_3062.JPG
5345 hits | 80.34 KB | Posted: 9/8/09
I made a radiator overflow tank out of a bottle of "NOS" energy drink. {must have an overflow tank for drag racing}
 100_3152.JPG
4972 hits | 65.92 KB | Posted: 10/4/09
at work, disassembling the helicopter in the background for shipping to Australia.
 100_0893.JPG
3992 hits | 58.5 KB | Posted: 4/3/10
 100_2472.JPG
3505 hits | 68.2 KB | Posted: 3/27/09
In the rear, I installed 20X8.5" Coy's C5 polished wheels, 4" back spacing. Could easily go larger...lots of room under there yet!
 100_2471.JPG
2732 hits | 60.42 KB | Posted: 3/27/09
In front, I installed 18x7" Coy's C5, polished, with 4" backspacing, and Nexen 3000 225/40-ZR18 tires.
 100_3147.MOV
2673 hits | 1.67 MB | Posted: 9/14/09
Light-em' up!
 100_3146.MOV
2156 hits | 7.22 MB | Posted: 9/14/09
new carb is installed and recurved distributor is installed.
 100_2650.JPG
2043 hits | 71.42 KB | Posted: 5/10/09
Maintenance & Modification Logs
This user hasn't added any log entries, yet.
|
|
