When’s the last time you’ve seen an Edsel in person (if ever)? If you say, ‘Last week’ and point at your uncle, flip the page so we’re on the same page - that’s not what this is all about. I’m talking ...
If Juliet (that Juliet) was right, naming things wouldn’t change what they really are, and a rose, “by any other name, would smell as sweet.” Except the human brain is wired to draw connections ...
Toward the end of 1957, long before the action in the “Ford Vs Ferrari” movie happened, the Ford Motor Company was unveiling ...
Editor’s note: David Krumboltz’s regular column is on hiatus until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, we’re running some of Dave’s favorite past columns. This one originally ...
Ford Motor Co.’s Edsel remains one of the biggest flops in corporate history. But no one knew that in late summer 1957, when the company introduced its new model with animated hoopla that included ...
Dave Kirkel, 75, of Cary, Ill., a retired plastics-company owner who now owns a model-car store, on his Edsels, as told to A.J. Baime I like oddball cars, what some people call orphan cars. These are ...
When the Edsel debuted in 1958, critics called out the car for having a front grille that looked like a toilet seat. Time magazine cracked that it looked like an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon. Like ...
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Barrett-Jackson is auctioning off two vehicles this month from the personal collection of Edsel Ford II, including a 1958 version of the car named after his grandfather. "This is an amazing ...
DEARBORN, Mich. — As he walked through the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Edsel Ford II stopped in his tracks when he spotted one particular artifact that means a lot to him. The ...
Edsel was a first name before it was ever a car name. But it was never a very popular thing to call a child: according to the Social Security Administration–which has time for this sort of thing–the ...
Cars are "cool" for one of two reasons; either it's a cool looking car or it has a very cool backstory. Well, one would have to say this 1959 Edsel Ranger has a little bit of the first part along with ...