My father-in-law gave my yongest son his 70 Ranchero GT. He ordered it in the spring of 1970 and had used it for many years. In 1992 he drove it into his shed and let it sit. Mike got it in '03, but we could not save it. When you jacked up the rear with a floor jack under the axle, you could watch the body flex in the middle. The only part of the body worth anything was the roof. Too much midwest salt and too many dirt roads had done the damage.
He did save the 429, C6, 31 spline 9 inch rear and front disc brake set up and bought a 66 Failane to drop everything in. We could not save all of it, but we did save part of it.
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Dave Wyatt
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