Posts: 23
From: Clarion, PA
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 01-25-2004 04:24 PM            

I was looking at a Dearborn Classics catalog today and saw an "N" code '72 Ranchero that was built in late '71 with a '71 engine. The caption says this car's motor was rated 100hp more than the '72 motor. The thing is, 15 years ago I had in my posession a '72 GT that was built in Sept of 1971 that had some unusual features. I don't think I have the VIN anymore, but it had a 429, C6, trac-loc rear, buckets, tach, air, console, magnum 500's, etc.. The motor had been replaced, but the guy told me the previous owner pulled out the Cobra Jet and replaced it with a mid 70's smogger. Some of the things odd about it was factory aluminum valve covers, what looked like CJ exhaust manifolds, and a Shelby CJ aluminum intake (I made a fortune selling that one at a swap meet!) I realize that someone had put the intake on, but is it possible this thing could have came from the factory with a CJ? Or at least a pre-smog Thunder-jet?

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From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99

posted 01-29-2004 12:17 PM               

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