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1960 Edsel Ranger Convertible. Rare - 1 of 76 Built. Restoration Completed by Steve Schultz

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Steve Schultz of Litchfield Park, Arizona shares all the details of his loving restoration of a very rare 1960 Edsel Ranger convertible. The Ford motor company pulled the plug on Edsel production only five weeks into the 1960 model year. Steve has been a collector of Edsels for many years and has become an expert in many ways. Come along with me, as we learn about the car, some of the quirks and details, and go for a ride!
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@bodarville2510 Месяц назад

Beautiful car, if I saw it without knowing, I’d never guessed Edsel. They should’ve started with that design.

@skylinegtr-gd2lg 6 месяцев назад

That's a great-looking machine indeed! This gentleman knows these cars in wonderful detail. Enjoyed the video!

@BarryTsGarage 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

@mikedrown2721 Год назад

Beautiful car! A red '60 Ford convertible and a red '60 🇨🇦Meteor convertible parked next to this Edsel would be mind blowing

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@mikedrown2721 At one time I had all three, side by side, in my garage: a Turquoise Edsel convertible, a Yosemite Yellow Sunliner and a Monte Carlo Red Meteor Montcalm convertible!

@mikedrown2721 9 месяцев назад

@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Nice! 👍

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 9 месяцев назад

@@mikedrown2721 The only thing the Edsel and the Meteor share that's unique is the trunk lock!

@stephenhoosick7434 Год назад

AWESOME,,AWESOME car,,,Hard to believe these cars didn't make it..

@bozodog428 Год назад

Beautiful 60 Edsel. Our family had a 58 Bermuda wagon bought new in 57.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

That must have been something!

@robt5818 Год назад

I really like the '60! Thanks for sharing.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Yes Sir!

@michaelhungate7506 Год назад

This 60 model is just a great looking car. The original styling was, to me, unique but I could see where people thought it was ugly. If they would have started with this design it would have actually sold.

@kennethjackson7574 Год назад

My parents had a 1960 Ranger. The most common guess was “Is that a Canadian Ford?”

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

You might be right!

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

1960 was a bumper-crop year for automotive ugliness, so the Edsel didn't really stand out all that much, especially alongside Lincoln and Mercury. And look at the nausea-inducing atrocities from GM and Chrysler. It's no wonder Studebaker and Rambler did well sales-wise in 1960.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@kennethjackson7574 They were also confused with 1959 Pontiacs.

@tonycolca2241 18 дней назад

Edsels were at one time laughed at. Now due to their rarity they will increase in value great americana ! CONGRATULATIONS !!

@jamesfox2579 Год назад

An Incredibly Beauuutiful Car!💕

@kevinferris1589 Год назад

It's a stunner. Never saw this look before. Always thought the 1958-59 was the only kind.

@LynxStarAuto Год назад

The feedback was so poor when the 58 debuted, that Ford began an early redesign for 59. However, the damage was already done. By 1960 it was too little too late. They got the styling right for 60, but it also looked too much like other Ford products for that year. So they pulled the plug. 🤷‍♂️ Also the nomenclature didn't help. The branding was actually Edsel, and the model was Ranger. But the Ranger name had been used previously by Ford on commercial vehicles, and I believe another manufacturers used it as a trim on their wagons. So the buying public always saw it as a "Ford Edsel", and didn't justify the elevated asking price.

@kennethjackson7574 Год назад

There were only about 2,500 made, and Edsel was actually bankrupt before 1960 began. For decades thereafter the Guinness Book of Records listed the Edsel bankruptcy as the biggest financial loss ever survived by a company.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@kennethjackson7574 Nobody filed for bankruptcy over the Edsel. It cost Ford $250M but they more than made it back with the Falcon in first-year sales. I haven't read Guinness, but if they used the word bankruptcy, they're full of canal water.

@maryrafuse3851 Год назад

This was the good looking Edsel.

@speakfreeley4473 Год назад

Had Edsel been launched in late summer 1959 looking like this one the marque would definitely have had a future. Very much amongst the best looking model year cars for 1960.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

I have to agree!

@aaronwilliams6989 Год назад

Stunning cars.

@royboy9361 Год назад

I’m a old school Ford guy, and I never knew a 60 Edsel existed. They certainly look nicer than the 8’s and 9’s. That car is worth a boat load of money.

@macbetula6926 Год назад

That's a beautiful car 👍

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

😎🙏

@martentrudeau6948 Год назад

Amazing car, a real beauty.

@tonycolca2241 18 дней назад

A man of my thinking i cant stand fender skirts and continental kits. Beautiful rare car. I would imagine a lot of the parts have to be made.

@whitsundaydreaming Год назад

He’s had 47 1960 Edsels? That thing is incomparable.

