1963 Ford Falcon Ranchero

As my dad bought it in 2005
				Both side lower panels had rust
Previous owner had drilled holes for a tonneau cover	First couple of welds werent so good	Got pretty good after 3 or 4	Filled 7 holes on tailgate and 6 in the back of the cab	Filled 22 holes on bed sides
Ford made taking off this gate a nightmare!!!	Had to Impact the hinge screws off	Lots of surprises hiding under the paint	Drivers side filled and smoothed plus the new lower quarter panels (had a bodyshop do those)	Passenger side filled and smoothed
Just about ready for primer, fixed tons of little dings and chips	3 coats of primer, shot in my dad's garage	Waiting for the weekend to get painted	Ready to be rolled into the paint booth	Dad washing out the bay
In the paint booth ready for masking		3 coats of 2007 Ford Mustang blue	Basecoat applied	3 coats of clear applied
	Back home in the garage			Sparkly and shiny, but needs wet sanded and buffed

Getting ready to buff	Smooth like glass		Metal flake	Finished buffing
Time to detail the motor	Dad did all the this	Finished product
		2016, My father has been battling cancer for the last 2 years and not sure how much longer he will be around, he gave me the Ranchero so I got these plates in tribute.	Fathers Day 2017 Dad's last ride. Got him out of the nursing home and took him on a long drive. He would pass away about a month later	Miss you Dad!
My brother followed us, just in case. (and found out one tailight was stuck on)	Took it to work	Going up on the lift to figure out what the rear end noise is	Drivers axle out, bearing was toast	I think there are suppose to be more than 3 bearings in there.
			Was pulling to the left when braking, wheel cylinder was leaking	Back from test drive
New bumper time	Both fronts	New rear	Painted plate box	Old bumper had spray chrome on it
Had to store Ranchero at my brothers for a bit (don't remember why)	Back home to install bumpers
		Tires were shot because of bad alignment	Off to dads garage to swap to new tires	Had the SS stored there so had to switch garages
				Ready to dismount
Wheels off and headed to the tire shop	Back from new tires mounted	Replacing faded tail lights	Carb started leaking so removed for rebuild and this came out of the carb filter	Carb tore apart, runs much better now.