Ask any gearhead to name the greatest muscle vehicles of the golden era and you’ll hear the usual suspects: Mustangs, Chevelles, GTOs. Rarely does the Ford Ranchero GT enter the conversation — and that’s a mistake worth correcting. The muscle-car boom of the 1960s and early 1970s was a truly incredible period for American performance, with virtually every major manufacturer stuffing enormous V8s under the hoods of their everyday models. Ford was no different, unleashing the Mustang, Fairlane, and Galaxie on an eager public.
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