@HarborLockRoad Год назад

Ill never forget that someone once offered me a 4 dr sedan 60 edsel from their backyard , free... My ex wife hated it, calling it the ugliest car she'd ever seen. Needless to say, i didnt get it. Happily, shes not my wife anymore 😁👍

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

😂

@alanthorne3921 Год назад

You should have found a 61 Plymouth.That would really upset.Incidentally I love both cars.

@rickeyricardomatthews2147 Год назад

This the best Edsel ever made

@rickeyricardomatthews2147 Год назад

I’m a Chevy and Cadillac man

@RogerRandolph-or2cq Год назад

Damn shame she was your wife then. The car stays Beautiful.😁

@kencarnley7101 Год назад

Thank you. I always assumed the only difference between a 60 Ford vs a 60 Edsel was the grill and rear fenders.

@MrRocketguitar Год назад

That is beautiful

@nonelost1 Год назад

Mine eyes have YET to see ANY 1960 Edsel! (and I have seen a lot of ancientmobiles). Beautiful car you have there BarryT! I live in the Seattle area. And I was recently in Phoenix. I wonder if that might be an omen that I will see a 1960 Edsel before I leave this world.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

May be!! Thanks to Steve for sharing his car with all of us!

@erickriebel4366 Год назад

It looks like a crossover between a Ford Mercury and a Lincoln however it's a beautiful car nice video thank you I love old cars like that one❤

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

I agree with you - thanks!

@JuniorFan08 Год назад

The '60 Edsel is a really nice looking '60 Ford which is what it essentially is, even the dash is '60 Ford.

@errorsofmodernism7331 Год назад

Beautiful car. I would be afraid to drive it for fear it might get rear ended

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Good classic car insurance plus careful driving means it’s reasonable to go out with them once in a while in my opinion… Thanks for watching!

@nonelost1 Год назад

@@BarryTsGarage Someone told me years ago that the worst thing you can do to a car is drive it, and not drive it. Therefore drive it just enough to keep it exercised while having fun with it at the same time.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

@@nonelost1 perfect!

@keno77 Год назад

This car is gorgeous and it's a pity they didn't start with this design, great restauration.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@keno77 Try "restoration".

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 9 месяцев назад

keno77 Did you ever eat in a "restorant"?

@mikepoluk3053 Год назад

wow , magnificent

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Thank you, Mike!

@R.J.1 Год назад

Never seen this car before. Really didn't like the Edsel grilles but this one looks terrific!

@resomony Год назад

Very Pontiac grille.

@smtpgirl Год назад

1960, a year that was fabulous.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Very cool car indeed. Thanks!

@tomcummings655 Год назад

while in high school in the late 60's,one of the teachers drove a 1960 Edsel wagon-somewhere around 1971 it got into a minor wreck and from that day on it had a 60 Ford front fenders,grille etc-wish I knew whereit ended up

@tomcummings655 Год назад

This was in Fargo ND.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@tomcummings655 In 1972 we saw a '60 Wagon in Hawaiian Blue with a black Ford front clip on a freeway in Pennsylvania. In Santa Monica, Calif., a lady had a Belmont Blue '60 Town Victoria with an Alaskan Gold Edsel 4-DHT LF door. Several Edsel enthusiasts saw this car but no one could ever catch up with it to save it.

@jeffneis553 Год назад

ONE WORD....WOW !!

@jorgeb9715 Месяц назад

I'd just camefrom seeing Fullsize FORD channel,,he pickedd up one to restore ( '58 model,,I believe) but this one looks in showroom. Condition

@BarryTsGarage Месяц назад

Very cool. Steve started with a good one and it still took many years to complete. Thanks for watching!

@darrellepickering8433 Год назад

A car, exactly like this, came from Mt Carmel, IL. It was bought new there from Carlton Ford. An older man kept it garaged & rarely drove it. I only saw it once & that was at a gas station. Same color as this & a convertible as well.

@adrenalynechannel7049 Месяц назад

I have a 60 fairlane, and the edsel looks like it's from an alternate universe. Beautiful car, though.

@erroneouscode Год назад

Truly gorgeous. I've never seen one before. If only they didn't use the name 'Edsel' things may have been different even despite the grille on the earlier models. Ford stuffed up.

@bgraham928 Год назад

Poor workmanship on the '58 had far more to do with the Edsel's problems then the name, although the name didn't help.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@bgraham928 Very true, especially as translates to bad engineering with the suspension and the electric transmission shifting.

@paulmaul2186 Год назад

I love these but they're pricey now. The last time I looked at one for sale they were asking $125k.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Well, I honestly did not know that!

