1979 Ford Ranchero GT Brougham Start Up, Exhaust, and In Depth Review

[@mathewhastings9485]

my dad had a 79 Ranchero when I was a kid, had a 351 Windsor and he drove that that truck through 6 diffrent states. seeing that truck really brings back some childhood memories.

[@justinanderson8758]

My grandpa had a green with wood trim 73 ranchero with a 351 Cleveland V8 that was removed and sold to be put in a mustang

[@jiminaskali9260]

My dad had IT too when i was like 2-3 years old

[@Runamukker]

same here bruh...drove it through half the states in the US.

[@branon6565]

Mathew Hastings ....*car, it's a car, not a truck...,

[@CarterVincent227]

I got a 1978 ranchero was my grandpas he passed earlier this year.

[@1966gto1000]

I'm a fan of both the Ranchero and El Camino. I drove a '79 El Camino from1989 to 2000. I put close to 100,000 miles on that baby and sold it when it had nearly 200,000 miles. I had good service out of her and hated to sell her. She was sold to an automotive enthusiast in Shreveport, LA and he assured me he it was getting a good home, in addition to a complete engine overhaul. The paint and interior was still nice. No rust. My grandpa had a '57 Ranchero back in the day. First year.

[@geds7]

i love this channel because kyle show us all cars style...modern and he don´t forget the classics.

[@ChadQuick270W]

This version (1977-1979) was based on the LTD-II chassis which had a 302 V8, automatic transmission, power steering and power brakes which made for a nice package. This one is in excellent condition. Don't see many of them now and this GT model has to be quite rare now :)

[@theeeMitchi]

Just from the name and the styling this car could have been made by Rockstar. The Rancher GT in the middle of San Andreas

[@sharkamov]

Watching this brings back memories of one of the best cars I've owned! - What a sweet ride on Norwegian roads! 💓 (Btw; Am I the only one missing the 'oldfashioned' floor dimmer switch for the headlights?.....) If given the oportunity, I'd buy another Ranhero GT 500 Brougham in the blink of an eye!) . . . . . . Thanks for a fine review of this awesome car Kyle! 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@GHOSTJERKER]

Gotta love that "torque twist" ;D

[@peterkennedy7219]

I miss my Ranchero. Got rear ended and they totaled it out in 1998.

[@jacobkoury4522]

Congratulations Kyle!!!!!! Now you can teach your sons and/or daughters the fascinating wonder of automobiles, past and present!

[@MrrAlex135]

this has to be my all time 2nd favorite car right after the 96 impala ss. very good video! congrats on the marriage. one of the most beautiful things in life.

[@Cuseball121]

Love the old rancheros and el caminos. They've got such a presence.

[@justicia1]

Hey Kyle, My name is Jorge Palacio, you got fans here in Mexico City, let me tell you , that you have a very interesting Job with all of these cars in your KZbin videos...Cogratulations! great Job. Ranchero is a great car! thanks for all these videos!

[@65mustangkcode]

Hey thanks for reviewing a ranchero!! These cars often get overlooked, but i think they are cool cars.

[@IKhanNot]

Congrats on your wedding and good luck on your exams! Remember your education is the first priority, if people are demanding videos then they need to wait.

[@Thunderchicken1997]

Kyle, Best of luck with your wedding ! There are a couple of options that you may not be aware of with Fords that are hard to detect, unless you're old like me ;. One is intermittent wipers. They are not very intuitive on older Fords. You turn the wiper switch to the LEFT from the stop position. Kinda weird. Also, the tilt steering wheel. You push the turn signal stalk toward the instrument panel. Again, not very intuitive. I wager the Ranchero had these options. VERY nice example !

[@tariq2591]

hi kyle congratulate for the marriage and I wish you a happy life and success in your exams You are a good man

[@FredFurlowe]

I miss my 78. One of the best cars I've ever owned aside of the gas mileage. I went everywhere in that thing.

