The base Ranchero was essentially a low-to-the-ground, no-frills pickup truck, while the up-market Custom trim allowed for two-tone paint and more civility based on the Ford Fairlane's options list.

The car/truck utility body style is ... s Ranchero has the 292-cubic-inch V8 with the Ford-O-Matic transmission. When new, this 1959 custom Ranchero with a 7-foot bed was priced around $2,300 ...

Ford's marketing executives ... of automotive components as opposed to truck parts, the vehicle needed a moniker befitting its uniqueness. In Spanish, a Ranchero was a man who owned a large ...

But what about car-truck hybrids like Chevrolet's Chevelle-based El Camino or Ford's Torino-based Ranchero ... the years that included a big-window Custom cab 1956 F-100 Ford Pick-up, a 1967 ...

Not the Ranchero ... wheelbase Custom sedan or the 2-door Ranch Wagon. Ford wanted to sell these cars to farmers (mostly), people who were otherwise dependent on vehicles with truck beds.

Ford's Ranchero was on the market for over 20 years. By the time it was discontinued it had become a land yacht.

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