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Greg Myers Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Above from Hemmings Motor News http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/02/28/the-fords-of-58/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That'll be the Continental Mark III Landau for me then, please and thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thats cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Nice bit of history there, not to mention lots of great cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Island Modeler Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I've got that ad in my collection. It was one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) What ! no Rancheros Edited March 15, 2012 by Joker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenb Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter31a Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I would love to see a new tool of the 58, as well as a new 59. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Lee, uh yer not alone sir ................. Ed Shaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Anybody notice the 2-door Edsel wagon? Nothing like that was ever produced... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Which is why I did this illustration a few years ago as a phantom Edsel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 This is my very first post . I just couldn't resist showing you this picture . Is it real ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camaroman Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 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!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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