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I've run into a couple of these online: Edsel Ranchero conversions. I think it was a good idea for the Edsel branch of Ford, but they never made anything like it. Yet I occasionally see one online, trying for attention at a car show, and getting it. Some are so well-done they look like they came from the factory. I saw one online that was sitting in a parking lot in Lansing, MI with a sticker that said "Double Lemon" on the back.
Generally, there are two ways to go about making an Edsel "Ranchero". The first of these is the most authentic, taking off the whole rear aspect of an Edsel station wagon and rounding out the body panels to make a pickup bed. The second way to do this conversion is to take an old Ranchero and manipulate the trim to make it look like an Edsel, switching out taillights and grilles. Either way you do it, you have an attention-getting idea that never made it to production (you can even claim it was a pre-production model!). Photo is from Street Rodder Magazine (obviously).