New guy Glendale Az 72 Ranchero GT

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   Hi.
Just found this forum a couple of days ago.
Been trying to read up some so I don't ask "those" questions.

Got a 72 Ranchero GT. 351Cleveland with a C4. 2 barrel. Bucket seats, not sure if they are stock or not, but I like them. Car came with a split bench seat in the back the p.o. bought but never installed. Something I need to get rid of, it's taking up space. 
It's my daily driver for the most part, I have a project car already and this isn't supposed to become another. 
Other than the tires/rims and what I have done it is mainly stock.

I've had it about a month and a half or so. 

It's pretty rough, has quite a bit of rust, including the floor pans, which I didn't see somehow when I bought it. But it runs pretty good for the most part. The p.o. put a carb and a distributor in it. 
I need to sort out the vacuum lines, seems they didn't bother with things like the vacuum advance line to the distributor. Not sure what else is messed up. It has a hesitation that is getting worse, the p.o. had to go thru 2 carbs, and I am not sure it is still right. But need to fix all the vacuum stuff first. 

Mostly this is a "don't fix it if it isn't broke" car. I put aftermarket gauges in since most of the factory ones didn't work. That is still a work in progress, need to run the oil pressure line, and figure out what to put in the fifth spot. Have oil pressure, voltage, gas, and water temp so far.
 I also put a Retrosound radio in. New battery and cables. I have a new a/c compressor and a few other bits for that, but need a new condensor and new lines. Had to change the water pump a couple of weeks ago. 
Out of major money to spend on it so hopefully nothing else needs done. I do have a 3G alternator and wiring kit to put on soon. And I have already added headlight relays. 

Came with new tires and newer aluminum rims. Rear bushings were done, but not with poly. So that is something on the to do list. As well as poly all around. However it handles and drives ok for now, so I am going to have to leave it as is. 

Red with white stripes, although under the hood stripe it is silver, so I don't know if that was the original color combination. At least part of the car was repainted at some point in the past. Definitely has rust in the usual corners(as well as the floor pans mentioned above). Kind of disappointing, but I don't know the car's history.  It's definitely a 20 or so footer. 

White and black interior, except for seats, they are white with red inserts. Needs carpet, dashpad, and seats redone at the least. Not horrible, but not good either. 

I am at work, will try to remember to post pictures later. 

Russ