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Title: SOLVED - What car #476 - 1968 Ford Ranger III
Post by: @re on October 23, 2008, 06:17:06 PM

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Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Allemano on October 23, 2008, 06:20:26 PM

ca. 1966 Ford Ranger II pre-concept?  ???

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: @re on October 23, 2008, 06:30:22 PM

Tantalisingly close. But you've got the year wrong, and the name isn't exactly right, either.

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Allemano on October 23, 2008, 06:32:42 PM

The finished Ranger II was from 1967. Is it a different car?

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Allemano on October 24, 2008, 04:35:42 AM

Maybe Ford Ranchero then?

BTW: here's another extraordinary cool scan from the '67 Ford Truck Times mag: (Click to enlarge!)

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/th_FordTruckTimes_Spr67_02-3.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/?action=view&current=FordTruckTimes_Spr67_02-3.jpg)

And yes indeed! It's seems to be different..  :'(

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 24, 2008, 07:48:57 AM

Looks like a study hall special, come to life.

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Allemano on October 24, 2008, 08:07:42 AM

I adore the free in-house designs of that era. Like the Dodge Charger III & Dodge Deora. They had that certain late sixties "touch".
Pure custom cars are not my cup of tea, though.

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: @re on October 24, 2008, 11:31:16 AM

Let me make myself clear: This is not the Ford Ranger II, and it's not from 1967.

It's not a Ranchero, either.

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Allemano on October 24, 2008, 12:08:11 PM

A shot in the dark cos I can't find any footage: Ford Ranger III from 1968?

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: @re on October 24, 2008, 12:54:46 PM

To be in the dark, you shoot quite well! It is indeed the Ford Ranger III from 1968.

Title: Re: What car #476
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 25, 2008, 03:56:04 AM

Quote from: Allemano on October 24, 2008, 08:07:42 AM

I adore the free in-house designs of that era. Like the Dodge Charger III & Dodge Deora. They had that certain late sixties "touch".
Pure custom cars are not my cup of tea, though.

The Deora was an outside project, built by the Alexander brothers, (and penned by an ex-GM freelancer) that Dodge fell in love with and added to their traveling show car stable. The brothers wanted to build a cab-forward pickup-based custom, as these smallish trucks were suddenly proliferating in Detroit. They had planned to make the rounds of the Motown auto makers, soliciting a donor truck. Dodge, their first stop, said yes. Ironically, the builders favored a Dodge-based custom, feeling that maker's truck was the least attractive.

Personally, I find the Corvair Rampside less pleasing, visually, though more intriguing mechanically.

(http://www.autopuzzles.com/1963 Chevy Corvair Rampside.jpg)
Chevy

(http://www.autopuzzles.com/Dodge A100.jpg)
Dodge

(http://www.autopuzzles.com/Ford Econoline.JPG)
Ford

Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #476 - 1968 Ford Ranger III
Post by: grobmotorix on June 10, 2013, 02:04:03 PM

I have it a the 1967 Ford Ranger III: