Worked On 65 Ranchero Today

[Jerry Alfaro]

Nice work Jerry! It's always rewarding to get things cleaned up with a fresh coat of paint. Where are you located? It looks dry and sunny...

I live in the SF Bay Area in a town called Livermore, East of SF. It got up to about 68 degrees yesterday and is supposed to be this warm all the way to Thanksgiving. Chris has the Ranchero already out in the sun this morning to get it warmed up for painting. After we get the Ranchero on the road again I'll be looking at getting a disk brake kit to install. When I do the disk brakes I'll rebuild the upper and lower A-arms with new bushings and ball joints. I plan to box them in to make them stronger. I'm also toying with the idea of relocating the upper A-Arms to lower the the car. I have a line on a complete 9" 'N' rear end that I will narrow to fit the car as I have the kit/tools used for narrowing rear ends. We want this car to be an everyday driver. Who knows, I just my look at putting a new FI 5.0 in it one day.

Do you know anyone who has put a 5sp Tremmic in a 65 Falcon or Ranchero? My Ranchero is an original 4-speed car.

Gotta go, suns out and I'm burning daylight that can be spent on the Ranchero.

jerry-

[Jerry Alfaro]

Do you know anyone who has put a 5sp Tremmic in a 65 Falcon or Ranchero? My Ranchero is an original 4-speed car.

Gotta go, suns out and I'm burning daylight that can be spent on the Ranchero.

jerry-

Well, we got more done today. Got the front Radiator in paint, installed the fan, new radiator, cleaned/painted and installed headlight bucket this morning. We mounted the replacement fender with just the front splash shield to see how much adjustment will be needed and the fender will have to go back a bit more. Also found out that I will need to tig weld the fender nut that secures the bottom of the fender that is under the rear of the fender. I'll do that when I install the back splash shield while the fender is off again. Also got the hood latch all cleaned painted and installed. The hood fits real snug after making the final adjustments. Monday I'll work on getting the bumper mounted so the turn indicators work and it can be driven around.

Attached are few pictures from today.

jerry-

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Do you know anyone who has put a 5sp Tremmic in a 65 Falcon or Ranchero? My Ranchero is an original 4-speed car.

Are you referring to a T5 or a 3550/TKO? The T5 is a popular swap. Find a Chevy S10 T5 tailhousing and swap it onto a T5z tranny to get the shifter to come through at close to a stock location. You can use the longer T5 but the shifter will be farther back and will intersect with the floor support crossmember.

The TKO style will also fit but the shifter box hits the crossmember mentioned earlier. I saw a mod where the stock brace was "C" notched in the upper corners to provide clearance. The TKO has three shifter locations to choose from.

The TKO500 would be a good choice for high performance engines. Most can get by with a T5.

Here are some useful links:
http://www.moderndriveline.com/
http://www.darkhorseperformance.com/

[Jerry Alfaro]

Are you referring to a T5 or a 3550/TKO? The T5 is a popular swap. Find a Chevy S10 T5 tailhousing and swap it onto a T5z tranny to get the shifter to come through at close to a stock location. You can use the longer T5 but the shifter will be farther back and will intersect with the floor support crossmember.

The TKO style will also fit but the shifter box hits the crossmember mentioned earlier. I saw a mod where the stock brace was "C" notched in the upper corners to provide clearance. The TKO has three shifter locations to choose from.

The TKO500 would be a good choice for high performance engines. Most can get by with a T5.

Here are some useful links:
http://www.moderndriveline.com/
http://www.darkhorseperformance.com/

Thanks for the info. I'll be looking into doing this once I complete this assembly project and install disk brakes. Worked on it again today, installed the headlights a bumper after I took out some dents. I cleaned the turn signals and painted the brackets that hold them in place. I need to clean up some wiring that the guy who owned the car that did a pretty poor job.

jerry-

Thanks again.
jerry-