1960 Edsel Convertible: A very rare breed .

The Conquest version - with a friend.

I am crazy about the 1960 Edsel. For whatever reason, they have always intrigued the heck out of me. I remember seeing my 1st one when I was almost 10. I used to have a photo of it I had taken with my then new Polaroid camera. The interest in the car has remained, unfortunately the photo faded dreadfully. 

I have all three of the Brooklin models in the colors they issued, as well as 2 of the Conquest models-I hope to find one of hardtop versions someday.

Thanks David for the post and more memories.

I'm not a fan of the 1:1 scale 60 Edsel at all (those tail lights...ugh)  but for some reason I like the 1:43 scale and would love to see a wagon done in that scale.

I am also a fan of the 1960 Edsel, even if the stylists managed (for better or worse) to eliminate almost every trace of the original Edsel "look". It was just a mildly worked-over '60 Ford body but since I am also a big fan of the '60 Ford styling, the Edsel version obviously worked quite well for me.

Never quite understood why people disliked the rear lights so much. Four neat "rocket tubes" flowing down the boot/trunk lid and 4 nice oval lamps. An interesting styling idea, I thought.

I've never even seen the Conquest hardtop (which I just checked out online and it looks pretty nice) but I did manage to convert a Brooklin 1960 Ford convertible into an Edsel 4 door to fill a gap in the collection.

And if you want a wagon, well, that's easy enough. Just buy a Brooklin convertible for $150 on eBay, take your courage in both hands and saw the roof off an Ixo '60 Ranch Wagon then spend several precious days of your life trying to glue it on to the Brooklin body and fill in a few little gaps.

It will look quite convincing if you paint it nicely and add a bit of foil, and don't let anybody get closer than about 10-12 feet away. (You know how picky people can be about near-invisible flaws in models).

Some years after Brooklin did their 1960 Chevy convertible they did eventually get around to producing the 4-door "flat-top", so who knows, maybe one day they will realise the '60 Edsel wagon was a rare bird that would be worth modelling, using their old convertible mould. Or maybe Mr Goldvarg will beat them to it?

Wow Graeme that is one fine conversion...such talent I applaud you.

Very impressive work Sir!

I must have a thing for the '60 Edsel too - as a kid I had an AMT 1/25 3 in 1 kit of the convertible. Painted it pink as I recall.

I was always impressed with Graeme's Edsel wagon so when the Premium X or partworks series of 1960 Ford Ranch wagons came along I had a go at making one into an Edsel Villager wagon  The grill did not turn out as well,  as I did not have a spare Brooklin one to use so had to resin cast one up which I've never been very pleased with. Automotive trivia: I am of the belief that the vertical tail lamps on the '60 Edsel were the same as the canted ones on the '60-'61 Comet sedans.   Anyone confirm?