Old folks like me remember the Edsel. I don’t recall a car from a major company that was such a flop.
November 19, 1959, Ford ends the Edsel program. The last Edsel ad appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on November 21, 1959.
— Bill Lucey (@wplucey) November 19, 2022
On February 3, 1969, the Edsel Owners Club was incorporated as a non-profit organization for the promotion and restoration of the Edsel automobile. pic.twitter.com/9ECegh2SoE
#OTD in 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
— AP Images (@AP_Images) November 19, 2022
Job number 344, the last Edsel to be built, a tan station wagon, rolls off the Ford Motor Company assembly line with no fanfare in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20, 1959. | Photo H.B. Littell pic.twitter.com/Qv3Qiy7z1J
Sad! 