Very soon, of course, the whiz-bang Edsel went the way of, well, the Edsel. Gushed an ad in 1958: "The Edsel look is here to stay!" -which was true only if you counted very, very slowly.

We dusted off a 1958 two-door Ford Edsel Ranger and hit the L.A. streets in search of that ... if you want us to say what it resembles out loud you'll have to pick up a copy of Motor Trend Hefner.