The base Ranchero was essentially a low-to-the-ground, no-frills pickup truck, while the up-market Custom ... compact Falcon platform, with a reduced wheelbase of 109.5 inches. Ford’s Falcon ...

But it was the Ford Ranchero that ... Both the Ranchero and El Camino would downsize in the early 1960s, with the Ranchero moving to the Falcon platform and the El Camino moving to the Chevelle ...