[Old Truck Man]

Ok Edsels are supposed to be rare and worth lots of money? A guy I know took a 59 4 dr htp and restored it. its a pink car. really nice new interior etc. He has been trying to sell it for several years. took it to auctions. listed it on the internet etc. cant even get a offer for 10% of what he spent. I told him you gotta find a edsel lover a 4 door lover and lover of pink cars. and they gotta have deep pockets. Now if he would have restored a chevy even a 4 door from between 55 thru 64 he could much more easily find a buyer. The fake stuff shown on TV in no way relates to what the real situation is for the average Joe.I worked running a car crusher 45 years ago. My job was to jump down and using a air impact remove all the lug nuts & tires. Then I would pull the lever and the 4 cyl Detroit would scream and the big hydraulic cyls mash that car flatter than a flitter. Great fun for a 17 year old kid. The guy I worked for would let me take parts off and give them to me. I took of any speed equiptment things like intake manifolds ,4 bbl carbs ,Mallory ignition, 4 speed trans ,mag wheels, floor shifters even the ocassional complete engine and I still have a lot of those items today. I have a huge collection of mag wheel lug nuts. I seen 55 & 56 crown Vicky fords, tri five chevys, caddys all kinds of old 40,s fifties & sixties cars & trucks get mashed and hauled to the shredder. It took about 16 of those big cars to load a semi trailer. and it was good it reduced the inventory and made what survived a little more valuable.