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ventturei26 · 02-09-2013, 01:28 AM

rustoleum fix...

grill on with 69 ranchero front bumper

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shelby drop with 1-1.5" lowering springs put my 69 fairlane lower than my 65 mustang with shelby suspension.

ventturei26 · 02-09-2013, 01:29 AM

well my body parts search is over, there are two other things i want to do to the body of this car but those are both very special readily available projects.

69 sport mirror!

ventturei26 · 02-09-2013, 01:30 AM

alright well i finally got some time to work on my car a bit

added the rear sway bar and a set of overload shocks to the rear after settling i definitely like the stance of this car alot better. (sits about 1/2 lower than in the pictures now)

before

after

also had an odd encounter the other day...got home from some classes at the college and decided to go take a ride in the 69...grabbed the passenger door handle was about to open it and looked down...to my horror there was a SKUNK in the passenger floor board of my car. scared the living crap out of me...needless to say i tied a whole bunch of belts together wrapped them around the door handle and clicked the door open just a bit. ended up getting about 40 feet away and inside the garage...as i was closing the garage door i pulled the belts to open the door to the 69. turned on my garage radio and ran inside...went out 2 hours later and i was lucky enough that the thing was missing and did not spray my car...

ventturei26 · 02-09-2013, 01:30 AM

going to redo my trunk again bc i wasnt happy with the basic outline of it so im changing it up again

ventturei26 · 02-09-2013, 01:31 AM

alright, so ive been driving it around for a bit, and i forgot to post up pics of the ride height it finally settled at.

ford88 · 02-09-2013, 08:00 AM

Nice job...Great you found one with not much rust that's half the battle looks great keep the pics coming...ED

ventturei26 · 02-09-2013, 10:57 PM

great thing about living in california haha. even when cars have rust, its usually not all that bad.

69ranchero351c · 02-14-2013, 09:05 AM

Yeh that's a ranchero only bumper. They put the turns signals down in the holes on the left and right. And the lights on the fenders are only marker lights. I dont know why ford did it. That's why I put a torino bumper on my ranchero.

What did you have to do to get the 18's to fit?

chunger · 02-14-2013, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 69ranchero351c

Yeh that's a ranchero only bumper. They put the turns signals down in the holes on the left and right. And the lights on the fenders are only marker lights. I dont know why ford did it. That's why I put a torino bumper on my ranchero.

Not just a Ranchero bumper, but a one year only, '69 Ranchero bumper!

It's strange, usually I see it the other way around, with '69 Ranchero with the standard Fairlane/Torino bumpers on 'em. I figured that ages ago, ppl probably bent up the original one, and found the much more common '68 bumper.

chunger · 02-15-2013, 08:58 AM

Are you saying that you did the Shelby drop on the front end? If so, how?

I tried it on my Ranchero and found that I couldn't, as the shock tower gets narrower just above the frame rail, unlike Mustangs, where the shock tower goes straight down.

Could you post a pic of the lowered a-arm?

ScottURnot · 02-19-2013, 08:20 PM

Wow, this is a nice build you have going. Fast progress as well, I like it.

ventturei26 · 02-21-2013, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 69ranchero351c

Yeh that's a ranchero only bumper. They put the turns signals down in the holes on the left and right. And the lights on the fenders are only marker lights. I dont know why ford did it. That's why I put a torino bumper on my ranchero.

What did you have to do to get the 18's to fit?

yep i knew about the bumper but it was the only one at the junkyard...figured id mess it up later and use the dips for the air induction setup i have in mind. the lenses i left with the car since i didnt want them anyways.

nothing really. smaller height tires and the right offset. 265/35r18 fronts, 275/35r18 rears. in the near future the 275s are going to go up front and the back will be replaced with 315/30r18s

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunger

Are you saying that you did the Shelby drop on the front end? If so, how?

I tried it on my Ranchero and found that I couldn't, as the shock tower gets narrower just above the frame rail, unlike Mustangs, where the shock tower goes straight down.

Could you post a pic of the lowered a-arm?

all i did was drill 1" down with the 17/32 drill bit. fits just fine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chunger

Not just a Ranchero bumper, but a one year only, '69 Ranchero bumper!

It's strange, usually I see it the other way around, with '69 Ranchero with the standard Fairlane/Torino bumpers on 'em. I figured that ages ago, ppl probably bent up the original one, and found the much more common '68 bumper.

yep just happened to be a all original 69 ranchero 351w car at the local ford classic junkyard. stock 351w car and i even grabbed the tach out of it

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Originally Posted by ScottURnot

Wow, this is a nice build you have going. Fast progress as well, I like it.

thanks haha. not really fast just transferred everything over here. ive had it since 2011

chunger · 03-08-2013, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ventturei26

all i did was drill 1" down with the 17/32 drill bit. fits just fine.

Well, that's just wonky. I tried doing that exact same thing on my Ranchero and ran into this:

That's the upper a arm trying to fit into the holes that I've already drilled in the shock tower. Doesn't quite fit as the pivot shaft on the a arm is just a hair too wide, at least with the grease zerks on it. Perhaps your arm doesn't have zerks screwed into it? Also notice how the shock tower itself gets narrower as it meets the frame rail, this is where Fairlanes are different than Mustangs. Mustang shock towers go straight down to the frame rail.

I assume yours looks the same as this?

Thanks!

ventturei26 · 05-06-2013, 01:43 AM

you need a non cheapo shaft kit.

get the moog problem solver kit with the push in bushings youll be fine