[@haraldm.1275]

Sory Kyle, there is no Panther Chassis down below, it's just plain Torino as introduced in 1972 as I remember, which is not that bad after all. If you take a closer look, the whole car is 1976 Ford Torino with cleaned up quarter panels and the LTD II front end. You will even notice that they used the Ford Elite Hood on the LTD II. But nonetheless a great Ranchero. I would take it, even if it's black.

[@Thunderchicken1997]

IZE, There were several American cars that had the "Brougham" option. The Pontiac Catalina/Bonneville, Chevy Caprice, Olds 88/98 Chrysler Newport/New Yorker, and Ford LTD/Crown Victoria/Torino just to name a few. It was an option that usually included the more "popular" options such as power windows/locks/seat(s), A/C, Deluxe interior, light group, ect.

[@RedJaguar100Travels]

I had forgotten what a sheering looked like with a airbag.. How I miss my Pontiac Trans-Am 6.6 Litre.. Thanks for the trip down memoery lane and good luck with getting hitched..

[@topicalcontent]

Cool too see. I had one of those about 22 yrs ago. Mine was white with a metallic blue hood and accents.

[@psurge38]

What a beauty! The competitor to the Chevy El Camino.

[@hilltop985]

Congrats on the wedding man... luv your videos keep em coming

[@LandOfTheFreeMediaBlogspot]

That's very awesome to hear bro. I can definitely tell that you've been studying really hard & I wish you the best of luck on the NAPLEX Exam :) - Michael Land

[@Rtvoll]

That thing is massive. I wish fords today looked this cool.

[@stevenburrus5288]

Love it.. my dad had one back in the day.. it moved pretty good

[@jefferywarshawsky8288]

I know I have one ,I plan to put a thunder bird HESDER PANEL ON IT AND CALL IT A "THUNDERCHERO"

[@dmer-zy3rb]

if you think about it, it kinda is the better gran torino/elite coupe. the intermediate coupes always had a shorter wheelbase which meant: crappy room in the back - but this one obviously skips that and just gives you a massive bed. but you can still carry 3 people in it and it weighs a bit less.

[@hyperpyretic]

Good luck on your exams and enjoy your wedding day. Thanks!

[@Sedan57Chevy]

Love your reviews! I hope you have a great wedding and honeymoon and best of luck with the exams!

[@fmunoz99]

I really enjoy your videos!! I didnt like classic cars until I saw your reviews really enjoyable

[@ristin59]

Beautiful vehicle, I wish they still made them. :-(

[@theclearwaterdiver]

Wow, That takes me back...great video as always Dr. Kyle.

[@netmotorsgaragedeclasicos530]

Extraordinary!!!!!

[@rgrndu]

Surprisingly nice car. Another good job Kyle. Congrats on your upcoming nuptials.

[@TKLm80]

You really are missing a point of his videos. He is not trying to sell anything of cars that he is showing. I like the variety what he´s showing for us, and because many of these are hard or impossible find outside u.s, it makes me an european more interested to watch them. I hope Kyle keeps these great reviews as long as he can...

[@frankmez9370]

Man!! Wish they bring it back!! I really like the bed, and the whole shape and the tail lights are just awesome. They don’t make that style of tail beds or light anymore! I’d pay right now 30 grand!! Thx for the view!!! Is their a 78, 76? 02/25/22.

[@lynnboyer6643]

I love Ford Rancheros!

[@rexscuz]

I don't understand why all of these are so loud, unless the one that i had didn't have a stock exhaust, I always had to open my door to hear if it was still running...It was sooo quiet and idled so smoothly I could never tell if it was still running

[@hisham5128]

Congrats man and good luck on the exam.

[@Leu4Life]

you're getting married on my birthday Kyle :) it's going to be a tremendous marriage ;) All the best from London.

[@Reselute]

Just bought my own 79 ranchero gt that i plan on restoring. can currently run but being in alaska it doesnt like the cold so for now im doing like work until snow melt

[@randomtj1791]

While I'm not much into Fords, I like many of the Classic ones, the Ranchero included :). BTW, great video, really enjoyed it :)

[@daone2474]

In this future I plan on making a cruiser build that could also daily drive. My plans are to gut the engine and interiors to do a restomod

[@cazgerald9471]

Always loved the Ranchero - the 79 is great because it was the end of the line. I actually like every body style that Ford came out with on the Ranchero line over the years.

