When was the last time?
Aug 2, 2022 07:58:14 #
47greyfox wrote:
Thanks for sharing! I can confidently say that I've never seen a Edsel station wagon.... ever. Growing up in the 50s and 60s, I certainly remember the Edsel and rode in a couple regretfully owned by friends' parents. Never did that include anything other than a sedan, however.
I agree. That’s an unusual vehicle.
Aug 2, 2022 08:08:11 #
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Aug 2, 2022 08:58:48 #
FL Streetrodder wrote:
You saw one of these - 1958 Edsel 2dr Station Wagon! A beautiful restoration of a seldom seen vehicle entered in our annual Caladium Festival Car Show held here in Lake Placid, FL this past Saturday. This is just a teaser, more photos to come in following posts. Despite the high cost of gasoline and temps in the mid to upper '90's, a possibly record number of vehicles of all types, almost 300, were in attendance!
Yes, great capture. I have never seen an Edsel wagon.
Aug 2, 2022 09:13:43 #
Thanks all for viewing this initial post for the show, certainly an Edsel model that I had never seen before! I'll be posting photos of other cars in this year's show that I found to be interesting, hope you will too.
Aug 2, 2022 09:23:45 #
Aug 2, 2022 09:56:43 #
BigDaddy wrote:
I was watching the Mecum auto auction a few days ago. One of the entries for sale was an Edsel. People wouldn't be laughing and ridiculing now if they saw how much that car sold for.Ditto.
Actually I only knew one guy that bought a new '58 Edsel, and he was ridiculed a good bit by all of us.
Actually I only knew one guy that bought a new '58 Edsel, and he was ridiculed a good bit by all of us.
Aug 2, 2022 11:40:56 #
Aug 2, 2022 15:36:52 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
As for the selling price of the auction Edsel, other than something like a Rolls Royce, Corvette or Maserati, all ordinary cars go through a period of when they are nothing more than an outdated worn out piece of junk that gets sent to the crusher. Some of those that aren’t scrapped have improved popularity as they age. However, most just get older and more rusty until they get crushed, buried or simply waste away to nothing.
Look at it this way, being old doesn’t mean a bottle of wine is good, it may mean it was so bad when new that no one wanted to drink that swill.
Look at it this way, being old doesn’t mean a bottle of wine is good, it may mean it was so bad when new that no one wanted to drink that swill.
Aug 2, 2022 15:37:38 #
ad8rr
Loc: Jackson, Michigan
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think Edsels and Studebakers were some of the most beautiful automobiles of their era.
Aug 2, 2022 15:55:16 #
bikinkawboy wrote:
As for the selling price of the auction Edsel, oth... (show quote)
It's supply and demand. As anything gets older and older, more and more of them get crushed, discarded, thrown away and consigned to the junk pile/trash/junk yard. After a period of time, nostalgia kicks in and collectors gather up the remaining examples. Due to the aforementioned activities, the supply gets smaller over time while the demand (often a niche market) increases. Thus the price increases accordingly. The value of anything is the amount agreed to by the seller and the buyer, nothing more or less.
In a market-based economy even a bad bottle of wine gains value over time as the supply decreases.
Aug 2, 2022 19:22:29 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
As the supply of good wine decreases a poor wine may increase in value but as long as there’s good wine available, a bad wine will still taste just as bad. Or so a wino told me.
Aug 4, 2022 12:42:32 #
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