AMT '58 3-in-1 Annual Edsel Custom Original Paint Rebuild!

[John Goschke]

This old '58 annual Edsel has a nice old paint job in what's likely Testors Metallic Red. I just color sanded and polished it out and wound up with a pretty nice looking body – way too nice to cut the roof off to use on another model! Decide to rebuild it with a recycled interior from a convertible I built around 1976. The lowered chassis is from an AMT '59 Edsel and the wheelcovers are JoHan '57 Olds. The tires and wheelbacks are circa 1961 AMT items. The original builder removed all the emblems along with the center peak on the hood. He also filled in the taillights, so they had to be ground out with a Dremel tool. The taillight lenses were salvaged from another vintage Edsel build that was pretty rough. For a mild custom frontend treatment I ground out the grill mesh from the center section and cut down a piece from a salvaged Edsel horizontal side grill and installed it vertically. Now that this is done I can I'm back on the '58 Ford!

 

Fabulous photo from the original eBay listing!  If I remember correctly I was the only bidder at around $19 or $20!  Interior, chassis and wheels were brushpainted ultra-flat black!

 

The convertible interior I built in 1976 was salvaged for this car.

 

Edited October 16, 2017 by John Goschke

[PARTSMARTY]

That is beautiful !!!

[Can-Con]

Nice save John. 

[bondo bill]

very sharp

[Lovefordgalaxie]

I really loved this one. My kind of custom. 

Funny how AMT got the front bumpers right back in the day, and made them too fat on the new tool Edsel. 

Built this one from one of the predecorated kits that had a real bad defect on the paint. The color is Tamiya Mica red over gold, with no clear, to give it the feel of a old acrylic lacquer metallic.

1958 Edsel Custom by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

[Classicgas]

Beautiful

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[espo]

Beautiful save on this kit. I was one of the few that liked the Edsel at introduction. I always thought their styling was strange but in a good way.  

[Ramfins59]

Great job John, but, as Harry would have said... "Where are the mirrors ?"   LOL.

[#1 model citizen]

Very nice. I really like the reworked grille.

[carrucha]

Pretty neat!

[gtx6970]

Nice.

Just enough custom touches  you have to really look for them. 

Well done 

[carman1]

Awesome save,  very very nice  !

[Bernard Kron]

I watched this coming together over on the TRaK board and from the very beginning I was captivated by the sophistication and sensitivity on display  as the decisions were made about what to do while still leaving the basis of this survivor intact. The result, as pleasing to the eye as it most certainly is, is many times more impressive because it so succesfully preserve the essence of the original build.

[Ron Hamilton]

Abbra Cadabbra! You are such a magician!!!!

[John Goschke]

That is beautiful !!!

Thanks, Marty!

Nice save John. 

Thanks, Steve!

very sharp

Thanks, Bill!

I really loved this one. My kind of custom. 

Funny how AMT got the front bumpers right back in the day, and made them too fat on the new tool Edsel. 

Built this one from one of the predecorated kits that had a real bad defect on the paint. The color is Tamiya Mica red over gold, with no clear, to give it the feel of a old acrylic lacquer metallic.

1958 Edsel Custom by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Thanks, Tulio!  For overall proportions I much prefer the original, old tool Edsel kit. The new one looks like it's had a slight horizontal section job and is missing a scale inch or so through the middle of the body. In addition the upper windshield corners, the A pillars, and vent windows seem too angular. The interior is very nice. I wonder if it would be possible to kitbash the chassis and interior from the new with a cleaned up and detailed old tool body...

Beautiful

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Thanks, Lee!

Beautiful save on this kit. I was one of the few that liked the Edsel at introduction. I always thought their styling was strange but in a good way.  

Thanks, Espo!  I was four years old when these cars were introduced and couldn't wait to see one and have been a fan ever since, especially of the Ford-based '58s, the Pacer and Ranger.

Great job John, but, as Harry would have said... "Where are the mirrors ?"   LOL.

Thanks, Richard!  Sssshhh!, he'll hear you, wherever he is!  Actually sideview were optional on most cars back then - that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Very nice. I really like the reworked grille.

Thanks, John!  I figured it was best to keep the changes simple and easy. Glad you like the grill!

Pretty neat!

Thanks, Hector!

Nice.

Just enough custom touches  you have to really look for them. 

Well done 

Thanks, Bill!  This is the kind of custom I like best, where paint, stance, and wheel/tire choice are the main attractions, everything else is gravy!

Awesome save,  very very nice  !

Thanks, Troy!

I watched this coming together over on the TRaK board and from the very beginning I was captivated by the sophistication and sensitivity on display  as the decisions were made about what to do while still leaving the basis of this survivor intact. The result, as pleasing to the eye as it most certainly is, is many times more impressive because it so succesfully preserve the essence of the original build.

Thanks, Bernard, for the kind words!  What I like about this one is that it still looks cool while missing almost all of things I'd do if it had been started as a fresh build – maybe I'm working to hard on all the others!

Abbra Cadabbra! You are such a magician!!!!

Thanks, Ron!  Sometimes I wish I were really a magician!  Just think about the possibility of tapping your favorite car with a magic wand and having an instant copy in 1/25th!

[vintagercr]

Very nice!

[Ron Hamilton]

Thanks, Marty!

Thanks, Steve!

Thanks, Bill!

Thanks, Tulio!  For overall proportions I much prefer the original, old tool Edsel kit. The new one looks like it's had a slight horizontal section job and is missing a scale inch or so through the middle of the body. In addition the upper windshield corners, the A pillars, and vent windows seem too angular. The interior is very nice. I wonder if it would be possible to kitbash the chassis and interior from the new with a cleaned up and detailed old tool body...

Thanks, Lee!

Thanks, Espo!  I was four years old when these cars were introduced and couldn't wait to see one and have been a fan ever since, especially of the Ford-based '58s, the Pacer and Ranger.

Thanks, Richard!  Sssshhh!, he'll hear you, wherever he is!  Actually sideview were optional on most cars back then - that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Thanks, John!  I figured it was best to keep the changes simple and easy. Glad you like the grill!

Thanks, Hector!

Thanks, Bill!  This is the kind of custom I like best, where paint, stance, and wheel/tire choice are the main attractions, everything else is gravy!

Thanks, Troy!

Thanks, Bernard, for the kind words!  What I like about this one is that it still looks cool while missing almost all of things I'd do if it had been started as a fresh build – maybe I'm working to hard on all the others!

Thanks, Ron!  Sometimes I wish I were really a magician!  Just think about the possibility of tapping your favorite car with a magic wand and having an instant copy in 1/25th!

I have a couple of oldies that I plan to save. I just found an old built up '64 Corvette Fastback  body in the basement. I want to do it as a Replica Stock '64 Fuelie coupe. I have enough parts to make it work.

[slusher]

She is a beauty!!!!