1959 EDSEL - UNIQUE

Tim PloughNman Daley RIP · Feb 22, 2023

1959 EDSEL w/ BACKHOE & FEL???

Tim Daley(MI)

wjytexas · Feb 22, 2023

Route 66 Auto Museum, Santa Rosa, NM

George by Geneva, NY · Feb 22, 2023

Come on that is a 58 not 59. Terrible waste of a Pacer 4 dr ht., model 57B of which 4,959 were made.

Crazy Horse · Feb 22, 2023

You're probably correct about it being a waste ..... although some might disagree (ha). The Edsel story is certainly an interesting one, nobody can deny that. Is it the real thing, like operating and useable, or maybe just set up as a display?

George by Geneva, NY · Feb 22, 2023

Since Edsel is topic, today, Washington's b-day, is the 54th anniversary of when I got my first Edsel. It was one month after I was done in the Air Force, house mate and I towed it home, had been abandoned by previous owner, housemate had ridden in it so was known to run. It is sharing storage space with some JD and IH tractors. But wait, there's more... A cat decided to move into the shop last summer, got big and yup, kittens. She had them on the front seat of the 58 Edsel station wagon. One of them bonded to me so I kept him and named him Edsel...

Steve@Advance · Feb 22, 2023

Nothing useable about it at all.

May or may not run, probably not.

Leroy · Feb 22, 2023

The Edsel's failure was its size, it was just too big of a car for what people were wanting. If it was the size of the Falcon that came out the next year or the Fairlane that came out in 62 then I think the brand would have lived. We had a 59 Merck for a while and it was just so big I could put a complete front axle with wheels on in the trunk. Too big for most garages at that time. The year after it ended the Corvair and the Valiant came out and all sold very good as they were small enough for people to handle and were about the same size as the 53 Full size Ford that is all they made at that time. It I don't think it was the design that caused its failure as some complained calling it ugly. If it had come out as the size of the 53 Ford or Mercery I think it would have sold good.

Goose · Feb 22, 2023

I had a '57 Merc once. You could put a 4x8 sheet of plywood in the trunk and have about 6 inches sticking out.

It was handy for that.

37 chief · Feb 22, 2023

Why would name your kid Edsel? Stan

Rich'sToys · Feb 22, 2023

This has been on here before. Here are some more pictures of it.

Hoofer B · Feb 22, 2023

I think it was a kitten not a kid.

Rich'sToys · Feb 22, 2023

(quoted from post at 11:43:43 02/22/23) I think it was a kitten not a kid.

It was in George's post above. But Edsel was the name of Henry Ford's son.

jimg.allentown · Feb 22, 2023

Henry ford's son was named Edsel Bryant Ford. Bryant for his mother's maiden name. Don't know where the name Edsel came from.

But, it was definitely Henry's son! NOT a cat!

Keith True · Feb 22, 2023

The name Edsel came from Henry's good friend,DR Edsel Ruddiman.Or maybe Ruddman,it's been a while since I learned it.I did know a kid named Edsel in school,but he was just another Eddy to us.

Crazy Horse · Feb 22, 2023

Goose ..... trunk of a sedan or in the back of a station wagon?

Goose · Feb 22, 2023

Sedan. Four door hardtop to be specific.

Crazy Horse · Feb 22, 2023

I guess a guy could get his golf clubs in there no problem, plus the other 3 guys equipment he played with, plus some cold beer and other stuff too. That was a BIG trunk .....

bad sector · Feb 22, 2023

I had one of those, a '59 Ranger, all black, inside red-and-black I think, great car.

NDIHC · Feb 22, 2023

A coworker used to call Edsels Oldsmobiles sucking on lemons. And he's a Ford guy!

Kerwin · Feb 22, 2023

Couldn't agree more. It's a 58 and a waste to do that to a rare car.

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