When you can't stop smiling

[Limey57]

Yep, after 6 years of hard work, today I turned the key & fired the Ranchero for the first time.  Still smiling now.  Only a very brief (3 seconds) run due to the radiator not being plumbed in and having no exhaust past the headers, but it lives.  Got to get the exhaust sorted, radiator hoses ordered and a few other bits & pieces done then it's time to see if it also moves under it's own power.

Thanks to all the advice I've had on here in the past and all the advice I'll ask for in the future, you guys certainly made the rebuild a lot less painful at times.

[djfordmanjack]

 

[chapingo17]

 

[Jeff Norwell]

 

[gasman826]

Such a milestone!

[billd5string]

Congrats! 

[John Palmer]

Anytime you can convert dinosaurs into "smoke and noise", is a GOOD DAY!

[Swank]

alright ...alright alright.

[RICH MUISE]

A great day!! Congrats. Kinda like women....looking good is great but there's gotta be something under the bonnet as well.

[lalessi1]

Awesome! 

[rmk57]

Nice!, and summers just around the corner to!

[sprink88]

Awesome!

[hiball3985]

Awesome!! Light at the end of the tunnel is always a good thing.

[Ford Blue blood]

Awesome!! Light at the end of the tunnel is always a good thing.

Especially when you find out it is not an on coming train.......

[Ecode70D]

Hopfully you will be drivng it this summer.