Video media production specialist Ray Frescas has been with the Holley family for nearly a quarter of a century, the first 22 years with MSD in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, and the past two at Holley headquarters in Bowling Green, Ky. The 47-year-old is a lifelong Ford man whose pride and joy (other than his two teenage daughters) is a rugged '77 Ford Bronco that people are always trying to take off his hands. Frescas first bought a '74 Bronco and purchased this one strictly as a parts truck but left the first one back in El Paso when he moved to Kentucky last March to start his career at Holley headquarters. "It's just about completely stock," he said. "I was going to hop it up, put big wheels on it, lift it, and install a bunch of aftermarket stuff, but then I came across this '77. I was a lot younger then – who knows what I would have done to it – and I'm glad I left it alone and switched to this project. This one already had almost everything done to it – it just needed cosmetics, basically – so I didn't have much to do to it." "Frankie," as Frescas calls the brutish machine because of the Frankenstein-like stitches that bisect its hood, is powered by a 5.0L Ford stroker that measures 347 cubic inches and is fitted with Trick Flow Twisted Wedge cylinder heads and a Weiand Stealth intake manifold. He'll eventually replace the Avenger carburetor that's ideal for off-road use with a complete Holley EFI system. Behind the firewall is a 5-speed overdrive transmission, a 4.56:1 Ford nine-inch rear end (and matching 4.56:1 gears up front), and a custom 3-link suspension that allows the truck to flex when Frescas takes the 40-year-old beast off road. He frequents the Blue Holler Offroad Park in Mammoth Cave, Ky., about 35 miles from Holley headquarters. "That place is nothing like what I used to do in El Paso," he said. "Instead of desert rocks, it's wet, muddy, with a bunch of trees, slick rocks, and mud holes. It's little harder to navigate because you're sliding all over the place, but I love it." Frescas also owns a couple of Mustangs. "My dad had Fords, and I've always loved them, too," he said. "Having a fastback Mustang was always a dream, but I've been a Fox body Mustang guy from the very beginning. I always get offers on this Bronco because there just aren't many of these around anymore and the ones that are usually all rusted out, but I have no plans of getting rid of it. It's a keeper."