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    Posted: 02-February-2026 at 1:42AM
Hello good morning as the title says,

   My name is Joe, my reason for joining is to document my 1970 ranchero 500 project. I got it back in November a couple days before or after thanksgiving. 

  A little bit about me, I’m 33 and I work at a Ford dealership. I went to school to be a technician. I have experience with Parts. I do the advisor position these days. I have bought roughly 27 cars since I was 15. I’m currently learning video editing as a hobby and the car is my main subject matter.

  A little about the car, it is a 1970 Ranchero 500, 302 & 3 speed. When I got it it barely ran, had no coolant in it, and would not stop. I’ve since repaired the brake system. Repaired wiring (whole good story about that), Drove it 65 miles total.

Thanks for having me looking forward to posting more about the car in a dedicated thread.

Nice to meet yall, again my name is Joe.
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Welcome Joe, glad to have you join. We love to hear about every old Ford being saved and cared for. Show us some pics when you can.
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Thanks I can’t seem to figure out the picture upload in the reply. I only have the option to link one atm.
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Give the administrator a little time, they will see you and soon give you full access. The pictures feature is a little tricky, but not too hard once you are able to use it.
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Welcome aboard Joe, glad to have you onboard!
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Originally posted by 1970_Raunchero 1970_Raunchero wrote:

Thanks I can’t seem to figure out the picture upload in the reply. I only have the option to link one atm.

Welcome Joe! I have upgraded you to a full member so you have full forum privileges and can upload pics.  Thanks for sharing your story. We'd love to see some pics and to follow a project thread. 
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Welcome! looking forward to your project.
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Welcome, Joe!
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Welcome to the forum!
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Here is a pic

https://forum.grantorinosport.org/uploads/7813/IMG_3164.jpeg




Edited by 72FordGTS - 07-February-2026 at 12:25PM
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Looks great!  Can't wait to follow the build.
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Thanks the first post is in the ranchero section now. I'll be trying to update weekly as I make progress.
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Welcome to the site Joe. One piece of advice, the photo uploader is a tad clunky but you just have to give it a little time. I used to use Photobucket to host everything but slowly trying to update my build thread and it's not too bad to use once you get used to it.  

A lot of good folk around here, thanks for joining.
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