For Gary

[polara71]

I absolutely LOVE an Edsel..................... Cant for the life of me why they didnt sell and everything else did......

 

[commando1]

Product overlap completely effed up by management.
Tope of the line Ford was around the same price as a bottom of the line Mercury.
Then they jammed Edsel in between those two of all cars.
The targeted Edsel audience was already well cover by Ford in the showrooms.

|--------------------------------------| Ford
.......................|-------------------------------------|Edsel
..............................................|------------------------------------|Mercury
$=========================================$

 

[Wollfen]

I absolutely LOVE an Edsel..................... Cant for the life of me why they didnt sell and everything else did......

Im not sure i could drive down the road feeling self conscious about having a huge metal vagina on the front of my car.

 

[bluefury361]

For all the fun poked at the Edsel styling .... I think they are georgous ..... especially the 58.

A 58 Edsel convertible or Bermuda wagon in in my top 10 bucket list.

 

[polara71]

There you go Will ................

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

the only Edsel which looks nicely styled to me is the rare 60 model.
58&59 are boring. Go check out Chrysler and Desotos from 58 and you will know what great styling is

 

[bluefury361]

the only Edsel which looks nicely styled to me is the rare 60 model.
58&59 are boring. Go check out Chrysler and Desotos from 58 and you will know what great styling is

The writing was on the wall for Edsel by 1960..... They basically dolled up a Ford just to have a product.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

yes, Will just like the 61 Desotos.
But I really like the details on the 60 Edsels like the grill.
And they got rid of the Vagina in 1960

 

[commando1]

The best Edsel of them all.

 

[70NPORT]

So I was just born into the world 5 mins ago. The first thing I see is the back of this car. Now, please explain the logic behind these appendages. What function do these huge horizontally situationed fins serve..just what do they do? (with respect to the normal function of this automobile). How do they do it? Is this function(s) proven or at least widely accepted without argument?

Begin.

 

[70NPORT]

Runner up

Not enough to tack eyebrows in the front, now he has to have them in the rear too......seriously. C'mon.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

very simple Gary.

function is a boring thing which has nothing magic.
But design has. That is what makes late 50s american cars something special.

If you want function go buy a small Toyota

 

[72Fury]

The one that got away, from my Dad. He had a 59 convertible white/red 348 w/tripower (which he added) 3 speed stick and a pile of chrome parts he had done at the local chrome shop.

 

[polara71]

Whats the difference? The same argument is made against our fuselage C bodies that WE love so much and YOU defend.....slabbies and formals and any other period dated car. These lines are gorgeous, like a shapely woman unlike a bulbous bore built today. A late fifties early sixties car has great curves......

 

[commando1]

Which one is more beautiful?

 

[70NPORT]

1960 & 61 were two of the best years of automotive design. Stepping out of the lavishly chrome laden designs of the 50's, almost every American auto manufacturer produced extremely attractive designs, full of character and self identy.

..This is not (attractive) design, it's kiche'. Let's try to make cars look like rocketships that will take you to the moon. Yah, that seem's very logical.

 

[bluefury361]

What function do these huge horizontally situationed fins serve..just what do they do? (with respect to the normal function of this automobile). How do they do it? Is this function(s) proven or at least widely accepted without argument?QUOTE]

The automotive reference term for those horizontal fins is .... stablizers. Thats also the term Chrysler used to describe the fins on their 57's and later cars.

There was no wind tunnel tests in that era but Nascar racers claimed the vertical fins were somewhat effective for side force, but the horizontal fins ..... not so much. In fact they tended to provide more "lift" then downforce.

 

[70NPORT]

very simple Gary.

function is a boring thing which has nothing magic.
But design has. That is what makes late 50s american cars something special.

If you want function go buy a small Toyota

Wrong. Magic happens when objects/things function properly and blend seamlessly into one's life. Boring function is bad design.

 

[70NPORT]

What function do these huge horizontally situationed fins serve..just what do they do? (with respect to the normal function of this automobile). How do they do it? Is this function(s) proven or at least widely accepted without argument?QUOTE]

The automotive reference term for those horizontal fins is .... stablizers. Thats also the term Chrysler used to describe the fins on their 57's and later cars.

There was no wind tunnel tests in that era but Nascar racers claimed the vertical fins were somewhat effective for side force, but the horizontal fins ..... not so much. In fact they tended to provide more "lift" then downforce.

Stabilizers? You REALLY believe that? A passenger car from that era easily weights at least 2 tons need aerodynamic vertical/horizontal stabilizers?What, so that Mary can stay in complete control of her car on the way to the hairdressers? C'mon. It was all about selling crap to the public.

 

[70NPORT]

That REALLY has to be one of the ugliest cars ever to come out of detroit. Those fins could actually impale someone.