"The Rumour Mill"

[unclescott58]

44 minutes ago, blizzy63 said:

...but an outhouse door bolted to the front is OK.... ??

Yes it is! ? That I don’t mind. In fact it hits my warped sense of humor perfectly. ?

[unclescott58]

On 8/8/2022 at 7:39 PM, Stef said:

 

 

 

Wow, you guys are legends! I learn so much from you cats, every single day. Just found this 58 Edsel AWB instruction sheet on Worthpoint.

Looks like the Olds Streaker is fait accompli. Well done, gentlemen.

 

20 hours ago, GMP440 said:

Well here is a built up of one.  Maybe this will be the big announcement?

 

51 minutes ago, blizzy63 said:

...but an outhouse door bolted to the front is OK.... ??

The more I see of this car, the more I like it. It’s just totally wrong in so many ways. But, that’s what makes it right. The outhouse door for the front bumper. The strange decals. The wheelbase that does not fit. The missing stock chrome. Who would want one? Me for some odd reason? I real doubt this our mystery car. “The Rumor Mill” kit. But, I wish it was. In my opinion it’s better than many of the other choices I’ve seen listed here. 

[Plowboy]

Geez Scott! We get it! No need to make the same post seven times! 

No wait. Eight times now!

Edited August 11, 2022 by Plowboy

[blizzy63]

1 minute ago, unclescott58 said:

 

 

The more I see of this car, the more I like it. It’s just totally wrong in so many ways. But, that’s what makes it right. The outhouse door for the front bumper. The strange decals. The wheelbase that does not fit. The missing stock chrome. Who would want one? Me for some odd reason? I real doubt this our mystery car. “The Rumor Mill” kit. But, I wish it was. In my opinion it’s better than many of the other choices I’ve seen listed here. 

"Yugo Edsel... What are you gonna do?" [Old Midas commercial]

It's funny how at the time of this kit release (1967), the '58 Edsel was merely a 9 year old car. Shows you what a cultural joke the make was.

(In my eyes, a '58 Edsel was no better or worse than a '58 Ford or '58 Mercury.)

[unclescott58]

Obviously there was a problem with my last posting. I got a message it wasn’t posting. So I kept trying without knowing what was going on. Hopefully one the editors of this site will fix that. 

[iamsuperdan]

All fixed. ?

[Rob Hall]

2 hours ago, blizzy63 said:

"Yugo Edsel... What are you gonna do?" [Old Midas commercial]

It's funny how at the time of this kit release (1967), the '58 Edsel was merely a 9 year old car. Shows you what a cultural joke the make was.

(In my eyes, a '58 Edsel was no better or worse than a '58 Ford or '58 Mercury.)

 It is fascinating how quickly car styling changed back then...in 1967 a 1958 car must have looked ancient.  While today a 9 yr old car often looks very similar to a current car. 

[keyser]

It better with that handy 84-96 mo financing. ???‍♂️

[64Comet404]

On 8/10/2022 at 3:06 PM, ChrisBcritter said:

I'd take it if they found the original '58 body.

From what I recall reading back in the day, the original Edsel body tool (inc. the fender skirts, but nothing else) was still in the ERTL tooling bank before they started tooling the full-detail kit. I think this information came from an old issue of The ERTL Blueprinter, but I can't remember the exact source. 

[ChrisBcritter]

Good to know. I've got an original issue builtup that would benefit from a clean body; the funny car kit had the chassis screw posts and interior locator pegs removed, but was otherwise untouched. I'd grab two - one to fix the builtup, and one to correct the issues with the newer kit.

P.S. Childhood memory: I had seen a comic strip where a wife whispers in her sleeping husband's ear, "I must buy my wife that new fur coat... I must buy my wife that new fur coat..." It worked in the comic strip, as I recall. So I walked into my parents' bedroom early one morning and whispered in my dad's ear "I must buy Chris that Funny Car Edsel... I must buy Chris that Funny Car Edsel..."

Dad was not amused.

I did eventually get the kit, though 

Edited August 12, 2022 by ChrisBcritter

[magicmustang]

6 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

 

 

The more I see of this car, the more I like it. It’s just totally wrong in so many ways. But, that’s what makes it right. The outhouse door for the front bumper. The strange decals. The wheelbase that does not fit. The missing stock chrome. Who would want one? Me for some odd reason? I real doubt this our mystery car. “The Rumor Mill” kit. But, I wish it was. In my opinion it’s better than many of the other choices I’ve seen listed here. 

Scratch built one from a stock AMT '58 Edsel kit. Made my own fender skirts and used the chassis, engine and tin from the AMT awb Dyno Don Comet funny car. Looks more like a real funny car than the "Unreal" one.

Edited August 12, 2022 by magicmustang

[slusher]

Fantastic looking Edsel!!

[Bucket T]

I built this original many moons ago.  Currently in the rebuilt stage, this time in blue like the box art, just have to apply decals.

 

[1972coronet]

Isn't the George Barris Outhouse Rikshaw slated for reissue? 

[unclescott58]

On 8/11/2022 at 3:16 PM, iamsuperdan said:

All fixed. ?

Thank you. 

[unclescott58]

23 hours ago, magicmustang said:

Scratch built one from a stock AMT '58 Edsel kit. Made my own fender skirts and used the chassis, engine and tin from the AMT awb Dyno Don Comet funny car. Looks more like a real funny car than the "Unreal" one.

 

6 hours ago, Bucket T said:

I built this original many moons ago.  Currently in the rebuilt stage, this time in blue like the box art, just have to apply decals.

 

I love ‘em. The I see, the more I want one. Again, it so bad it’s kool. 

[Motor City]

15 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

Isn't the George Barris Outhouse Rikshaw slated for reissue? 

Just when you thought there couldn't be any more awful Barris creations out there, another comes along ...

[showrods]

17 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

Isn't the George Barris Outhouse Rikshaw slated for reissue? 

Nope - that's the old Eldon Outhouse...?

[stavanzer]

Yeah, the Edsel Flopper would make a great kit to have back. I am betting we will never see it again, though.

Really Sad.

[keyser]

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. 

[s.p.e.c.t.r.e.]

[1972coronet]

As ridiculous as that the Outhouse is, it's still better than anything that Bondo Barris cobbled together.

[Oldcarfan27]

7 hours ago, s.p.e.c.t.r.e. said:

"Man that car sure stinks!" ?

Sure doesn't offer very much privacy. And where does the TP roll go?

[slusher]

On 8/14/2022 at 1:39 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

"Man that car sure stinks!" ?

Sure doesn't offer very much privacy. And where does the TP roll go?

Little bit cooler than the Bathtub Buggy…

[GMP440]

 

  Well. looks like this thread ran it's course.  I guess we'll just wait to see what Round 2's announcement will be in the near future.