73 ranchero gt here need some help hello everyone i am new to this site here, i have story for this ranchero, my dad bought this 73 when i was born and it was made the same month and year i was born, i grow up with this ranchero till 99 i sold it to a guy i know and he was going to fix it up. but never did he put it in the woods where it sat till last weekend. i bought it back and i had to cut a tree out of the engine bay that was 30+ feet tall, dragged it out of the woods, the floor pans need replacing and interoir gone and it has some rust but i can fix that. but the hood has is gone to rust where he laided in the sand. the rad support is rotted away some metal fab i think i can make a new one the tail gat is still in the bed and the face is good i dont know about the back side the bed still looks soild, i have to go get the truck this weekend from my dads, the truck means more to me then anything and i realy wnat to fix it back, it can with a 302 but it is gone i have another 302 i will rebuild but i want the most HP out of it i can get so i need help on that deal and any help on parts or old scrapped parts. i can not find any parts for this lie i can other cars i did find dearborn classic parts, but i can not find any more compaines making parts? i know he has another that is in good shape but my 10 year old daughter wnats that one for herself and she is a great helper she loves to do body and engine work with me. so i am trying to get that one for her. i live in NC and i need some help on ideas and where to look for parts. thanks again for your time there members
john |