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The half-century-old Edsel drew a steady stream of interested viewers at the Festival of Flags Car Show in Oak Hill, Ohio. With the original V8 engine, it's still driven on the road. All of the original innovative features are in working condition.

Wikipedia: "Fifty years after its spectacular failure, Edsel has become a highly collectible item amongst vintage car hobbyists. Fewer than 6,000 Edsels survive and are considered collectors’ items. A mint 1958 Citation convertible sometimes sells for over $100,000,[4] while rare models, like the 1960 convertible, may bring up to $200,000. While the design was considered "ugly" fifty years ago, many other car manufacturers, such as Pontiac and Alfa Romeo, have employed similar vertical grilles successfully in their car designs.

Many of the Edsel's features, such as transmission lock on ignition, self-adjusting brakes, gear selection by steering wheel buttons, etc., which were considered "too impractical" in the late 1950s, are today standard features of sports cars."

Wikipedia also has a long and detailed article on the Edsel:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel#The_Edsel_Comet
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Source 1958 Edsel
Author Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States

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