Some say that the grill area of the Edsel gave the car a female look...as that area looked vaginal. During an era where cars were decidedly phalic, the Edsel was doomed at the introduction.
I am a car guy...correction....an American Car guy. I have always put GM last as I am a MOPAR guy first and foremost. But even so, the design work done on GMs in the mid 50s to the early 60s were the best. I always wanted to drop a worked 392 Chrysler Hemi into a 57 Chevy. Blasphemy you say? Think of all the small block Chevys shoehorned into Ford 3 window coupes. Now that is blasphemous. ; )~
A guy a few miles down the road has an Edsel that looks awesome if you ignore the obvious, ahem, feminine overtones, of the grill.
It’s painted black with some kind of laquer that pearls in the sun, had understated flames along the sides, the headlights are blacked out, and the body is lowered. He parks it out on the lawn now and then to show it off on nice days.
My father worked at Buick in Flint. So we always had new Buick cars and new GM trucks growing up. I always had an eye for the Fords, the first 1968 Mustang fastback I saw in person was best described as akin to out of body experiance. I only buy Fords now, the older the better.
“Think of all the small block Chevys shoehorned into Ford 3 window coupes. Now that is blasphemous. ; )~”
No it isn’t, it’s called and American Hot Rod. Without the merger of Early Ford cars with the Chevrolet V8, there would have been no hot rods after the Ford Flathead went away. Ditto for sprint cars.