Anybody ever seen a Mercury Ranchero??

Saw this on ebay and was wondering if anybody has ever seen one. From the mismatched body lines and all the bondo in the quarters I'd say it's a made vehicle.





See all the cracking in the bondo below the B pillar. That's what makes me think it's something someone built. Ebay auction link below. Duane in Tennessee.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160563061201&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

dont know anything about them but have seen them before.

This one looks pretty good:

The stripe doesn't quite fit that quarter panel does it. 70-71 Cyclones are one of my favorite cars. Had a 70 GT back in 77.

Duane in Tennessee.

maybe a canadian thing like the vans ???

These are homeade ones = some people Ive herd of are taking the mercury front clips & putting them on the ford rancheros of diff years. some of the early rancheros 64 up do actually look good done this way. Ive got both here and wont do it - yet some car nuts I deal with really like the look?? I always like the oem look of the vehicles=just me - = Happy Vannin

This is sweet! http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/attachments/galaxie-pages/3340d1204685373-1964-mercury-ranchero-bs5.jpg

Nice Tim,

Looks like it was built from a Breezeway. You could land a 747 on the rear deck. LOL.

I'm partial to 64 Park Lanes. The first car I had when I became legal at 16 was a 64 Park Lane Marauder 2 door H/T. I painted it black in my driveway. You can imagine what a paint job that was. LOL. I still loved that car.

Dunae in Tennessee

I liked those Parklanes too. Both Ford and Chevy made so many things with almost interchangable clips it's hard to say. GM, especially, would make just about any combo you ordered to show off their parts explosion--of course you'd pay thru the nose for such custom work. Bondo is kind of a tell as the assembly lines used lead for most all seams you weren't supposed to see. Probably use some sort of glue now.

if you could get close and see it then if it was bondo i'd say home made. if it was done in lead then thats what the manufacture would have used. and yes i've seen them before.