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12/10/2026 9:56 pm
'58 Edsel, Ford, Lincoln or Mercury?
This topic was modified 3 weeks ago 2 times by John Bono
John Bono
North Jersey
12/10/2026 10:43 pm
No Thunderbird? OK then…Ford-Edsel-Mercury then that other one.
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
12/10/2026 11:26 pm
Ford. It’ s the least “over the top” to me.
steve
13/10/2026 4:10 am
Ford, Edsel, Lincoln, Mercury
13/10/2026 4:38 am
Fifty-Eight was a bad year for me. At this point, I was ensconced completely in car culture. By this stage of my early life, like many of us here, I couldn't wait for September and the new car ads that filled the car mags, but especially, the new cars that filled the showrooms.
We had a Ford dealership just a few blocks away, an easy bike ride. 1958. All my favorite cars were sprouting double the headlights. Outrageous appendages and crazy, for-no-reason-other-than-astonishment features and sculptures all over the nice previous model!
No different at Ford. I let my bike fall to the ground as I peered in the window, mouth agape.
Here's a first for me John, no interest. I don't care for any of them. 
This post was modified 3 weeks ago 2 times by Tony Perrone
13/10/2026 6:07 am
Mercury, Lincoln, Edsel, Ford... reverse crazy styling.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
13/10/2026 7:16 am
I love the Mercury styling, a definite improvement over the '57. The headlights are integrated into the design and don't have that J.C.Whitney, tacked on look. Mercury, Ford, Edsel, and whatever that other monstrosity is, lol.😆
This post was modified 3 weeks ago by Geno
13/10/2026 7:44 am
I'm voting Ford even though it's a not great rework of the much more attractive '57.
13/10/2026 8:42 am
Mercury, Edsel, Lincoln, Ford, if an option was there for "not interested in this grouping," I would have chosen that, I don't particularly care for any of them.
This post was modified 3 weeks ago by John Napoli
13/10/2026 8:48 am
Mercury, Ford, Edsel, Lincoln. I was into European cars back then but thought the Ford line better than GM or Chrysler. Studebaker caught my attention.
13/10/2026 10:37 am
@perrone1 I agree with Tony on this one. Lucky for me though I was still on a trike, so it didn’t fall over.
13/10/2026 10:58 am
Interesting year. I vote for the Edsel. Take away the grill and you have a nicely designed car. It would have been interesting to use the buttons on the middle of the steering wheel. Next the Ford which would normally have been first choice, then Mercury and ole bug eyes bringing up the rear.
13/10/2026 11:41 am
They are all good-looking and perhaps a bit quirky 1958 Ford automobiles. 1958 was a tough recession year for all car manufacturers and this certainly involved all Ford cars. I have replicas in several scales of these unmistakable vehicles and they are all favorites in display, photography and"finger-fun" roles.
13/10/2026 12:30 pm
Ford by a country mile then Edsel, Mercury and Lincoln.
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