Can you Believe this Exists?

"Gertman2000" (gertman2001) 07/03/2020 at 00:00 • Filed to: Edsel Ford, edsel, Panther, panther platform, Panther Life, Auburn

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Someone thought the Edsel needed to be reborn and converted a few Panthers!!

Photographed this example at an auto auction in Auburn, Indiana back in 2018.

Dig a little digging and it’s from 2008 and supposed to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Edsel......didn’t realize it needed to be commemorated?

Here’s a link for anyone looking for more info on these babies:

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CB > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:16

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I don’t know what’s worse: that someone built this, or that Indiana apparently allows the legally blind to drive.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:19

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Until today I never knew that my gag reflex could be so easily triggered...

Jim Spanfeller > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:19

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That... is frankly bizarre and fascinating. Not because it’s cool, but because it looks like it came from an alternate universe where the Edsel survived long enough to become slightly dull like the Mercury Cougar and Thunderbird in the 90's. I can’t look away. It’s just such a confusing and weird oddity.

HammerheadFistpunch > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:20

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Damn that's lazy

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:21

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I’m clearly with issues as I’m finding that first image to be frightenl y pornographic...

But yeah Edsel's are cool...these are not.

RacinBob > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:28

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The fact that somebody thought that somebody else would pay for this is a sign that there is too much money in the world. Party on like it is 1929!!!!!!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:33

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The more I look the less I like the execution. Bleah, which tried to autocorrect to bleach and I need some of both right now 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:38

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I mean some people dress up as cartoon animals and have anonymous sex with each other. So like this isn’t that shocking 

Aremmes > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 00:50

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It's afraid!

itranthelasttimeiparkedit > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 01:02

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I am just impressed how well done that front bumper is. I mean, its ugly as shit, but definitely looks like a factory job from early 2000s US auto manufacturers...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 04:02

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I rather like it, if I’m honest.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 06:41

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only two made, this is the other one

Urambo Tauro > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 07:05

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The attempt to make a modern Edsel do esn’t bother me, but I cannot unsee the asymmetric imperfections in the front.

66P1800inpieces > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 08:30

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No need for pesky steel in those bumper covers , this is the 50's!

ranwhenparked > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 09:32

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I remember as a kid, doodling over Taurus and Crown Vic ads in the newspaper to make Edsels , but I wasnt dumb enough to try it for real. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 10:02

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In a twisted sort of way, that mash-up makes sense...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Jim Spanfeller 07/03/2020 at 10:03

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I don’t “like” it but I’m fascinated by it...

If Edsel had survived?  This is the category of Panther they’d have built.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/03/2020 at 10:04

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Like a Alfa 164 hooked up in the back of a Town Car... with a large pile of coke.

9 months later? This rolled off the line.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 10:05

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And, yet, the panel alignment is better than an average Tesla...

user314 > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 10:08

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shop-teacher > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/03/2020 at 10:26

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BWAHAHAHAHA!

shop-teacher > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 10:29

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I remember seeing these/reading about them when these were new, but had managed to forget that nightmare. Now I shall be haunted again.

Gertman2000 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 07/03/2020 at 12:01

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I figured there would always be some panther lover out there that thought it was at least a cool idea.

Gertman2000 > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/03/2020 at 12:02

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WOW Cool find, I had thought they made like 12 or 20 didn’t know it was only 2!! It looks much better in the blue.

Gertman2000 > ranwhenparked 07/03/2020 at 12:03

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I can’t tell, are you being serious?

Gertman2000 > shop-teacher 07/03/2020 at 12:03

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you’re welcome!!! :)

Gertman2000 > user314 07/03/2020 at 12:04

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EXACTLY!!! On a side note, I can’t believe how young Jeff Goldbloom was there!!!

Gertman2000 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/03/2020 at 12:04

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I knew I’d find at least one or two out there!!!

shop-teacher > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 12:17

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Can you please spare some eye-bleach? I ran out.

user314 > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 12:19

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I can feel my brain actively rejecting the thought that JP premiered almost 30 years ago. 

feather-throttle-not-hair > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 14:17

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Hold my beer

-BMW

ranwhenparked > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 14:32

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No, I did do that, at least once. I used to like to sketch cars, and the Edsel’s styling cues were easy to draw onto newer vehicles. 

Gertman2000 > ranwhenparked 07/03/2020 at 14:47

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WOW that’s really something......glad you found this post!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 19:55

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still hideous

pip bip - choose Corrour > Gertman2000 07/03/2020 at 19:55

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still hideous