The late 1950s gave us some of the greatest American cars ever built. Whether we're talking about the Chevrolet Corvette, the Chrysler 300, or the Ford Fairlane Skyliner, they're all prized ...
The first Ford Ranger wasn't a pickup truck - it was a failed 1950s Edsel sedan that sold only 21,000 units before the brand ...
Named after Henry Ford's son, the Edsel division was founded in late 1956. It was FoMoCo's fourth brand at the time, and it was supposed to help the company gain additional market share from General ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Henry Ford Museum's new "Driving America" exhibit displays a 1957 DeSoto Fireflite four-door hardtop, which I figured would make a good subject for this column. Four-door hardtops have all the ...
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 ...
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