Edsel Ranger

The Edsel Ranger was an automobile of the upper middle class, the Ford in Dearborn (Michigan) manufactured under the brand name Edsel in the model years 1958 to 1960. The Rangers emerged on the shorter Edsel chassis that this shared with his sister model Pacer and Ford Fairlane.

The ranger asked the most basic version of the Edsel in the first two years of production dar. In these years a convertible did not belong to the body variants, but very comfortable in the last year of production in 1960.

Ranger is one of the two Edsel model name that was later used by Ford again for other models; the other is the Villager.

1958

The basic equipment of the Ranger were armrests, cigarette lighter, interior mirror, two clothes hooks and black rubber floor mats. Outside the ranger had chrome trim around the inserts of the rear fender. On request, there were two-tone paint. The Ranger differed from the better-equipped Pacer mainly due to the lack of stainless steel trim on the front doors and fenders. There was initially a very rare equipment with special stainless steel trim on the front doors only for the Ranger, which was offered along with the stainless steel trim for the fenders from Pacer. The cars were equipped with a room heater; air conditioning could be supplied on request with this.

The ranger had a Ford chassis with 2997 mm wheelbase and a V8 engine with 5916 cc displacement, the (223 kW) made ​​303 bhp at 4600 rpm. Also included a three-speed manual gearbox as standard, the buyers could also choose a three-stage automatic transmission with shift lever on the steering column or the highly touted, but trouble -prone Teletouch automatic with dial pad in the steering wheel hub.

The Ranger was intensively promoted at its launch in the autumn of 1957, but was a marketing flop, like its sister models. 1958 emerged 21.301 copies. 4615 two-door sedans piece ( only U.S. production ) and four-door sedans piece 7414 ( 6576 in the U.S., 838 from Canada) were 3667 hardtop sedans ( 3077 from the U.S., 190 from Canada) and 6005 hardtop coupe ( 5546 from the U.S. and 459 from Canada) against. The selling prices were between $ 2484 U.S. and $ 2643.

1959

1959 Edsel model range was reorganized, with the seller Pacer and Citation as the top model would disappear as the trouble- prone Teletouch automatic.

This year, the Ranger and the new top model Corsair shared a chassis with a 3048 mm wheelbase. The styling is more conservative, since the average radiator grille was replaced by a copy in Kummetform in crest shape with many horizontal chrome bars. The four available body styles remained the same as in the previous year, as there was a smaller V8 engine with 4785 cc and 200 bhp (147 kW) at 4400 rpm. As an " economy version " there was - only at Ranger - also a six-cylinder engine with 3654 cc displacement, the (107 kW) gave 145 bhp at 4000 rpm.

This year incurred 28 358 Ranger. These were 7778 sedans with 2 doors (all from the USA), 14,063 sedans with 4 doors ( 12,814 in the U.S., 1249 in Canada ), 2451 hardtop sedans ( 2352 from the USA, 99 from Canada) and 5966 hardtop coupe ( 5474 from U.S., 492 from Canada). The prices ranged from U.S. $ 2629 and U.S. $ 2756. ( The six-cylinder models were cheaper each by 84 U.S. $).

1960

Launched on October 15, 1959 Ranger model year 1960 was the only 2 - and 4 -door models, the Edsel still offered. The only remaining station wagon, the Villager, there were 6 or 9 seats. Not only is the 1959 still remaining sedan model Corsair, but also the vertical grille element in the middle disappeared. The 1960 Edsel models was shared by so many sheets and amenities available with the Ford Sunliner that you could tell the difference only on grille, tail lights and model names. From the Corsair Ranger also inherited the Cabriolet. The 4-door sedan and the two hardtop variants were each in a standard and a deluxe version.

On November 19, 1959 Ford discontinued the Edsel brand and end of this month rolled the last Edsel of the assembly lines. In this last short model year 2571 Ranger emerged (all in the U.S.). These were 777 saloons with 2 doors, 1288 sedans with 4 doors, 295 hardtop coupes, 135 hardtop sedans and finally - as rarest version - 76 convertibles. The prices ranged from U.S. $ 2643 and U.S. $ 3000.

Because of the low production numbers in the three model years, all Edsel Ranger are sought by collectors. The 1960s, however, Ranger Cabriolet - often converted from the corresponding Ford model - because of its similarity described above.

Rebuild a 1960 Ford Sunliner in a 1960 Edsel Ranger Convertible is easy. You just have to replace some trim and convert the rear fender, which is not difficult if another Edsel model is available as part carriers available. Edsel collectors are generally cautious when 1960 Edsel offered, the "found" were or are offered at a price lower than the market price. However, buyers and fans can check the chassis number, which must match an Edsel from November 1959.