Thread: 1965 Ranchero Questions
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03-27-2004 12:09 PM #1
1965 Ranchero Questions
Does anybody know if there's a sheet metal that has the creases in it like the bed of a pick-up truck. My bed in the truck is warped inbetween the frame rails and cross member and I would like to replace it with some thicker metal or just some new unbent metal that I could weld in. The other question I have is, does anyone have a site or a gasoline tank company where I could get a replacement tank with the fuel gauge and everything installed, prefferably about a 20 gallon tank that would fit in between the narrow frame rails of this 65 Ranchero? If anyone has any other good sites for these Rancheros I would appreciate it. Streets, the site you sent me mentions rear replacement fenders but, doesn't tell me who makes them. This is what my main concerns are right now. So that I can procede with sand blasting the rest of the car. So I can begin on getting the rest of the body straightened out so, that I can paint it. The guy that they had put in the new 302 decided to paint the engine compartment flat black, and it looks like crap!! So I'm removing everything out of the car, to sand blast the whole thing and paint the whole car. To bad the front clip wont come apart without cutting it. I had an old 79 El Camino that the whole front clip un-bolted right down to the frame. When I put it back together looked like it had just come out of the factory with a fresh paint job. This paint job won't be so easy. Thanks for any help...
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