Guests on the Tarmac
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ScottM
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Nice and nicer than what I saw upon my return to my home aerodrome. There were Hog riders racing up and down the taxiway having a little fun. At least they waited until I was done using it.
John Baker
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I never did figure out why the Edsel was such a failure. I remember when it first came out. To me it looked pretty much like most other large gas guzzlers of the era, yet I remember my friends deriding it. I think I was in the eight or ninth grade at the time, I liked the funny grill.
Why was it such a flop?
John
Why was it such a flop?
John
Lawreston
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Lawreston
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I can't answer your question, but if you e-mail Camille Cyr, at luckylyndie60@yahoo.com he can tell you. He owns it; also, flies a Grumman Cheetah.
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flyersfan31
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I thought you were talking about deer.
My new aerodrome is pitch black at night, save for the runway lights. On roll out last night I saw a whole family just feet from the runway. Yikes.
I don't have an opinion one way or another about the Edsel. I guess you had to be there. Frankly, the styling of all the cars from that era leave me cold.
My new aerodrome is pitch black at night, save for the runway lights. On roll out last night I saw a whole family just feet from the runway. Yikes.
I don't have an opinion one way or another about the Edsel. I guess you had to be there. Frankly, the styling of all the cars from that era leave me cold.
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe
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It was build in the Ford plants, but since Edsel was supposed to be a seperate "brand" the plant managers weren't interested in building any if it meant holding up a "Ford". The plants get graded on (and the plant managers raise depended on) throughput - mixing the Edsel in slowed things down. Avaliability and quality suffered.
(Quality is a big part of how plant managers get graded now days.)
Similar issues for marketing (IIRC).
The grill was supposed to be more like the bow of a boat, but the engineers wanted more cooling and demanded the hole in the middle which transformed it into the horse collar.