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Thanks guys, I might be cutting this up for the twin, I like that one, cut the tall fin and leave the lip for the plexiglass to sit on.

 

I always thought the Edsel would not have been such a stylistic disaster if that grill would have been 2-3 times wider and rectangular and the bumpers thinner (I mean, Jaguar Mk X thin) so that the chin panel was slightly visible (B&W pic by William Garrett with his grandparents and uncle and their Edsel).

Any takers?

 

That’s neat looking…..

 

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Big improvement!

 

I think blade bumpers are too thin to work with the Edsel front. The problem for me was the bug out headlights combined with the too high horse-collar surround. It looks like design by committee. I swapped the bezels for '58 Ford units to tuck down at the bottom. I leveled the hood, redesigned the central unit, and extended the horizontal grille inwards. It's still not beautiful, but more cohesive, maybe.

 

Here is an even simpler version.

 

Thanks guys. Now that I thought about it something clicked inside my rusty brain, there was a car which showed how this could have worked - Giovanni Agnelli's (Fiat's boss back then) Ferrari 400 Superamerica (more here: https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/gianni-agnelli-400-superamerica):

Does this make more sense?

 

Looks like a Lancer (or was that a Valiant?).

 

There is a similarity for sure but that was a step further I think, as was Studebaker's Lark. Adding: and of course there was the Chrysler 300C in 1957 and nobody ever called that ugly.

In the UK Aston Martin learned nothing from the Edsel's failure and came up with the Lagonda Rapide in 1961, managing to mess up the DB4's styling completely. Same problem, grill is too narrow.

 

That is one ugly front end. Kinda reminds me of something I woke up next to after a night of hard partying when I was in the Navy.

 

reminds me of this British monstrosity!!

 

Are you saying you "went to bed at 2 with a 10 and woke up at 10 with a 2"

 

Paint it black please

 

If that!

 

Thanks Moose!!!

 

Been bouncing around the thought of a pinstrip on my wide 5 hub caps on the outer before the ridge, Thanks in advance.

 

Looks damn near perfect to me as is but I'm looking forward to the pin stripe addition. Just a thought, maybe you could get the ot cars removed so it just the diner in the backdrop?

 

You didn't say what color you would like to see but here's what it might look like.

 

@robracer1 "Thinking a dark burgundy or dark root beer color"

Here ya go...

 

Thank you but as usual I did not make myself clear the before the ridge on the outer part of the full hub cap

 

Here is the scene with the late model cars replaced with some stuff we've seen here before. I didn't do the pin stripes 'cause I see that they have already been done.

 

They are aftermarket stainless steel 2 piece hub cap well i guess 3 piece. added the spinner to the center cap that goes to the larger cap that snaps to the steel rim, yes it looks like its got a strip but thats where the center cap is attached to the main cap. Sorry about the confusion but thats what happens when you deal with a old person and I appreciate patence.

 

@rodracer One more cleaned up and a stripe on the outer diameter...

 

Wow THEMOOSE thanks, been keeping it simple been thinking about doing it for a year now I will pull the trigger but maybe a different color strip

 

And thanks Unclebrad for cleaning it up. Good job.