Ranchero

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 1973 Ford Ranchero Camper For $12,500?

Here's Nice Price Or Crack Pipe once again, the day after the Opel GT Batmobile made NPOCP history! You see, for the first time we've got the majority of voters opting for the Nice Price side of the poll; admittedly, the voting is 173 to 172 at the time of this writing, but that's still a win for the BatmOpel! Today we've got another machine that might present something of a dilemma; the original 351 Cleveland/4-speed combo makes it cool, as do the factory hubcaps and the fact that it's always been a camper… but a Buy It Now of $12,500? What do you think?

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8:00 AM on Tue Nov 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,632 views, 42 comments

Most discussed timtoolman: '73 was one of my favorite years for the Gran Torino. Put a crosshair in the grille, and it looks more »

down on the street

1964 Ford Ranchero, Plus Bonus Favorite Ford Cartruck Poll

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. DOTS Truck Monday is with us once again, and today we're going to check out a vehicle that qualifies as both truck and car: a '64 Ford Falcon with truck bed, aka Ranchero! Then, because polls lessen the sting of Simon Legree's workplace lash- which always seems to fall on one's back with particular malice on a Monday- we'll all vote on our favorite street-parked Alameda Ranchero.
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9:00 AM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,639 views, 37 comments

Most discussed mechimike: Pretty cool looking 'chero, though I'm not normally a fan of the breed. Too many mullet jokes. I think this presidential more »

woodward dream cruise

'57 Ford Ranchero Custom Takin' A Break From The Cruise

The Woodward Dream Cruise can be tough on an old car — stop-and-go traffic for miles, overzealous and crowd-pleasing engine revving, the oft-times brutal heat — so why not a stop to cool down at Micky-D's? The owner tells us he and his wife tore the little truck apart about eight years ago and totally renovated it. Everything on the outside, sans the steer head on the bumper, is original, while the interior has been customized with styling elements from the body. You can see the shape of the chrome strip running on the side in the door panels, and the logo on the seats matches the one on the tailgate. Very nicely done, sir.

Follow the fun at our Woodward Dream Cruise tag for all of our coverage of the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise, the largest one-day automotive event in the world!

2:00 PM on Sat Aug 16 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
493 views, 7 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: My neighbor had a '57 sedan in black and gold--tough year for these Fords, going head to head with the more »

nice price or crack pipe

Factory-Built Twin-Turbo Pinto: Nice Price Or Crack Pipe?

Did Ford really build a twin-turbocharged pickup truck based on the Pinto in 1971? The seller of this "sweet rust free 1 of 1 factory built pinto race truck twin turbo 4 cyl bumper dragging beast" says they did, and that "ford picked me over bob glidden to drive cause he couldnt handle this monster." If it's for real and there's documentation to prove it, $15,000 is a pretty good deal. If not... well the going rate on Pintocheros might be a few notches below 15K. Cast your vote and we'll see how this sorts out. Thanks to LTDScott for the tip! [Mautofied]
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8:00 AM on Thu Aug 14 2008
By Murilee Martin
4,327 views, 51 comments

Latest by Bad Juju: Who doesn't love a Pintochero with turbo-powah? I'm a little disappointed... But yeah, the guy's on crack. I'll give you more »

down on the street bonus edition

Escachero!

It's one thing to spot a 90s Ford Escort with a truck bed and huge fins, but what a joy to see that the owner has actually named his creation using the correct -chero suffix. We've seen too many homemade Ford cartrucks with GM-centric names, so we're just happy this one isn't emblazoned with a huge "ESCORTAMINO" graphic. We're also happy that Crazygutgut had his camera at the ready when he spotted this fine machine in San Francisco's Sunset District. Make the jump to see the whole gallery and read Crazygutgut's description.

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3:30 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,754 views, 49 comments

Latest by mattEGTx: Yeah, you could pull that out a fair amount, and then clip it. Do it all the time at more »

down on the street

1979 Ford Ranchero

The Ford Ranchero cartruck went through numerous platform changes over the years, with the full-size sedan-based '57-59s, the compact Falcon-based '60-66s, the mid-sized Fairlane/Torino-based '68-76s, and the bloato-mid-sized LTD-based '77-79s. We saw a beige-and-brown two-tone '79 last summer, and now I've found another two-tone '79 on the island.
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9:00 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,229 views, 48 comments

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down on the street

1965 Ford Ranchero

We've seen a late-60s Torino-based Ranchero and a Malaise Era Thunderbird-based Ranchero so far in this series, but how about the Falcon-based Ranchero? I found this cartruck parked next to the '69 Buick Electra 225, and I suspect they were owned by the same person (the Buick has since departed, presumably sold).
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9:00 AM on Mon May 19 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,168 views, 36 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: Awwwh, lookit the little bed! Not bad at all though. My only issue is that it's too clean to use as more »

el camino

Another Ford Fairmont Durango For Sale, Can You Resist The Foxchero?

Whereas many of the El Camino-ized vehicles we share with you, like the Volvo XC70chero, are unique custom jobs of varying degrees of quality, the Ford Fairmont Durango was actually built in a factory. The history is muddy, but after the demise of the Ranchero, Ford worked with National Coach Products in some capacity to help the company produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 212 of these 5.0-powered, Fox-bodied trucks. What it lacks in details it more than makes up for in style and power, and all for just $24,500. Details below the jump.

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9:20 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,913 views, 31 comments

Latest by Galaxie500: Swap a 5.0 drivetrain in it and put a mustang front clip on it, then you would have a Mustang-whatever... more »

found on craigslist

Don't Have Time To Build Your Own Jaguar Vanden Plaschero?

Let's say you saw the PCH Jaguar XJ-Schero the other day and said to yourself: "Damn, I sure would like to have a Jaguar with a truck bed to haul parts, but my ZIS 112 project takes all my time!" We understand your dilemma, and that's why we've found this 1986 Jaguar Vanden Plas with a very nice pickup bed conversion for you. The seller wants a cool 13 Gs for it, but not to worry- he or she will take your unwanted pontoon boat in trade! Thanks to splacid for the tip.

[Craigslist Nashville, go here if ad disappears]

7:30 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,352 views, 58 comments

Latest by Jeb_Hoge: Ohhh, I would buy this thing in a heartbeat, maybe even plan a swap from the 305 to something with more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Maximum Cartruck Edition: Dragamino or Mark VIIchero?

As most of you know by now, the Shorty Chopped Corvair was judged to be cooler/more hellish than the T-Bird-esque Auto Union 1000SP by the voters in Friday's Choose Your Eternity poll. With all the G8amino excitement today, we're going to turn away from two-strokers and groovy customs and get straight to some car-with-truck-bed goodness.
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5:15 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,789 views, 26 comments

Latest by Bad Juju: Surprised I didnt see this one come up yesterday - another Lincoln Contichero, this one in print, circa 1979 it more »

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