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The on-line Edsel Registry gives you a spot on the web where you can tell the world about your car, ranging from how many awards that it's won to how much the salvage yard gave you for it. Any Edsel in any condition - if it's got an Edsel patent plate, people want to know about it.
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Regional On-Line Edsel Clubs
- Edsel Owners U.K., IEC
- EOC Sweden
- Prairie Chapter, EOC (Western Canada)
- New England Chapter, EOC (Northeastern US)
- Illinois Edsel Chapter (Central US)
- Southeastern Chapter, IEC (Southeastern US)
- Southlander Chapter, EOC (Southern California)
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Latest Edsel News and Edsel Page Updates
Does anyone else feel history repeating itself? Fifty years ago, the Edsel Division found itself slashing production of its big powerful automobiles as the public turned its eyes and pocketbooks to smaller and more fuel-efficient imports. Change "Edsel" to "Big 3" and you're back in 2008. Sure, they'll weather this storm like they did back then, but man, it's beginning to look a lot like Edsel..
To experience more of that history, check out the new
quarterly exhibit at The Towe Auto Museum in
Sacramento, “Right Time, Wrong Car: The Edsel – Detroit’s Belly Flop.” This exhibit,
which focuses on the car's unique design and styling, will be
on display during the months of July and August and includes some rare Edsels, like the '60
Villager 9-passenger wagon. On Sunday, August 17, the museum presents a lecture on the
Edsel by Mr. Steve Luth, who provided five of his cars for the exhibit. Visit the
museum's website for hours and directions.
May/June 2008
You may recall from the Edsel Ford story that Edsel had asked E.T. (Bob) Gregorie to design and build
two "sports cars" for him, based on what Edsel
saw during a trip to Europe in 1932. For years, the fate of the cars was a bit of a
mystery, but this month Brian Ritzow submitted photos of the first one - a boattail
speedster - from a Pomona, California show last year.Coincidentally, news of the second car - an aluminum-bodied sportster that had since been refinished in red - had resurfaced at an RM Auction in March 2008. See the Edsel Ford page for details on how much this car went sold on the auction block.
April 2008
The first week of April saw a cache of rare Edsel "milk bottle toppers" in a couple of online auctions. To get a look at this and other Edsel items that are hardly ever seen, check out the "What's This Edsel Item?" page.
There are also a few updates to the Resurrected Edsels page to check out, and while you're there, check in with Willie's Blog, who's three-year restoration is on schedule to be completed next month.
Get those batteries charged and oil changed... Edsel Season 2008 is upon us!
HELP WANTED!
- Edsel Youngstar 1/4-Scale Electric Cars
- Edsel Valve Cover Racers
- Origins of these Edsel Advertisements
- Photos of your Edsel Vanity Plate
Thanks!!
To become a point of reference, or submit a photo, ad or other infomation to The Edsel Pages, contact Bob Ellsworth at admin@edsel.com
Special Thanks: Phil Skinner for Edsel research, facts and statistics, Magne Teigen for tons of specifications and rare Edsel material from around the world, Ron Osborn for the Ford research, Jim Popp for many of the Edsel part resources, Alison Organ for lots of the Edsels in Film references, and to Bud Goodwin, Gary Brunsch, Mark Bohenek, Jim Turner, Carl Erdman, Larry Blodget, Doug Harley, Matt McLaughlin, Mike Hinsch, R. Meek and Fred Schell for their dedication in recording so many Edsel VINs that now appear in the on-line Registry.
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