Review: 1957 Ford Ranchero - A Trip Back in Time!

The oldest car I've ever driven and one of the coolest as well in my opinion! The 1957 Ford Ranchero with a 3-on-the-tree manual transmission! Driving a classic is something every enthusiast should do at least once in their life, and this video explains why. Huge thanks to the LeMay Automotive Museum for providing this Ranchero and to Shell for giving me this opportunity to participate in The Drive Home IV!
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[@irishuwould5185]

I’m disappointed there wasn’t a “let’s turn on this back road here and see how it does”

[@MrAnxious]

Probably didn’t want to abuse an old car

[@ZZZRaven65]

@@MrAnxious Especially not with bias-ply tires and drum brakes.

[@ryandonahue5288]

Love the Retro Car Reviews!!!

[@timephire]

Classic Motoring with Matt Maran.

[@ccroy2001]

Nice! Glad you enjoyed it. My 1st job was at a resort in Wisconsin in the early 1980's and sometimes they would send me on errands in a GMC pickup with a 3-speed transmission. No one really showed me how to drive it! They said "Can you drive a manual?" and I said "yes" because our family car was a VW Bus with "4-On the floor". Took me awhile to figure out the truck only had 3 forward gears and where 1st was!

[@automotiveantics]

Love seeing more classics! Definitely a unique design. I'm getting my Nova sorted out now for spring 😎

[@94jrose]

Reviews of classics are so rare in KZbin great to see you do one. Thanks!

[@stephenmoxley5188]

Great review, Matt. I appreciate your giving us all of the technical specifications of the older cars, so we can remember when they were new. That one you drove is very nicely restored. There's a guy in San Diego, where I live, who has the same car painted pastel blue and cream two-tone. He takes it to shows all over town. Keep up the good work.

[@basithph8958]

Been a while since we seen an old car on this channel Man your reviews are awesome!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks!

[@mamaperker]

This was amazing

[@ronnieshackleford2959]

Im going back in time after my mom finishes cooking my grilled cheese

[@johnc6466]

Ronnie Shackleford wtf lol

[@AndreasFjord]

Great review, Matt! Would definitely love to see more of these retro reviews, when you get the chance to do more of them! :D

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks! I love doing them, it really comes down to how well they're received. If the views are lower than normal I might not do as many as I'd like to.

[@jasonmartineau6441]

@@MattMaranMotoring I would love to see more, Matt! Perhaps on the 4th of July and such, like your Chevy Nova review. At least once a year would be cool. 👍🏼

[@chuckdavis572]

I had a ‘58. Took me a good 6 months to find first gear. 3 on trees are a funny set up

[@ZZZRaven65]

Cool review! I enjoyed that. I've driven a base model 1977 F-150 that still had a "3 on the tree" shifter (with the 300 c.i. straight 6 engine) several times. It's really easy to get used to. The shift pattern is the same as it is with a floor shifter... just imagine moving it up to the side of the steering column - with Reverse toward you and up toward the roof, 1st toward you and down toward the floor, 2nd toward the dash and up toward the roof, and 3rd toward the dash and down toward the floor. Like Matt said, it doesn't take long at all to get used to it.

[@freeyourmind8849]

nice truck my dad would kill for one of those. Rare site nowadays.

[@paulrobinson9355]

Fantastic, really a good watch! Brilliant Matt!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks Paul!

[@jeffscott8323]

Wish cars and trucks were this simple today.

[@davidnilles3117]

What fun! Enjoyed the test drive in a fifties vehicle. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRealBleach]

50s cars look amazing

[@GETUPANDGO]

It'd be great to see more retro reviews like this, even if it's just to learn more about these vintage rides in general

[@GearHead704]

Great job Matt. I had no idea on the how the wipers worked. That's crazy. My FoxBody feels like a space age car compared to this one LOL.

[@Mar-yk6jp]

Keep doing what you do Matt. Fantastic content.

[@drstevinator4040]

I love Rancheros! I personally own a '79 Ranchero GT😀

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Nice!

