What it is: 1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero. Not too many of them made in 1960, and even fewer of them still around. I haven't seen another one of them of this year in Maryland at all, and I doubt that you'll see another one of this year any time soon.
Runs great, stops as it should, drives straight. 144ci original engine, original C3 transmission with manual 3 speed on the column. Newly replaced carpet, new custom made door panels, new kick panels. Interior firewall, floor, and cab rear has been completely sound deadened. Rear end has air adjustable shocks (in case you actually want to put anything in the bed of the truck (car). Bed has been sanded down and mildly coated. Gaps between the cab and bed have been coated, and all those pesky little hidden drain holes have been located and flushed so that water doesn't just sit inside the frame rails (common complaint with Falcon wagon / ranchero owners).
Engine bay has been gone through cleaned up, and sealed up. All new fluids (oil, brake, radiator), new plugs, new wires, new coil. The engine runs pretty strong for a 144, but could use a timing job. Not absolutely necessary, but it's a straight 6, and if you don't like the "lope", you'll have to re-time it.

This is a driver...not a pristine show car. Everything on the car works as it should, but not everything looks immaculate. It's an honest little runner that gets a lot of looks wherever it goes. It presents well in it's current color scheme, with the custom pin striping on the rear, blacked out front...hood...roof...bed...tail gate...bumpers...and gets quite a few second glances, but it could use some polishing compound or a good once over with a talented wet sander if you want that color to stand out.

As with every other car that's over 50 years old and is still actually on the road, if you want to make this into an absolute show car, it's going to need some tweaks here or there, but it's a fun little car (truck) to tool around in, and you'll love owning it. No major rot to be concerned with, and won't need any serious body, frame, or replacement panel work. Comes with some new parts as well. New front turn signal lenses, replacement signal buckets, turn signal switch, signal switch stalk, lots of vinyl material (same that was used to cover the kick panels and door panels), NOS fan blade, and whatever else I can find laying around that was ordered or picked up for the car. The Buy It Now price is pretty reasonable, but of course if you would like to take a chance with the auction, you're more than welcome.

This vehicle is for sale locally as well, and I reserve the right to end the auction early if a local sale is completed.

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Truckmakers squabbling over who can sell Jimmy Fallon a pickup

Sat, 08 Mar 2014

Snagging a celebrity endorsement is a big deal for automakers, as evidenced by the recent efforts of the Detroit Three to try and woo The Tonight Show's newest host, Jimmy Fallon, into one of their trucks.
After announcing during Wednesday night's show that he was in the market for a pickup truck, Fallon set off a firestorm of efforts on Twitter, with both Ford and Chevrolet petitioning the funnyman to test out a truck. According to Ad Age, Ford recommended the King Ranch edition of its next-generation F-150 while the show was still airing. Chevy, meanwhile, waited until the next morning to pitch a Silverado to Fallon.
The winner of this social media feeding frenzy, though, was Ram. Promoting a variation of its "Guts, Glory, Ram" tagline, the Auburn Hills-based manufacturer created the hashtag #GUTSGLORYFallon. It even went so far as to park a Ram 1500 outside 30 Rockefeller Center in New York, where The Tonight Show is filmed. On the back of the Ram sat a sign, reading "Big enough, Jimmy? Test it out," referencing a joke from the Wednesday show.

Jay Leno is far beyond driven in his 1971 Pantera

Mon, 23 Jun 2014

Perhaps it's fitting that the band Pantera is known for its heavy metal music, because the DeTomaso Pantera is the automotive equivalent of a metal album. It's short, aggressive and makes a mean sound. It doesn't mess around either, with a Ford 351-cubic-inch (5.75-liter) V8 sending mountains of torque to the rear wheels. This week, Jay Leno takes us on a detailed tour of his '71 to show why it rocks.
There's a regular format to Jay Leno's Garage. It starts with Jay and maybe a guest taking a look at the car and talking about its history, and then they take it out on the open road. However, this video is practically a Pantera buyer's guide. Jay is adamant from the start that the last thing anyone should own is a stock example. To remedy this, he and his guest, the editor of the Pantera Club magazine, take viewers to school about some of the ways to turn them into even better performance machines.
No matter what you do to it, though, the Pantera requires that the driver adapt to it, not the other way around. For example, Jay isn't a big guy by most standards, but he has to cram himself into the cockpit with his shoes off and shirt partially unbuttoned just to go for a drive. Still, once out on the road, it all makes sense with that rumbling V8 and those Italian supercar looks. Scroll down to watch and learn a lot more about this uncompromising '70s performance car.

2014 Ford Fiesta 1.0L EcoBoost

Fri, 09 May 2014

I'll be honest; when Ford first unveiled its 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6, I was skeptical. Past attempts at building turbocharged American cars were almost universally awful, I reasoned, so why would Ford's latest effort be any different? This may seem foolish today, considering the success that the growing EcoBoost range has achieved - particularly the 2.0-liter and 1.6-liter mills. Yet I once again found myself questioning Ford.
It's the makeup of the 1.0-liter, turbocharged three-cylinder slotted into the compact engine bay of this Fiesta that has a way of breeding doubt. Three-cylinder engines remain an extreme rarity in the US. What's more, they earned a less-than-desirable reputation for applications in the 1980s and 1990s, and my trepidation about this latest three-pot as a result.
As I found out, though, history is a poor informant of modern technology. The thrust available in other cars with the EcoBoost badge on the back has not gone missing here; something the International Engine of the Year committee has lauded. That august body named the 1.0-liter Ecoboost the best engine of 2012 and 2013. After a week of driving, it didn't take long for my fear of threes to get turned into something like that line of thinking.

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