Homemade Ranchero. My guess is a Fairlane wagon conversion. Factory Ranchero's were Falcon based then.
It looks like an Australian "Ute", except left hand drive, not to mention I don't believe they ever manufactured Fairlanes. My thoughts are I don't see where the side trim is "spliced" which is something you'd have to do if it started out as a four-door wagon, same with the trim on top of the bed sides, it also has that sheet-metal "wedge" that fills the space between the back of the door window frame and the back of the cab like the Falcon based "Ute", also, the back of the cab below the back gl*** looks like a manufactured piece, like what is used on the Ranchero. We need better pictures to be certain.
Cut-down Fairlane wagon. Was a 4-dr as Ford didn't build a 2-dr in the wagon body, if you look closely you can see the joint in the trim. Still has the window winder for the tailgate gl***, wagon gas fill.
I think they moved the C-pillar forward to the back of the front door and the triangle panel just fills in the resulting space. That's why the c-pillars angle in so much at the bottom. The ranchero bed trim would also wrap around the corner to the tailgate. Compare to this similar view of a wagon:
I'm with Sancho... He's a proven sharp eye, his catch on the McCormack Custom was spot on. I think the tailgate being taller than the quarters is a big clue as is the wagon rear window transplant. Cool start to a one of a kind ride.
Old Funeral Flower car, maybe? Normally flower cars were made out of fullsize cars, but midgets and kids die too...
Note that the side rails are lower and 'kickup' a couple of inches at the back end to accommodate the higher tailgate. The wagon windows were lower than the tailgate. It looks like the tailgate gl*** was simply moved forward for the cab back window.
The last year for a 2-dr wagon from Ford was '65, primarily because Ford also offered a sedan delivery most of those years ('52-65). Ford was the only manufacturer to continuously offer a 2-dr wagon from 1949 through 1965. Ford also built the only true 2-dr hardtop wagons (Mercury) '57-59. And before all the Nomad/Safari owners pipe up, those weren't true hardtops as they didn't have roll-down quarter windows.
I believe it started life as a 63 Fairlane, the modifications that are visible is the top being removed, it is easy to fill in the back doors. HRP
Technically, it was '67-69. The Falcon switched to a shortened Fairlane platform in '66 except for the wagon (same body as the Fairlane wagon, now a 4-dr) but that used Falcon front sheetmetal, so the Ranchero was still a 'Falcon'. In '67 they switched to the Fairlane sheetmetal.
That’s what I thought also but I found a sales brochure for the 66 Falcon listing a two door wagon, in 66 the Ranchero was based on the Falcon.
There may have been a listing in a sales brochure, but to the best of my knowledge Ford never made another 2-dr wagon after '65 (unless you count the Pinto wagon later). Sometimes you'd find 'stuff' in the pre-release early brochures that ended up not making production.
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