[@donaldfrazier5244]

I had a 72 ranchero GT 351 Cleveland with a bench seat 4 speed loved that truck and it was crazy fast 4 gear at 4K rpm was 100 mph red line was 5200 ,to go back in time!

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

Man, I hope you do more classic cars. This was fun!

[@RPD91]

Cars with manual column shifters are very interesting to drive in my opinion. I think every car enthusiast should experience driving one if they have the chance.

[@Vayetsii]

We definitely need more of these retro reviews Matt!!!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

I'm glad you liked it! Unfortunately because of the low views this one got I'll probably stick to newer stuff :/

[@Vayetsii]

@@MattMaranMotoring I get it man, but you could post them on weekends like you do with the "normal" presscars if/when you have the time. Either way we appreciate your efforts!!

[@Rocklyn1]

I love the retro reviews !!!! I'd like to see some retro trans am reviews !!

[@Beymdoublevey]

When they said living room quiet, they didn't mention the TV at full volume

[@jasonmartineau6441]

Such a great, classic vehicle! Great video, Matt. 👍🏼

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks Jason!

[@markryl-kuchar2373]

I’ve driven a 1968 Chevy C20 4 speed manual, v8 engine, super low gears owner said top speed in that truck was 45 mph, the owner also said the mileage was original at just under 70000 miles

[@Montblanc1986]

My uncle put over 750k miles on his 1986 with a 3 on the tree. I can still see him shifting it

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Wow that's impressive!

[@planetstupider502]

1986 what??

[@planetstupider502]

@@MattMaranMotoring Matt how about doing a review on a 57 Plymouth (aka CHRISTINE). Maybe you can have creepy background music and you can be acting all strange and possesed kind of. Just a thought. Lol

[@jasonmartineau6441]

@@planetstupider502 Ford Ranchero, of course.

[@cyberspd]

We had a 3 on the tree 1976 Mercury Monarch. That's what I learned to drive on...And no power steering either!

[@donaldfrazier5244]

Our 1970 maverick had a 6 cylinder 3 on the tree

[@DavidLopanjr]

Lmao! When you got inside it sounded like you were in a submarine.

[@BRIANBOBCHAPMAN]

cool Review: 1957 Ford Ranchero - A Trip Back in Time! iloveclassics review more classic vehicles in the future

[@jeffscott8323]

He mentioned. This one had the 272 in it. Also he said 292 Thunderbird. But in 57. Could get. 312. Bird. Special

[@CarGuy11]

Very cool! Where these cars in Detroit during press days because I didn’t see them?

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Yep, they were further down the hall on the second level towards the water.

[@cyberspd]

I know you love the classics Matt. Have you ever considered buying an older, Classic Mustang?

[@MattMaranMotoring]

I'd definitely love to, but the one I'd want is a 1968 Fastback Bullitt clone, and those have gotten expensive, going for between 60-100k these days. Hoping to own one someday though to park next to my 2019.

[@Pharoh_95]

Of course chevy always copying ford 🙄

[@braddolynuk201]

Great review Matt. Hopefully you can do more classics. You could have yourself a nice niche.

[@jasonmartineau6441]

He did try a startup channel back when he was still Subaruwrxfan, about 5 years ago. It was called Vintage Car Fan on KZbin. I wish he would continue that channel: kzbin.info/door/h9PzYAnevzZj2zrWQoz6eA

[@braddolynuk201]

@@jasonmartineau6441 that's cool, I didn't realize he had tried something like that

[@jasonmartineau6441]

@@braddolynuk201 Yeah, it never got off the ground, but they were never real reviews.

[@ivanmazur9233]

More of this please

[@JohnKExp]

Review the model T next!

[@lesabrepittman6760]

Hey Matt, I wanna see you review a Pontiac Trans Am Ws6, and I love the vids they are very informative,

[@MattMaranMotoring]

I'd love to review one, just waiting for someone to offer one somewhat close to me.

[@wellw7006]

Everything is loud but not the engine, exactly the opposite of what I like. But either way love that car, great video.

