SOLVED: WTH # 018 - 1959 Edsel Custom Hardtop Convertible

[sixtee5cuda]

For one point, specify the year and make of this car.

[sixtee5cuda]

Any ideas or questions?

[spider]

Ford Fairlane 400 Retractebel hardtop coupe

[sixtee5cuda]

Not a Ford, but a related company.

[sixtee5cuda]

Up!

[RayTheRat]

1958 Edsel?

[sixtee5cuda]

Brand is right, year is off

[RayTheRat]

Then make it a 59, since I don't believe that option was available in 60.

RtR

[sixtee5cuda]

Point for you, Ray.

The retractable hardtop option was never available on an Edsel.  And this compact roof is folding into the back seat of a custom 4-door Edsel.

[sixtee5cuda]

Other pictures of this strange beast

[RayTheRat]

Point for you, Ray.

The retractable hardtop option was never available on an Edsel.  And this compact roof is folding into the back seat of a custom 4-door Edsel.

Ahhh....I see.  No wonder the windshield header looks so goofy.  Matter of fact, the whole car is sorta in the "goofy zone."   A long hood can be a graceful thing, but having an aircraft carrier behind the driver's seat doesn't get high marks in the aesthetic department.  Well, unless it's an El Camino, to which I'm very partial.   See photo.

RtR