1958 Edsel Ranger Two Door Hard top

1958 Edsel Ranger Two Door Hard top

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$10,900.00

Year: 1958
Color: White
Make: Edsel
Model: Ranger
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This car could very well be the very first 1958 Two door Edsel ever built.

1958 Edsel Ranger Two Door Hard top. 352 Two Brrl. Turquois & White. PS/PB and teletouch. Mechanically 100% strong. Fly in and drive home. 98% rust free. Rust hole in floor pan behind drivers seat and rust hole around foot feet for gas pedal. MIles is showing 60,000

Body Color Trim Date Trans Axel VIN: W8RG700007
63A NKK K 29G 4 A

Phil S. Edsel Guru comments about this car.

Jake
I think it is safe to say that it is a very early production unit (anything built before 01H, August 1, 1957, falls into that catagory) and that is has a very special unit number, perfect for the ultimate fans of James Bond and Edsels!-

In late June 1957, San Jose, Mahwah, Louisville and Somerville, four of the six Edsel plants, ran a "pilot" or pre-production run of between 12 to 20 Edsels at each plant. At these plants, the unit numbers on these pilot models ran from 700101 up to about 700120, based on how many pilot models each plant actually built.

On July 15, 1957, when regular production started, they picked up the unit sequence numbers from where they left off, around 700120 or thereabouts. So, on July 15, the first Edsels off the regular production line were 700121, 700122, 700123, etc., but not in that order.

In automotive production the unit numbers rarely have any corelation to when a car is actually produced.

At Louisville, Mahwah and San Jose, about two weeks after production, scheduling released the unit numbers 700001 to 700100 for production, and that is where your 700007 unit comes into play. (For some unexplained the reason, the Somerville plant produced only one car in the 700001 to 700100 sequence, that was 700001, which is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Somerville, Mass.)

I had a hard time figuring out why they didn't run the numbers in order.
It turns out the numbers are issued by production department and then sent to the scheduling department. When the line is able to handle the order it is given a "scheduled" date. However, if there is a problem, like a shortage of a certain color paint that the car had been ordered in or a major factory installed option, the actual production of the car can be delayed. So the "scheduled" date on a data plate and the actual production date can be up to two or even three weeks off.

Hope this clears things up, Phil

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