Dont see many of these....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

I like those buckets!

 

Man looks totally sweet 428 sounds awesome

 

About as rare as hen's teeth, certainly would not mine owning it. Not sure about the seller though, has a feedback rating of 66.7 after selling 1 item, that's not good. Be interesting on final price.

 

I beleive the first series of Ranger package trucks where the best; Ford truely set a high standard with the Slick style Ranger's; everything after 66 seems useless option IMO. But those buckets really set the tone..

Mitch

 

Actually he's sold a half dozen items but mostly jam jars and utensils.

 

The Ranger was introduced in 1965, not 1966 as the ad says.

The seats were the same 1965/72, and were from a 1965 Mustang originally.

The seat tracks are the same as 1965/70 Mustang.

The original center console was the same 1965/66, and was used originally in 1964/65 Falcons.

The Falcon console is a shorty, about a foot long, and had a door hinged at the rear. It does NOT look anything like the one is this truck.

I can't see enough of it, but it appears to be a Mustang console that has been cut off. An original 1965/66 Mustang console was nearly 3 feet long and had a cut out for the Mustangs floor mounted shift lever.

The A/C evaporator head in this truck is from a 1965 Mustang, 1964/65 Falcon or Fairlane (C5ZZ-19700-B). It's different than the one used on 1966 Mustangs (C6ZZ-19700-B). The difference: the head is painted light argent on '65's, charcoal grey on '66's.

The evaporator head is not an original 1965/66 Ford F Series truck type. While the head in the trucks looks similar at first glance, the Mustang A/C head has slightly different styling and uses different registers.

Dealer installed: The A/C that was usually installed is identical to 1963/64 Galaxies. The mount & drive kit, dryer and condenser, compresser and even the hoses from the 352/390 Galaxie kit (C4AZ-19700-A) was a bolt on to the trucks 352.

Is it a real Ranger?

Hard to say, the console is not the original, the instrument cluster was also used in Custom Cabs, and the seat upholstery has been repadded or replaced...it's been reproduced for Mustangs, and the bolsters are much fatter than the originals, so it's anyone's guess.

 

Just by the pictures it looks like a real Ranger to me.Just the console along is worth purty money.Check my gallery for a picture of a " Real Ranger". This Ranger theory has been dug at many times on here!

 

I had a 65 Ranger and I rememeber also seeing something about there being a gas tank cover so I would think there would be fastener holes at the least in the rear cab reinforcement brace. Also, as chhesy as it may sound, if it were a real Ranger, my guess is the I/S track holes would be clean holes whereas someone trying to make a clone might not have as clean of holes...I tried contacting Ford when I had mine to authenticate it to no avail...I sure wish there was a source we truck guys could get copies of the window stickers like it seems all the other Fords can get.



- cs65

 

Ford tossed most of the records into the circular file in the late 1980's. One fellow got wind of Fords plans and bought a lot of 1960's, early 1970's material for peanuts. He got a ton of HiPo stuff, and sells build sheets (known as the Marti Report), other info thru ads in old car publications and his website (martiauto.com). How much truck material he got, I dunno.

There is another source: Original sales brochures and most important...the Ford Data Books used by the dealers. There are several types of Data Books = cars, light trucks, and heavy trucks.

There are dozens of ppl who sell this material (faxonautolit.com is one source). The material (called 'Ford paper' by some collectors) can be found on ebay and thru ads in old ride publications like Hemmings (hemmings.com).