@18roger1986 Год назад

Reminds me of a 60 Ford Sunliner.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Totally

@tompastian3447 Год назад

Great restoration job. I'd like to see how it looked with factory rocker moldings. Even if you just held them in place to take a photo, it would be very interesting to see how they would look. 60 Edsels had a dual rear radio antenna (probably an option) that blended in with chrome fender trim. The antennas slanted to the rear, and were very stylish. I see them on a white 60 Edsel driving around in Miami every so often. It was mentioned in one youtube video that the 60 Edsels were 81 1/2 inches wide, which required some states to make exceptions in licensing them, which otherwise would have fallen into a "truck" category.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@tompastian3447 Although the stainless rocker panel trim were an option, every '60 Edsel convertible I've seen since I saw my first in 1970 has had them They are not unattractive, like those horrible bent antennas, spare tire mounts or ghetto fender skirts.

@patrickmcgowen427 Год назад

I wonder if he's going to sell the other Edsel, since as he says he is getting older, that convertible is absolutely a stunning car.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

I’m not sure - good question. I will try to find out

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

Steve Schultz has been selling off his Edsel cars, parts and collectibles for the last 2-3 years.

@Dog.soldier1950 Год назад

Looks like your at the WigWam @Goodyear

@Greatdome99 Год назад

Those tailights are now used on Rivian pickups.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

🤣🤣

@richardrice8076 Год назад

Edsel- Every Day Something Else Leaks😉. Fun fact the '61 Comet was to be the next gen Edsel. But the decision was made to pretend the Edsel never happened and move on. The connection was Edsels in the last 2 years were sold at the Edsel Lincoln Mercury dealers. For the 1st 2 years it was branded as the Comet the Mercury name would not appear until '62.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

This is true. Thanks for adding to the story!

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

Yes, but not in that order, you understand. The first Comet clays were planned to be the 1961 Edsel, a "luxury compact". When that was determined to be too risky (remember, Ford stock had just gone public in 1956) Comet became a stand-alone make. Alongside English Ford, it was to be sold thru the recently realigned "Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln" dealer's banner, formed in January, 1958, and wasn't introduced until March 17, 1960.

@basspig Год назад

The thumbnail image for this video showing the front left oblique view of the car shows that the general shape and lines are very similar to the 1962 Buick special. I'm wondering if Buick borrowed some of their design ideas from this edsel.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

I had never thought of that, but now that you mention it, I see it!

@bigjoe330 Год назад

The real story why the '60 Edsel was cancelled is because Ford was contracturly obligated with dealers to build 3 consecutive model years. So they pulled the plug exactly on that date in November 1959. They had decided to cancel the Edsel in 1958.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Hey, that’s a good insight - I did not know that! Thank you

@bigjoe330 Год назад

@@BarryTsGarage there is a video on RU-vid that has this woman who inherited the '60 Citation coupe her father bought on Nov 14, 1959 the day Ford announced the closure of Edsel. It's a long interview full of information on Edsel

@nonelost1 Год назад

@@bigjoe330 Andrea is her name. I watched the entire interview just a few days ago. Fascinating! She has already had it mechanically restored. She will be having it cosmetically restored within a year or so. About the worst thing you can say about her car is the headliner needs serious help.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

bigjoe330 Nice speculative theories, but 100% erroneous, Sorry!

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@BarryTsGarage Don't worry, it never happened. Sales of the '60 were far worse than the '58, which is why further production was canceled.

@richarda3659 Год назад

The front end of this '60 Edsel looks exactly -- and I mean EXACTLY -- like the front end of the 1961 Pontiac Tempest. Why does nobody else see this? They're like identical.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

And Edsel was first!

@richarda3659 Год назад

@@BarryTsGarage Yah it sure appears as if Pontiac copied Ford's design, but of course I don't actually know that.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@richarda3659 Edsel actually took the grill design off the 1959 Pontiac. The '61 Tempest grill was already locked in at Pontiac long before the '60 Edsel was conceived.

@ultraviolettp3446 Год назад

Absolutely beautiful car with a primo color! The 1960 model was much nicer than the horse collar 58/59. It is a shame that Ford went the direction they did with the brand starting out and the workers should have been shot for their sabotage of production. Terminations should have happened to the overpaid workers.

@dennislocke391 Год назад

Nice car but a bit sad or poor that trans went out with such low miles.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

Ford had the finest automatic trans on the market with their original 3-speed, air-cooled, cast iron Fordomatic. But over the years they managed to whittle it down to a troublesome bag of junk. By the 1960s Ford's main auto trans was the C-4 Cruisomatic, which wouldn't go 65M before crapping out.

@darrellepickering8433 Год назад

There was a guy named Chester Parrot from Mt Carmel, IL who bought 1 of those new.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

He was one of few 👍

@darrellepickering8433 Год назад

@BarryTsGarage Think his had the 292, wouldn't swear to it tho. I swept up around that dealership & that car was in for service, etc in the mid '60s. Trivia: the 430 wasn't availailable with the Edsel but that parts department had, of all things, a 3-2 bbl manifold for it. No carbs or air filter tho. It had been ordered by 1 of the mechanics for a 430-equipped Mercury.

