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| Edsel; Racing Champions Mint | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 25 2017, 02:00 PM (443 Views) | |
| BossCar | Oct 25 2017, 02:00 PM Post #1 |
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| toyotageek | Oct 25 2017, 02:03 PM Post #2 |
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Looks nice!
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| Pegers | Oct 25 2017, 03:20 PM Post #3 |
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very nice..i do not recall seeing that issue. |
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| diomakr | Oct 25 2017, 03:35 PM Post #4 |
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Station Wagon
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very sharp- really like the color scheme and wheels on this one... |
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| carcollector | Oct 25 2017, 06:16 PM Post #5 |
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Love it!
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| JeepXJLover | Oct 25 2017, 10:10 PM Post #6 |
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Minivan
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Very nice! Every one I've found on the pegs thus far has had a crooked grille. |
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| pjedsel | Oct 25 2017, 10:28 PM Post #7 |
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Muscle Car
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Sweet looking Edsel - great color choice - now to hopefully find this one and the companion to it! As for the crooked grille - I can handle that...the 1/1 '59 I owed years ago had cracks in part of the grille surround - the original owner - yes, true story - a little old lady...who probably drove it more than just on Sunday - at the end of her driving days went to park it in her garage and forgot to stop...her son put the car up for sale within the week and I became the second owner - cracked grille and all - so...
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| carhauler | Oct 26 2017, 07:09 AM Post #8 |
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Station Wagon
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Nice models and available on Ebay. So far I've passed on buying them. Maybe in another color,,,,,,,, |
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| DinoMom | Oct 27 2017, 10:39 AM Post #9 |
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Painting the grille details and correcting the quarter light has really improved this RC casting... however I'm not convinced they have still gotten all the details correct. The roof line, for instance, is that of the senior Corsair/Citation series, yet the front wings have the "Pacer" badging. The previous iteration of this casting had the silver "Citation" insert in the rear scallops, indicating that this is indeed meant to be a two-door Citation hard-top, rather than a Pacer - it should have Corsair badging, really, due to the absence of the silver inserts. Notwithstanding that it is an Edsel and I love it!!!
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| stromberg97 | Oct 27 2017, 05:19 PM Post #10 |
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Subcompact
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YES ! It would have looked a lot sleeker with the Pacer roofline,added the tailight "chrome" trim,and I hope they made the mesh of the grill look better than the original release. I can also paint the tailight trim,but I'd need to cannibalize an M2 '57 Fairlane for the roof.Maybe I'll just cut the nose off and put it on the Fairlane.I've seen this done with 1:1 cars back in the old days.There are a few examples on Google. |
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| Dean-o-mite | Oct 28 2017, 03:15 AM Post #11 |
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Muscle Car
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This information is golden! I would not have known the difference without the pointer, but a google search of the two cars shows me exactly what you mentioned. Thank you! |
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| juantoo3 | Oct 28 2017, 11:27 AM Post #12 |
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Edsel-chero....Edsel front on a 58 Ford Ranchero. |
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| pjedsel | Oct 29 2017, 03:01 PM Post #13 |
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Muscle Car
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Edsel-chero has been done in 1/1 - a guy used to show up at our big Edsel club meet in Blaine, WA/greater Vancouver, BC area with his custom Edsel-chero at the big June gathering back in the days when I stilled lived in the Northwest and had my '59 Ranger. It made for a sharp looking pickup!
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| webestang64 | Oct 29 2017, 04:40 PM Post #14 |
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That's still a great casting. Always liked the Edsel and have many die-cast of it, also have an 1/18 scale of the Edsel and Edsel-chero. Unfortunately for Ford they lost $400 million making that car. |
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| BossCar | Oct 29 2017, 08:45 PM Post #15 |
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$350 million, which would be $2.9 billion as of 2016. |
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| Stangfreak | Oct 29 2017, 10:28 PM Post #16 |
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I don't recall JL ever releasing an Edsel Casting... Johnnys never had those over size rear view mirrors either... I know Round2 owns all now RC, JL, and AW... Racing Champions had several varies of the Edsel... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ebay search comes up "0 results for edsel Johnny lightning" Edited by Stangfreak, Oct 29 2017, 10:32 PM.
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| pjedsel | Oct 29 2017, 11:27 PM Post #17 |
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The "new" one is an update of the old Racing Champions casting. I remember when I heard RC was issuing an Edsel and how excited I was that there would finally be an Edsel in 1/64th diecast.
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| webestang64 | Oct 30 2017, 01:08 PM Post #18 |
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I think Wikipedia is wrong. In the new documentary "The Cars That Made America" it's said to be $400 million. Also heard of just $250 million. In any case it's a ton of money that could have put them out of business, the Mustang made up for it a little. |
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| DinoMom | Oct 30 2017, 02:34 PM Post #19 |
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$250 million is the number that normally gets bandied about in automotive circles, equivalent to around $2 billion in today'so money. Either way it is a lot. The Edsel was not the great disaster everyone thinks for Ford, though. 63,000 units sold in the first year was still a fair amount considering the economic downturn (DeSoto performed much worse for example) and the increase in plant production capacity would help Ford recover in the next decade. |
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| pjedsel | Oct 31 2017, 11:04 PM Post #20 |
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So close...but still no Edsel. Stopped at three Wal Marts today and they had the RC release that the Edsel is a part of - but the Edsel and the Studebaker were gone - At least I know they are actually showing up on the pegs in these parts.
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| ivantt | Nov 4 2017, 11:23 PM Post #21 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Same here. That is irritating that they let those get packaged that way, But, I've bought a couple, and I'll leave them that way in the blister for now. When I decide to pop one open, it shouldn't be too much trouble to fix. |
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Looks nice!




Sweet looking Edsel - great color choice - now to hopefully find this one and the companion to it! As for the crooked grille - I can handle that...the 1/1 '59 I owed years ago had cracks in part of the grille surround - the original owner - yes, true story - a little old lady...who probably drove it more than just on Sunday - at the end of her driving days went to park it in her garage and forgot to stop...her son put the car up for sale within the week and I became the second owner - cracked grille and all - so...








At least I know they are actually showing up on the pegs in these parts.
2:03 PM Jul 11