[@marcoscruzg.9658]

Es increíble, es realmente hermoso por fuera y por dentro, pero además el sonido de ese motor es musica celestial.

[@XXMETAL4LIF3XX]

awesome video i can tell this one is from the winter time too before you got the better anti wind camera mic.

[@fungt89]

grats on getting married and career !

[@dvddmc]

love the shake of the car when reving up love that torque! most newer cars don't do that

[@Jelsick]

When I was a kid back in the 70's, my parents bought a 1977 LTD Country Squire wagon. That car shared a lot of the same sheetmetal as this car/truck. Also, the interior is very similar, although the wagon was less "sporty". However, the wagon had a 460 cubic inch v8 with a 4 barrel carb. The car was very heavy, so performance was not great. Also all the smog crap impeaded horsepower. Funny that this car only has 20 more hp than my Honda Civic I drive today. Nice review.

[@Kryrone]

I'm so excited for you to do the M6 Gran coupe. It's my dream car and I can't wait for you to do a review on it.

[@newyork819]

I like both the Ford and Chevy designs

[@epctfl]

My dad had a '68 Country Squire. I remember him shoving 8 other people besides the two of us in it to head up to Ohio. I'm still amazed at how massive they were because it is longer and wider than a Chevy Suburban.

[@JohnUnit]

Kyle you have some errors in this video. This car is absolutely not a Panther platform car, nor were any Gran Torinos. Panther's were "LTD Crown Victorias" (yes LTD's early on, but they looked like crown vics), and were much smaller than this car. This car is from the platform that Panthers replaced. Different engine options, and very few swappable parts.

[@TheBrenty95]

ahh yes, my dad had a ranchero sort of like this, but blue and i believe it was a 78. beautiful vehicle

[@JayJohnPaul]

My Birthdays on the 27th too. I hope you have a long and happy marriage. :)

[@aFlamingTaco]

It was a 1979, from like 1975 to like 1988 or even a little later cars had NO power, due to pollution/emission restriction things.

[@BluSigmaSL]

We need the El Camino and Ranchero back.

[@brspeedysgarage]

Love the classic stuff more than the modern stuff

[@MichaelHepcats]

Can you PLEASE do a in depth look on a iroc Z. PLEASE!!!

[@RR-yk6yl]

For me, my favourite model ranchero is the seventh generation and my least favourite is the sixth generation based on the ford torino

[@jameslandon4126]

+Ryan Rush I agree; Well half agree. I don't care much for the Sixth Generation (72-76) Rancheros but I still think the Fifth Generation (70-71) Rancheros were the best looking with the Seventh Generations (77-79) being my second favorite years.

[@polojize]

A friend of mine has A 79 Ranchero GT with A 429 police persecute in it and it only has 35.000 miles on it. He loves it

[@garyblanchard1084]

Truly the end of one great chapter in FoMoCo history that dated back to 1957. It was saddening to learn Ranchero would not return for 1980.

[@rpman4787]

I saw another black one of these with a matching fiberglass camper shell. I dubbed it the "sports hearse"!

[@1BrownElCamino]

Love my El Camino, but this Ranchero is pretty sweet. It sounds great!

[@Gabes2k]

Kyle this is an awesome review.........still waiting on that Mk1 MX5.. Please.

[@nicosyufy8843]

What a beautiful truck/ car. I could only wish I had one of my own!

[@67marlins81]

Nico, that body style was made '77, '78, and '79. Join the Ranchero Club to learmmn where they are and what to $ave, and you may own one someday!! Good luck!

[@byronarachnicus6596]

The GT Heritage models had the leather seats due to T-Bird overstock.

[@mkkrinkov]

Dr Kyle ...... YOU ARE THE BEST AND THE BEAST :)

[@Gmenable]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE(:

[@mkkrinkov]

Amazing man ...... congratulations and wishing for you all the best ..... A BIG FAN OF YOURS :)

[@troydonahue9866]

These cars are so rare, no one drives these beasts.

