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1957 Ford Ranch Wagon Has a Rolling Chassis

e’ve been following along as Colin and Sue Radford’s ’57 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon has been undergoing the transition from a mild-mannered grocery getter to a legitimate pavement pounder. So far Colin and his grandsons, Tate and Caden, have replaced the stock suspension with components from Art Morrison Enterprises (AME). Up front is an AME bikini clip with a Flaming River rack-and-pinion, in the rear is an AME axle housing and four-bar kit, and at all four corners are Strange Engineering coilovers. For motive power, Team Radford replaced the 292 Y-block and Ford-O-Matic

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