The Fords of 1958

[Greg Myers]

[Greg Myers]

Above from Hemmings Motor News http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/02/28/the-fords-of-58/

[Junkman]

That'll be the Continental Mark III Landau for me then, please and thank you.

[Draggon]

Thats cool!

[Dr. Cranky]

Nice bit of history there, not to mention lots of great cars.

[Ramfins59]

I've had some people tell me that they think that the '58 Ford was an ugly car, compared to the '57. I happen to like its unique look and style. The Modelhaus made a '58 convertable with skirts, and up top and a full continental kit which I'm hoping to pick up from them at the NNL East next month.

[Eshaver]

1958 was A M T's first year as a kit maker unto itself . prior to this , AMT had tie-ins with some Revell kits . The revell kits were Multi - piece bodies with a smattering of some custom pieces in mostly 1-32 scale . a couple , El Dorado brougham was 1-25th . So was the Pontiac Club de Mer . Still, A M T introduced the world to a 3-in 1 styling kit . Engines in a few could be successfully used in other kits on the 1960 versions that had engines . All this for 1.39 !!!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver

[The Modeling Hermit]

I've got that ad in my collection. It was one of my favorites.

[Rob Hall]

Neat...I have an AMT '58 Ford 2dr ht promo in brown and gray....my older brother got it from the dealer when my Dad bought a new '58 Mercury. I was -12 at the time so don't remember that.

I've read that AMT did a kit of the '58 Ford, but I've never seen one.

[Joker]

What ! no Rancheros

Edited March 15, 2012 by Joker

[kenb]

There's a restaurant and brewery in Pigeon Forge Tenn that has a poster that looks just like that on the wall, but it's all Ford station wagons. There's a Mustang station wagon on it. I think it's a 65 model. A friend of mine said he thought there were 2 prototypes made by ford. I looked it up ,but all I could find was that ford did think of it but never persued it. I read that some indvidual built one or two. That would make a nice build. Got me thinking now. Ken

[peter31a]

Ranchero would have been considered a commercial vehicle so it wouldn't have shown up on a folder for fine cars....now if they had done one for Ford Fine Trucks...

[Guest]

I would love to see a new tool of the 58, as well as a new 59.

[Eshaver]

Lee, uh yer not alone sir ................. Ed Shaver

[Jairus]

Anybody notice the 2-door Edsel wagon?

Nothing like that was ever produced...

[Jairus]

Which is why I did this illustration a few years ago as a phantom Edsel.

[John Goschke]

I've always liked that ad! Lots to look at there!

Notice that Lincoln and Continental are shown as separate brands/marques just like Ford and Mercury. That didn't last for long. Starting in '59 things would get a lot more consolidated and simplified.

Jairus, Edsel actually did produce the two-door Roundup wagon as shown in the ad, though it was pretty darn rare. Unfortunately it wasn't available with the cool Bermuda-style pseudo-wood trim like in your terrific concept illustration.

When I was a kid we had a white '58 Ford Del-Rio Ranch Wagon (the fancy tudor) with a red interior and the 300hp 352. It was a very cool car even though I was a little disappointed that my Dad wouldn't get an Edsel.

Later I owned two '58 Fairlane 500s. A Town Sedan with the 300hp 352 and a Club Victoria with the smaller 4V 332. Great cars but seriously prone to rust!

I built AMT's hardtop kit in the same colors as the one I owned, though mine didn't have Cruiser skirts. However it did have the nice "hockey stick" stainless rocker moldings that conveniently covered up the rust!

Edited March 16, 2012 by John Goschke

[TooOld]

This is my very first post . I just couldn't resist showing you this picture . Is it real ?

[Rob Hall]

This is my very first post . I just couldn't resist showing you this picture . Is it real ?

Looks real...the Roundup was a '58 only model.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel_Roundup

[Junkman]

I have never understood why the big wings back then.

I'm not knocking it as a matter of fact i really like the old cars .

But did they have any purpose other than looks.

None whatsoever. Furthermore, the annual model changes accounted for about a third of the new car prices, i.e. the customers paid a 33% premium just for the fins being a slightly different shape as last year's.

Man, why was everything better and nicer in them good old days?

Edited March 17, 2012 by Junkman

[Ramfins59]

I would love to see a new tool of the 58, as well as a new 59.

I wholeheartedly agree...

I'd be happy to find a buildable kit of the '59 Ford. The multi-piece body in the Skip's Fiesta kit that I have scares me.

[camaroman]

Which is why I did this illustration a few years ago as a phantom Edsel.

Would love to some resin caster do this one... hint hint Jimmy, you know who you are, Flintstone!!!

[Ramfins59]

Richard is this the kit you have

Yes Tim, that is the kit that I have. I bought it many years ago, not knowing it was a multi-piece body. I also have a Revell Jaguar XKE kit , and a '48 Lincoln kit that also have the multi-piece bodies. Every time I look thru these kits, thinking that maybe I'll try building them, I just get turned off by the multi-piece assemblies.