Falcon Ranchero

Small car with a big name; saw what may be a ‘57 also, at the St. Ignace MI show in 2023

My mom saw this in the parking garage under where she works. Usually there are quite a few classics stored there over the years, like a 1978 Monte Carlo, and a 1952 Nash Statesman. Last year I was there once and saw a car under a cover, just the bumper and tires sticking out. Figured it was a '71-'72 Buick for sure because of some of the bumper I could see. Today, the cover was actually off and so it turns out that it's a 1974 LeSabre convertible. Looks to be in pretty great shape.

Cool stuff; just the other day caught a '57 Bel Air on one of those trailers

Went for the first cruise in the Highway Star in 2 weeks last evening. Two Wednesdays ago was the last time and it was a rainy day that my dad drove it to Jiggerz to get chrome exauhst tips welded on. Since then it was literally raining everyday or we were busy on the nice days so going out again yesterday was nice. Even nicer because we saw another 1969 Pontiac LeMans, a half-done GTO clone, with the signature front bumper and lower valence but still retained stock appearing LeMans tailights and trunk badging. Scrambled to get a photo so I only got it as it was going. We've seen it before while in the Highway Star and interestingly enough this car was for sale in southern Ontario quite a while ago and my dad had the ad bookmarked for the longest time. Funny how it came up here. Hasn't gone to any shows yet but we'd be inclined to talk to the guy.

Almost done the build of my second 1971 Olds 442. Building a 1:25 scale replica of a hot wheels 1970 Olds 442 that I’ve had since I was way younger.

‘59 was a good looking year for Olds. Saw a ‘59 98 at a show back in July

A rare sight for sure

Very cool, I like it a lot. Big fan of concept cars. Curious to see the other 2 concept designs.

Went to get a haircut this rainy morning, one the way home saw a 1963 Cadillac drive past as I was waiting to turn. Again no photos as I was driving but I saw it at shows before so here’s a pic of the actual car I saw today from a show a couple years ago.

Same here; would be neat to walk through one of these large junkyards; there is basically nothing around here even close to a large scale vintage car junkyard. Only thing that comes close are some old wrecks left in gullies and in the woods on people’s property and on a couple hiking trails.

I can see someone’s favourite colour is Zebra

That’s awesome that it works still, and I’ve heard about the Bluetooth conversion. Back in April I bought a 1962 Oritone transistor radio, all original and working; even picked up a station that played period correct music. But then a month later it completely stopped and even the guy around here who fixes stuff like this couldn’t get it to work. Might have to end up doing the Bluetooth conversion to it someday.

Wow that ‘68 GTO is gorgeous, also the ‘59 DeSoto and the Dodge custom van and those bikes are crazy cool

Nicely done, I built one of these too.

The models are cool but wow that Crosley radio in the background is way cool. Does it work still?

Cool stuff; really like the ‘69 Cougar and the ‘67 Skylark wagon as well as the ‘74 Satellite wagon and the ‘66-67 Charger but that ‘65 Grand Prix is stunning.

Looks to be a ‘64, first year of the Chevelle. That’s a nice one.

Black ‘66 Acadian, grey ‘71 Charger.

Black with red interior; arguably one of the best combos. Oddly enough though I only did that combo once with my custom 1965 Bonneville. Looks very nice so far, can wait to see it done.

That Firebird looks pretty cool as it is; those big fat rear wheels totally give it the 70s street machine look. Neat that it has a front bench; I would imagine most Firebirds came with bucket seats. Our ‘69 LeMans has a front bench, and automatic on the column. How long have you had this car?

That looks really great; I did a 1983 Cadillac also but I converted Revell’s low rider kit to stock 1983, which is way easier said than done. Should’ve just got this printed model and saved a week of sanding and using filler.

Saw a '64 New Yorker and a '67 Coronet. No photos as I was driving but I'd seen the New Yorker at a show before so here's a pic of that car from a show in 2023.

Our police isn't bad, isn't the greatest though; usually absent on many roads speeders frequent, but they do catch people. If we did get the plate they would have done something. Should've got the plate of the truck behind us since they were a witness to the whole thing, plus the Honda cut them off quite severely so you'd think they'd be mad about it too and want to help. Maybe they did run in the Honda plate since, after we pulled off the road the truck kept going and was behind the Honda so they would've seen the plate. Plus this morning there was a huge abnormal amount of police vehicles about so maybe, just maybe, the police are on the lookout after the truck driver ran in the plate. A stretch? Maybe. But not ruling that out.

Nice, classy drag racer.

Ever been ran off the road? Well last evening, that’s exactly what happened to us, and the Highway Star. We went cruising about yesterday and then we were just on our way home on a two lane street, there was a truck behind us and a crusty Honda civic behind the truck, and then suddenly the Honda decides to pass the truck, while there are cars coming in the left lane. They mustn’t have seen us in front of the truck, or the other cars coming, so they tried to squeeze in front of the truck and behind us but there was literally no car space between us and the truck so the Honda essentially ran us off the road because if we just kept going, the Honda would’ve smashed into the rear, the truck would’ve smashed into the Honda, and the cars coming in the other lane would’ve swerved off the road to avoid the collision. Didn’t get a plate number so justice won’t be served yet, but I know what the car looks like so if I see it around some other time I’ll get the plate. Just a horrible end to a rather pleasant cruise.