New Ranchero?
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Somehow a Taurus based Ranchero just doesn't do it for me.
Tim
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if you would like to play with one, you will have to get a set of gravity boots so you don't fall off the bottom of the earth, and go down under to Australia..
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I think that the Flex and 2010 Taurus will share a platform, if nothing else, they will share drive trains. Don't get me wrong, it has merit, I guess I'm stuck in the 70's on certain models.
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1957? 1958? 1959? 1960? 1961? 1962? 1963? 1964? 1965? 1966? 1967? 1968? 1969? 1970? 1971? 1972? 1973? 1974? 1975? 1976? 1977? 1978? or 1979?
An aftermarket company took 1978/83 Fairmont Futura's, shortened the roof, removed the back body panel and decklid, fabbed up a pickup bed and tailgate.
Don't recall what it was called, but it didn't look half bad.
You wanna see ugly? The first US/Canada factory produced "Ranchero type" vehicle was the 1937 Studebaker Coupe Express.
If you think the 1937 version is ugly, you haven't seen a 1938!
btw: I see you own a 2008 Super Duty. Do you think those headlights and over chromed grille are beautiful?
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and you would be refering to the 78-79 ford durango.
sweet little truck with a 302 and a 4 speed. the drawback was that the tail lights were in the tailgate. so if you tried to move a long object with the gate down, you had no visible rear lights.
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I kinda thought it was made thru 1983.
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The front end styling is certainly a departure from traditional truck styling, but it suits me just fine. The Ranchero has the sex appeal and curves of a 450lb. buffet regular.
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i do remember i wanted one real bad, but had to decide on either a durango or the F250 4X4 since i could not have both. the 250 won.
they are harder to find than hens teeth nowadays.
a quick search brought up this 81:
http://classiccars.com/17660.car
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Some local dealers 'round here have used a black marking pen to black out the top edge of that chromey Super Duty grille where it meets the hood.
Looks far better, IMO. But there's not much they can do with those headlights, which would look better if they were turned 180 degrees.
I happen to like the styling of 1957 and 1967 Ranchero's. Like the new Super Duty, the rest of the bunch look just so-so.