The Edsel. Name sake for Henry’s son. Touted as “ugly” and a failure. I disagree.
I think they were great and I plan on own one at some point. ( I was pretty close earlier this year – just missed one at an auction.) There is just something about tooling around in one of those large and long 4 door land yacht. Anyway..one day I will, if I just borrow one for a week.
So in the last year of the Edsel what engines were available?
The car came in 4 configuration, body-wise. A 2 door sedan, a 2 door convertible; a 4 door sedan and 5 door wagon, but only two engine options.
Your two choices were of the V8 and straight six variety.
Ford‘s 292 was the V8 power plant . It sported overhead valves, an iron block and hydraulic lifters. The compression was ratio 8.8:1 and with a bore and stroke of 3.75 x 3.60. It came with a 2 barrel carb – model B9A9510-A. Interesting the block and heads were painted black and the value covers and air cleaner were red.
There was the option inline (straight) 6 cylinder. That too had overhead valves and an iron block. Bore and stroke was 3.62 x 3.60 and compression ratio 8.4:1. It displayed 223 cubic inches with 145 horse power. It was topped with a 1 barrel carb, model B9A9510F. It had the same paint scheme as the V8 but was considered a “delete” option in the Rangers series.
223 Straight (Inline) 6 cylinder with the proper paint scheme
Add 2 more cylinder and buy an extra can of paint for additional valve cover and you'll have this 292 with the proper paint.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
