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Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard
68 Ranchero buyers didn't have much choice when it came to axle ratios, according to that brochure pictured above. And, if you ordered either of the 390 engines with a 3.25 axle ratio, you couldn't get a limited slip diff.....seems very odd  |
Ford was way behind GM and Chrysler when it came to showroom muscle cars at the beginning of the 1968 model year. The only high performance engine they had was the lame 390-4V. All that changed in April of 1968 when they introduced the 428 Cobra Jet in the 1968 Mustang GT. 1969 was Ford's "breakout" year for high performance cars. Better late then never right.
You could get the 428 CJ in the Ranchero series with either a 3.50 or 3.91 limited slip diff in 1969. And if you wanted, the 390-4V with a 3.25 limited slip rear:
http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/for...n/bilder/5.jpg