Things like appointing Nelson Rockefeller VP. I don't know why the GPO always believes it must appease its left wing. The Democrats literally ran its right wing out of the party.
Ford could have flown around the country in a red cape fighting crime and he still wouldn't have won reelection. He was too damaged by Nixon's pardon and the fallout of Whitewater to beat Carter.
Don't forget Ford gave us one of few justices on a par with Warren and Brennan - John Paul Stevens. Also remember he banged his head getting into AF One and helicopters a lot. Should have saved his old leather U-M helmet.
Again, Ford wasn't a true conservative. I think Reagan was the only true conservative president since 1933.