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Background: I originally bought this car when I needed a daily driver that I could use while I was restoring my 1968 mustang.  I like early falcon rancheros, so I found this one.  I paid $2600, and it was in worse mechanical shape than it is now.  After some minor repairs (fuses, lights, points, etc) I drove it as my daily driver for around a year.  It came in handy when I needed to transport a large hunk of mustang (attached to quarter panel I needed) from modesto to santa clara.  I thought after I finished with my mustang I would fix it up a little and keep it around for running parts and such.  Alas, I find that my mustang related projects take all my "automotive" time.  Also my space is limited and in practice I never use it enough to make it worth the cost of insurance and registration.  I also have a motorcycle I can use when I'm working on my mustang, and it is cheaper to insure. Time to simplify.

Pictures: The following pictures were taken October 1999. 

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• 1964 Ford Falcon Ranchero
• running, used as daily driver during and after restoration of my 1968 Mustang
• original engine: 289 cubic inch (this is an original V8 car)
• current engine: (1969?) 302 cubic inch with 2bbl Autolite carb, runs OK
• transmission: 3 speed, floor shifter (originally column shift)
• body: straight, minor dings and dents
• paint: black exterior & interior, some scratches and chips, some fading
• interior: no rips in headliner or seats, paint chipped, (plastic) chrome chipped
• chrome wheels (reasonable condition, shine up well)
• dual exhaust
• Parts recently replaced (by myself): belts, hoses, fuel pump, points, plugs, valve cover gaskets, water pump, fuses, lights...
• Recently aligned at Custom Alignment in Mountainview, CA
• Does not require smog testing (per California SB42).

• Spedometer does not work (probably broken speedo cable, I haven't looked into it)
• Radio (original, AM) does not work.  I never looked at it.  It is the original unit.  There are people who fix these things.  I know that working early mustang AM radios are valuable.  I think the radio in this car is probably the same.
• Floor pans behind seats are rusty.  The car is pretty much rust free otherwise.  The floor pans are the same as for a falcon wagon, and water gets in from the panel that covers what would normally be the rear seats are.  I never took the carpet out, or the panel to take a close look.  If I was keeping it, I would probably cut this area out and weld in a patch panel.
• Parking brake does not work.  The brackets that hold the cables to floor pan have "ripped off".  If I were to keep it, I was planning on welded them back on.
• Engine is tired, could use a rebuild.  It runs well enough that if I was keeping it I would probably just drive it for a while.