@colinvoss8484 Год назад

I love the 352 had a 352t in a 67 truck sold it to a guy for a stock car.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Cool

@Aphro1z 9 дней назад

#oneofmybestinclassperiod. 00:00:00.

@jimmywhite3922 4 месяца назад

I love the car but it is a testament to Ford's quick pivot from an Edsel to a Ford Galaxy. My Dad owned a 1960 Ford Galaxy with a V8 and that is what I am seeing here. RIP Edsel.

@BarryTsGarage 4 месяца назад

I agree - Ford “needed” a bigger lineup to compete with GM but mistakes were made and the economy tanked at the perfectly wrong time. I think Thunderbird picked them up a bit and then the Mustang healed the wound pretty well… 😂

@LynxStarAuto Год назад

Unfortunately, too little to late for the Edsel line.

@wintersbattleofbands1144 Год назад

Edsels. Plural. No apostrophe. Too bad they yanked the brand. The 1960 models were stunning. Stodgy to stunning. They could have made something out of it with proper marketing to a younger demographic. They already had Lincoln for the older sect.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Good catch (corrected) and a fair point!

@caribman10 5 месяцев назад

Too bad Edsel didn't get access to the Starliner roof.

@BarryTsGarage 5 месяцев назад

Good point!!

@kirbywaite1586 Год назад

It's amazing that Ford would completely abandon the Edsel front end styling theme for its last year of production and then somehow come up with a grill that almost duplicates the 1959 Pontiac front end! Or is this actually a Canadian Ford?

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

Well, I appreciate your comment, but looking at a 1960 Pontiac front end I just can’t exactly see what you’re talking about? Maybe a 61 skylark? Also, I think they rightly abandoned the ‘58 original look reacting to overwhelming public reaction. Also the division was very unlucky timing the new endeavor with the recession that year. A combination of bad choices and unlucky timing. One thing they did to make them separate from Fords was to make sure the smallest engine was a good size V8, no six cylinders so all of them would have a good bit of power, no matter what trim level.

@kirbywaite1586 Год назад

@BarryTsGarage Please excuse me, I was off by a year! I meant to write 1959 Pontiac, not 1960! You must think I'm crazy. I corrected it. Thanks

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@kirbywaite1586 The silent conspiracy and eves-dropping between Edsel and Pontiac is legendary. Both the 1959 and 1960 Pontiac have distinctive 1960 Edsel styling cues, front and back. At the time, Edsel had a styling clay called the Ventura, which became a Pontiac series.

@kirbywaite1586 Год назад

@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 How interesting. Thank you.

@jeffneis553 Год назад

Continental Kit would have ruined it.

@jeffneis553 Год назад

Did this still have the Tele a Touch automatic?

@tompastian3447 Год назад

As I remember, none of the 60 Edsels had the push button trans. To many problems, and 59 may have been the last year for the push button trans.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

No, this has a column shift.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

The Tele-Touch nightmare was 1958 only. Fortunately, 1958 Ranger-Pacer and wagons can be authentically modified with column automatic or standard drives from 1956 Mercurys or 1958-1960 Thunderbirds.

@johnhennery8820 11 месяцев назад

Butiful car but did ford make a 1960 pacer ?

@BarryTsGarage 11 месяцев назад

My understanding is the Pacer name was only produced by Edsel in 1958 model year. Of course, AMC created a very different Pacer in the 1970's...

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

For a dedicated purist, he sure doesn't stick to his guns very well! Sure, those dreadful fender skirts and continental spare tire carriers were ugly as hell, but so are those phony Ford exhaust deflectors and Thunderbird wire wheels. No Edsel ever came with wire wheels. Talk about keeping it "all original"... gimme a break! I've known Steve for almost 50 years and he was always a very honest and trustworthy straight-shooter. But sadly that's all changed in the last couple of years, as he extricates himself from the Edsel hobby.

@BarryTsGarage Год назад

I always give a pass on wheel choices because they are so easy to swap back. Or even swap for a show vs when you’re dailying something. I imagine you are on the strict side of things as your preference, which I respect, but seeing the car I didn’t see much that wouldn’t be simple to change, so no big deal. My opinion.

@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 Год назад

@@BarryTsGarage By that lopsided standard, it's easy to repaint it, so why not paint it Purple Flame Glo Metalflake with 30" Go-Fast Circus Wheels on lifted rubber-band tires and 1978 Cadillac dash & tilt steering wheel? All that's "easy to swap back" depending on your level of dedication, of course!