White Lightening Ranchero

[Jaybird]

I recently took ownership of this custom 57 Ranchero. I bought it through Gateway in Tulsa, Ok. I took a picture of it with my rustomod Ranch Wagon. 292 Y-block and fully functional Ford-o-matic. I spent a couple of weeks ironing out a bunch of issues and now have a pretty nice driver. The scallops are awesome. I'll add a couple more pictures shorty.
If anyone has history on this I'd love to hear it
Thanks
Jaybird

[abe_lugo]

It's nice looking Ranchero it been all over the place.  Congrats. 

[RICH MUISE]

I don't know anything about it, but I did see it in person when I dropped my '57 off for them to sell (they didn't) 3 months ago. Nice car.  I just drove mine home from Tulsa 2 days ago (400 miles).

[Jaybird]

Rich I saw your car listed there. I spend a bunch of time on this car to get it running good. Dist was off a couple teeth, carb internal problems and the valves were adjusted with 0 lash + 1/2 turn...like a small block chevy. With those items addressed we took it out and burned the carbon out of it so to speak. Did some wiring update and a new gas tank. Time to enjoy it now.

A lot of good parts on it...just needed to be dialed in.

[RICH MUISE]

Good to hear. Enjoy. Did you buy online or actually go to Gateway. Lots of good folks there. Lori (manager) is a sweetheart.

[Jaybird]

I bought it online. The price had dropped drastically overnight. I pulled the trigger that morning knowing the risk of buying online. However, It was worth the price even if the drivetrain was bad. I worked with Justin. He was pretty straight up. The shipping company (Cree) was great to work with.

[57chero]

It spent a lot of time here in the Pacific Northwest it might have began its life here as a custom, saw it at quite a few shows here in the Portland Metro area.

[Jaybird]

I found a short article about it from back in April.
 
https://journal.classiccars.com/2025/04/22/pick-of-the-day-1957-ford-ranchero-4/

[RICH MUISE]

Very Kool!