[@robinhernandez6253]

What a beauty

[@donaldfrazier5244]

My second car was a 57 four door 223 6 cylinder 3 on the tree no synchronized first gear

[@TheLimbReaper_0]

Where’s the turning on the backroad????

[@irishuwould5185]

385 Garage I just wrote the same thing lol

[@americanrambler4972]

Turning on back roads? Uh, that would be a definite NO! Especially in the rain. There were no freeways when this car was built! Most cars were built to operate in the 45 to 60 mph speeds back then. You had to step up to the bigger more luxurious cars to play in the 70+ mph range for any length of time. And did you catch the part about flat bench seats and no seat belts to hold you in place in the corners? And cornering grip? With bias tires? Very little, and you SLOWED WAY Down for corners. That meant 10 to 15 mph, not 25 to 35 or more. And don’t forget, door latches were not safety latches. On rough roads, they could pop open. (And occasionally did. Especially on bumpy roads in tired beat up older cars.) brake fade was a real thing back then too. You could get one, maybe 2 hard stops from 60 mph. After that, they heated up and went away. As a teenager, I drove cars like this. And I drove them like any idiot teenage does. Hard, fast and often using flawed know it all arrogance and short sided reasoning. Over heating and fading out brakes was not an uncommon event. Neither was banging into things and taking excursions off pavement into things like ditches, fences, trees and other cars. Cars were old at 7 years, and 75,000 miles was considered high mileage.

[@josuegonzalez3660]

Beautiful car!!!

[@trashygas]

Great video!

[@jamesparkerjr5539]

Classic!

[@jamesmark782]

They've got to bring back a modern version of that car. Problem is they don't have any sedans to base it on anymore since they killed the Crown Vic.

[@552mustang]

They had them all over Australia until very recently. Ford Falcon UTE and Holden (GM) Commodore Ute.

[@olblu8746]

Cool!

[@jamescook3297]

Best year ever I was born in 57

[@jamescook3297]

Best year we vr

[@ralphharris3942]

How do you do that lengthy of a review and not talk about the engine? Should have included a look under the hood and at least a few remarks on the Y-block V8. You can't have any serious old car cred without it. Vacuum wipers are old news BTW.

[@planetstupider502]

MERICA! ! MAGA!!!

[@XavierSMG18]

Makes me want a firebird

[@jackalnerf6230]

imo they never got the rear end to look good on the ranchero until 64'. Those plain tailgates are just painfully flat and boring.

[@dafne6.365]

okay but does anyone know what truck is the one at 1:59

[@TheLimbReaper_0]

Hey Matt! I have a chance to buy a bolt on built Legacy GT. 2005. Coil overs, exhaust, intake, tuned, injectors, wheels, tires, about 7K in upgrades. All belts and coolant replaced. It has 160K on stock motor. For $5K cash is it a Good deal?

[@TheLimbReaper_0]

Btw it will need head gaskets within the next 5-6K miles

[@MattMaranMotoring]

5k seems like a good price depending on what condition the exterior and interior are in, accident history, etc. How reliable it will be is another question, depends if it's on the stock turbo and how aggressive the tune is. I guess it depends how much reliability matters to you.

[@TheLimbReaper_0]

Matt Maran Motoring It is rebuilt from being hit in the back by some lady who was texting. It was bumper damage. Only pushing 310 horsepower, and upgraded 05 STi turbo. Very clean it looks mint condition.

[@TheLimbReaper_0]

Btw, I LOVE your videos! My favorite videos are the acceleration reaction. Love the channel Matt! Keep it up!!!

[@MattMaranMotoring]

Thanks! The Legacy sounds pretty nice if it drives well, good luck in your decision!

[@nowifinoobs]

Needs some whitewalls

[@lucia-madridnishinojurado]

I want

[@frozencarguy6274]

Need a coyote swap.

[@krayzie281]

Niceeeeeee

[@section2377]

now you're talkin

[@klasseact6663]

WINGA DINGA😂

[@arevo8702]

Ok K