[@RyanTomScott]

You need to review the new 2014 silverado z71!

[@TheMrZomboss]

hey man thats awesome i hope youre wedding will be on good july 27 (which is my birthday) anyway awesome

[@maxandsyd14]

will there ever be any reviews of cars not sold in the usa? citreon skoda etc?

[@dimitri13]

Gotta love Ford's crazy volt gauge.

[@ike780]

When I was in a Fire academy, we went to a junk yard to practice using the jaws of life. We learned the difficulty of extricating people from old cars when we made short work of an 80's camaro then tried to destroy one of these. We eventually did but now I wish we hadn't. There's no chance of restoring that car.

[@kittbee7z970]

hello saabkyle please can you make video about the new 2013 nissan patrol le400 with 400 horsepower and 360 deg camera . .& thank you

[@wrm1943]

Love to have one. There's only a few for sale in Australia but don't have the money yet.

[@Parthr8]

hey Kyle!... can you also review the maserati ghibli diesel/petrol please?

[@badrussian4999]

Cool Sport Truck!

[@JavierJJX]

Hey Kyle your vids are awesome keep it going Hope you the best!

[@cowpieman12]

Such a cool car. Keep the videos coming

[@mohammedsawaed7040]

Dear Kyle .. Pleaze Pleaze Upload for the Ferrari FF

[@FlabWagger]

Nice shirt, Kyle! I have the same one! (white-ish one with black stripes and button up)

[@Insanity_Crow]

Stop asking this poor guy to review things. He does what he can get his hands on, and that's a lot more than most of us can do.

[@gabethebaeb_5881]

Congrats on the marriage Kyle! =)

[@corvette1568]

My birthday was yesterday Kyle i am now 23 years old yep i am a 4th of July baby!

[@archechme]

Engine swap with a 7.3 powerstroke V8 and you have yourself a very interesting vehicle.

[@anthonycach4301]

I doing that whit my

[@asrockrpg]

@ saabkyle04 Please upload now & make a review of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe 5 Seater & 7 Seater and also 2014 Kia Cadenza. Thanx!

[@fitz207]

That's normal in the winter, you can tell this video was shot in the winter by the trees and the fact that Kyle is wearing a jacket. Something you would never wear in North Carolina in July. He's probably just getting around to posting the video.

[@stevenbarnes717]

If the Malaise Era could be contained I one word it would be "Brougham"

[@eldo59]

Wonder if someone custom made a Lincoln Mark V Ranchero. I've seen a Cadillac Eldorado around the same year with a custom conversion.

[@MrKillermeatball]

recently got one of these through a trade, 79 gr8 model with the 351. how much is one worth in the conditions like the one in the video?

[@MrKillermeatball]

gt *

[@MrKillermeatball]

It was a funeral flower car in a small town so it's only got 28k on it. It was painted in 80 by the funeral home, it was originally burgundy but they had it painted white. It needs to be repainted. The interior is completely stock save the radio is missing (I believe they removed it and had a cb in it, but that's not there either)The engine and transmission are intact and running smooth. Some bushings in the front are needing preventative replacement but we'll do that as soon as we get the room in the shop to lift it. Rust is only a few thin veins starting to form along the rear window and along the sides where the screws for some old flower rack were. It was always parked under roof apparently so the bed has no rust. All the chrome trim pieces are present and accounted for.

[@shtech99]

Amazing video as usual

[@christiansanden8005]

Awesome pick up, i like the front, looks lite like Lincoln, fantastic sound, more power would be perfect

[@RedRaider717]

Any chance we can get a 2014 IS350 F Sport video in the near future?

[@ConnecticutDashcam]

Hi Kyle, I had a question; What exactly is the dimmer switch, as you mentioned? I noticed it on my dads '68 Camaro.

[@roat955]

I'm Adam too and my birthday is today too, chers bro ! :D

[@boredmud]

Very nice review! I always enjoy your reviews Kyle!! For you "CRUCK" fans, look up Dodge Rampage. "CRUCK"= car/truck.