'59 Edsel

[paraphrenic]

INSPIRATION - for the front end design:



'59 Edsel (AMT - CRAFTSMAN kit) - SECTIONED (Approximately 2 - 2.5 mm):









'SECTION' - cut lines:









Rear end treatment:





Reinforcements:





'PEGASUS' - VANTAGE - 23 inch wheels with the center inserts removed and replaced with custom made centers!

Also about 1/8 inch was removed from the width of the wheels and tires... (I am undecided whether I will cut a pattern of holes around the cap...)!

A lot of plastic was removed from the chassis pan and interior to allow the chassis pan to fit up in the body as far as it would go:













When I narrowed the tires, I did it with bare hands. The oil from my skin caused them to crack after several months had passed. So I purchased new low profile tires and will wear rubber gloves when modifying them for the final build... (I think their lower profile will look better and will also lower the car further... :



I will be making bumpers out of 1/8 inch 'Aluminum' bar! So much more work to do on this build... Lots of triangle strip styrene will be added to replace the chrome trim in a new pattern (kind of like a '60 Mercury combined with '58 Edsel trim...)! And the front end requires almost complete scratch building...

Thanks for looking...

[lo51merc]

Hi Jon, your concept drawing looks vaguely familiar to me, where is it from? Are you sure Exner didn't desigh this Edsel on the sly at Ford while he was employed by Chrysler? Gary

[RodBurNeR]

I might not be a fan of the big wheels, but I sure am a fan of kustomizing! I love the fact you brutalized a vintage kit to do what YOU want to do with it!

[geezerman35]

Ambitious project !! Wow !
Bring it on !

[Steve H.]

Beautiful body work! That's what I like seeing, clean work towards a well thought out plan!
How many hours of work do you have in that body already?

[tooltas]

looks cool went done.

[paraphrenic]

Mar 1, 2010 22:18:34 GMT -5 lo51merc said:

Hi Jon, your concept drawing looks vaguely familiar to me, where is it from? Are you sure Exner didn't desigh this Edsel on the sly at Ford while he was employed by Chrysler? Gary

That's funny Gary... Its actually from edsel.net/prototype.html

Mar 2, 2010 2:02:25 GMT -5 RodBurNeR said:

I might not be a fan of the big wheels, but I sure am a fan of kustomizing! I love the fact you brutalized a vintage kit to do what YOU want to do with it!

I like how you but that Bob... I'm actually mixed on my feelings about big wheels. This was a sort of experiment to see if I could make them look 'Vintage' in style... After seeing so many cars built with big wheels, I started to appreciate the aesthetic a bit and had to give it a go!

BTW... I finally scored a '60 Dodge!

Mar 2, 2010 5:56:45 GMT -5 geezerman35 said:

Ambitious project !! Wow !
Bring it on !

Thanks Clay... Glad you dig it!

Mar 2, 2010 11:24:49 GMT -5 Steve H. said:

Beautiful body work! That's what I like seeing, clean work towards a well thought out plan!
How many hours of work do you have in that body already?

Thanks for the great compliment Steve...

Really tough to say... I can say about the same in thinking and staring time as actual building time!

A rough guess would be at least 40 - 60 hours so far at the actual bench... Keep in mind, I hate putty and will redo parts often 2 to 3 times to get them right (I've redone parts of a build up to 5 times and one time 7 )!

Mar 2, 2010 11:25:58 GMT -5 tooltas said:

looks cool went done.

Thank you Tooltas... I'm glad you like it!

[Steve H.]

Mar 2, 2010 15:01:08 GMT -5 @paraphrenic said:

Thanks for the great compliment Steve...

Really tough to say... I can say about the same in thinking and staring time as actual building time!

Don't know about you... I consider staring build time! You are pretty finicky with your body work, but it always shows in the end. I'm not as exact, but I do know some of my best body work had no filler.

Please resume your pondering of the model... I look forward to seeing more!

[kirbside]

Thats gonna be one trick Edsel! I love the section job, and I think you should use whatever wheels you want! I like em both ways!

[paraphrenic]

Mar 2, 2010 20:21:32 GMT -5 kirbside said:

Thats gonna be one trick Edsel! I love the section job, and I think you should use whatever wheels you want! I like em both ways!

Thanks for the good words Kirbside... Much appreciated!

I like em both ways too! And will go with these big wheels without hesitation on this build...

I think a better way for me to have put it would have been that I have very specific tastes in big wheels! Cause I do like some I see very much... And would build a 1:1 with them without hesitation!

(If I had a 1:1... )

[moparmarc68]

Awesome work sectioning the body! If I tried doing that I would end up throwing it away LOL.

[starliner]

Fantastic project. I like the bodywork.

Johnny

[paraphrenic]

Mar 8, 2010 4:09:45 GMT -5 moparmarc68 said:

Awesome work sectioning the body! If I tried doing that I would end up throwing it away LOL.

Thanks a lot for the good words... If you knew how many models I wrecked and threw away to get here.... I lost count?

Mar 9, 2010 11:02:59 GMT -5 starliner said:

Fantastic project. I like the bodywork.

Johnny

Thanks Johnny... Glad you like it!

[bob29579]

The oil in your hands made the tires crack??
I think I'll be avoiding those tires.....