Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Heh


I found this picture over at Wirecutter's place, and it made me laugh out loud:  so I had to steal borrow it to show you, too.




Given his enthusiasm for classic American cars, I think Old NFO is going to have a hernia when he sees that . . .




Peter

7 comments:

Peripatetic Engineer said...

What better use for an Edsel.

Gorges Smythe said...

I still say that you need a "like" button on here! - lol

Rev. Paul said...

Alrighty, then.

TheOtherSean said...

At least as of last year, it was at the Route 66 Auto Museum in Santa Rosa, NM but minus the treads. You can see from Route 66 in the Google StreetView coverage. I think I've got photos of it somewhere from a vacation trip. It's even more bizarre yet intriguing in person.

Unknown said...

Spaw Maxwell was (is?) a construction company acquired by Balfour Beatty. This was an entry in the Houston "Art-Car" parade. Details are about halfway down the page here:
http://www.edsel.com/gallery/gallerycustom.html

Anonymous said...

I can't show this to my buddy Dan C.
He owns 6 or 7 Edsels, and has restored them all to about 90/100.
He'd simply keel over and die.
- Charlie

TheOtherSean said...

If your friend would be horrified by this, please don't show him the Google StreetView imagery I mentioned - there's an Edsel wagon about twenty feet away from this monstrosity, rusting away, with its rear bumper literally in the dirt.