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Yeah, there was a pretty severe recession, late 1957. Ford got caught, too-That was when they brought out the Edsel. Likely NOTHING would have mattered w/it, though. They also introduced an ENTIRELY new Lincoln that was the biggest Unibody car made up til that point. Had the biggest V-8, 430 cubic inches, as well. They SHOULD have waited a year or 2, the Lincoln, especially, had LOTS of "Teething Troubles", NOT something you want for yr TOTL product. The T-Bird, also, was totally new, it & the Lincoln were a lot alike under the skin. Both were made in a brand-new plant in Wixom, Michigan. The Lincoln, in 1958, had rather aggressive, BIZARRE styling that accentuated its tremendous size. Ford product planners produced a car that "out-Cadillaced Cadillac" in every way, but it was STILL a crashing LOSER in the marketplace. Sorry if I go off on tangents, but I find the social history of the late Fifties EXTREMELY interesting. And I HAVE studied quite a bit about the Automotive industry of the times...
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