Uncle Gary Bauman drove a new 1969 Ranchero GT off the showroom floor of Riverside, California's Warren Anderson Ford. It was pretty much loaded. A 390, a four-barrel, a floor-shifted C6 ...

Despite its muscular pretensions, nobody really bought a Ranchero with the declared goal of taking it to the racing circuit. Until now. In 1969, Ford was going through a very busy period of its ...