Ugly But Loveable

Photographs from an August, 1999 Edsel show in Roanoke, Virginia

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Here we see actual photographic proof that from very close up (so close that it's almost an abstract image), even an Edsel can be beautiful . . .

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Was this grille's designer inspired by a horse collar, or a toilet seat? YOU be the judge!

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"Maybe if I don't look at them, these hideous cars will just go away!"

Exhibitors at antique car shows seem to be very fond of displaying these ' Time Out Kids'  dolls . . .

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A full-body shot of the car seen in the close-up at the top of this page

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To my eye, this one actually looks pretty sharp, as long as my eye doesn't look at the grille too closely . . .

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Then there's this one -- the color, the body style . . . yecch! And what taste-impaired person thought an Edsel station wagon would be a good idea? Such a terrible perversion of the noble 'woody' . . .

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