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Topic starter
22/02/2024 10:46 am
'58 Edsel or Pontiac?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
If selection is greater than 2 rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
22/02/2024 12:10 pm
Pontiac even before looking. 🫣
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
22/02/2024 12:20 pm
I voted PONTIAC, but though I may be a Fan Club of just one, I really do like the EDSEL styling for '58.
In the Fall of 1957 there was a Ford dealership on the street behind the house we lived in. I only 6 years old, but I always liked seeing the cars come and go from that dealer lot. And it was really exciting when they got the NEW really different looking EDSEL delivered to their showroom. I liked it as a kid and still like it today.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
22/02/2024 12:31 pm
I like and appreciate the Edsel much more now than back in the day; mainly due to its place in automotive history. I am lukewarm on its styling; much prefer the '59. The Pontiac however is gorgeous IMHO and is a clear winner in this matchup.
22/02/2024 1:02 pm
Pontiac even before looking. 🫣
I looked first, but it was barely a glimpse...Pontiac. 😉
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
22/02/2024 1:22 pm
Then Pontiac, with time and nostalgia, Edsel.
22/02/2024 2:06 pm
Never could I take the Edsel styling. My sister had a well used one with a monster engine [410 cu in] with a push button transmission in the steering wheel, which went bad so I mounter a Mercury push button set up to the left of the wheel which worked alright. What a junk, always something wrong with it. And didn't go very good considering the size of the engine. Pontiac please.
'58 Edsel is right up there with the Buick/Olds for ugliest cars of the '50's add the '59 Chevy & Caddy, just one man's opinion.
22/02/2024 2:55 pm
The Edsel is an acquired taste. It was so under-hyped as a styling catastrophe that everyone, back then, bought into that presumption. You would turn it down if given to you as a gift. Now, as an 'oddity', you would accept it willingly. And although, hype aside, it was a nicely designed car, the 'horse collar' / 'Ford-sucking-on-a-lemon' front end, diminishes its mystique.
The Pontiac was, and is, a solidly styled-for-the-time machine. My vote.
22/02/2024 4:03 pm
The 58 Edsel is my favorite Edsel but up against the Pontiac it hasn't a chance.
22/02/2024 9:30 pm
I like and appreciate the Edsel much more now than back in the day; mainly due to its place in automotive history. I am lukewarm on its styling; much prefer the '59. The Pontiac however is gorgeous IMHO and is a clear winner in this matchup.
OMG! I was so disappointed with the bland totally Ford looking '59 Edsel. The '58 was so different and so iconic. Then in '59 it was just completely void of all the great personality the '58 gave us.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Topic starter
24/02/2024 9:07 am
Love both but it's the Pontiac that gets my vote.
John Bono
North Jersey
24/02/2024 10:55 am
I really like them both, but the unique look of the Edsel gets my vote.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA