This beautifully restored rust-free original California Edsel has been owned for 20 years by Steve Edwards of Lakewood Ranch, FL. It is fully equipped with Edsel's E475 engine, electric push-button Teletouch 3-speed automatic transmission, power steering and brakes, power windows and power seat, town and country signal-seeking radio, and padded dash. The car has undergone extensive mechanical and cosmetic restoration, and is a multi-award trophy winner. Look for it at various Southwest Florida collector car shows .
PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY IN 2000
In the summer of 1990, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (LAMTA) debuted their "new" Los Angeles-Long Beach light rail line. To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the rail line in July of 2000 the LAMTA painted two of their light rail cars in the Pacific Electric renowned 'Butterfly' red and orange paint scheme. It was done to honor the memory of the "World's Greatest Interurban Railway" that provided passenger rail service on the same route from 1903 until 1961.
The cars remained in this distinctive livery for several years. Despite calls from large numbers of the public to paint the entire fleet in this heritage design, the LAMTA elected to return the vehicles to standard paint style.
Illinois Railway Museum Sept 18, 2010 Part 1 (watch in 480P)
Every September, for one weekend, the IRM presents a Museum Showcase Weekend, and they run just about every piece of electric equipment they own. This year, the event took place on Saturday, Sept 18, 2010. Enjoy !!
58 edsel with cherry bombs
RSKustoms 58 Edsel, we have done a lot of work new paint job, new cherry bombs and bellfowers and it sounds great.
1959 Ford Edsel Ranger! FOR SALE
This is a very Clean 1959 Edsel ranger 2door hardtop.This car is beyond nice and has a great history being formerly owned by the editor of OSR and Ck Deluxe magazines and being in half a dozen or so issues of those mags.It started as a solid Georgia car and starting in 2004 began a nice journey to the slick mild Kustom it is today. Since 2004 it has had the folowing done.
Painless wiring
New interior Pearl white /black roll and pleats
New carpet, headliner, and doorpanels
Fresh rebuilt C6 trans
High torque starter
BFG Silvertown wide white radial tires 57 Fairlane bullet caps
Chrome dummy spots
Bumpers rechromed all stainless polished
Fresh paint with candy flake red/orange roof and coves
All emblems and side mirrors shaved correctly.
New aluminum duals with cherry bomb glasspacks Chrome pencil tips ot the rear
Rebuilt front end.
Rebuilt carb
Lowered 3" in the rear and 4" in the front sets level and rides great.
this car has an exceptional body and is very nice underneath.
It runs and drives great and is very dependable and I feel it could be driven anywhere at anytime.
$17,000 or a possible partial trade for 1964 and earlier full size cars and trucks.This means NO LATE MODELS OR MUSCLE CARS BOATS ETC. thanks for looking and please call/email with any questions or offers.
Sonny
770 402 8626
Illinois Railway Museum Sept 18, 2010 Part 2 (watch in 480P)
Every September, for one weekend, the IRM presents a Museum Showcase Weekend, and they run just about every piece of electric equipment they own. This year, the event took place on Saturday, Sept 18, 2010. Enjoy !!
1958 Edsel Color/Sound Film for Internal Use
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1958 Edsel Color Film for internal use. Original soundtrack.
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1958 Edsel Col/Snd Film: Okefenokee Interlude (Fragments)
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Okefenokee Interlude (1958)
Edsel Color Film for internal use. Fragments with original soundtrack.
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1958 Edsel Villager Wagon
Kirk Swiatek shows off his unrestored 1958 Edsel Villager wagon. 1958 was the first year for the wagon and Kirk highlights some of the unique features found on the car, including the boomerang taillights, horse collar grille and Teletouch pushbutton transmission.
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Music Provided by Lil Red and "The Howlin' Wolves"
1958 EDSEL "ONCE IN A LIFETIME"
CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE AT unclerussie.tripod.com In late 1957, Edsel division of the Ford motor company hosted a huge introduction party, which unveiled the all new Edsel to the press and other Ford executives. The party included broadway-type production numbers, featuring songs, singers and dancers, extolling the virtues of this all new car. One number performed in this show was "Once in a lifetime".
A RESTORED 1959 EDSEL
In the model year of 1958 Ford Motor launched a new car named after Henry Ford's son, Edsel. Ford Co., thought there was a niche to fill between the Ford car and the next model level Mercury. They thought wrong. There were several reasons for the failure of Edsel, one being it's different if not bizarre styling featuring a " horse collar" grill. Another reason was that there was no niche to fill between Ford and Mercury. Edsel used a lot of Mercury parts so it appeared to be a lower scale Mercury than a upper scale Ford. The economic recession of 1958 also helped to kill sales of the introductory year. This video gives you a tour of a restored 1959 Edsel. The styling was less severe than the fifty eight model year and looks more appealing but it didn't encourage sales for the damaged image was already there. This Edsel is the lower model Ranger. Under the hood lies the six cyclinder Ford engine with dual Exhaust. The exterior paint on this car is excellent while the interior uphostery is not original or authentic but looks great. The bottom line Ranger cost $3,072 and sold 7,778 units out of a model year total of 44,891.
The two model years did nothing to increase sales and the 1960 model year was a tacky version of a Ford of which the Ranger model sold 295 two doors at $2,705, and 1,288 four doors at $2697. So, Ranger model totals for 1960 were 1,583. Edsel was cancelled in November '59 after only making 110,847 for the three model years.
Mr. Brown's rare 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruser
Mr. Brown and his classic 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser. Photo & video by John Douglas Parran (DougCameraMan) in Vista, California. August 1, 2010.
