Edsel Help please

Anyone know anything bout Edsel Rear ends like are they a 9 inch ford or different?

 

The 58's are 9". They are basically the same as the standard ford, only difference I believe is spring pad location.

 

The larger 58 Edsel Ranger?? was based on the Merc platform & the bolt spacing is 5X5". I removed on in a s**** yard so I could run some 5" BP wheels.

Movin/on

 

Local yard hauled in 3 and 1 is a 60 wagon thought maybe some good rear ends in em

 

Yep they are. I think if they are citation/corsair they are probably a little wider than standard ford but would still be worth getting.

 

A '60 wagon will have the first of the newer style 9" with 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern. All '59s will have the earlier smooth back 9" with 5 on 4.5" pattern, the '59 wagons having the big bearing style. The '58 Corsair and Citation were based on the Mercury platform and will have a wider rearend with 5 on 5" bolt pattern, the '58 Pacer and Ranger were based on the Ford platform and have the Ford sized housing but also with 5 on 5" pattern I believe.

 

hey carlos, what yard? ........... are the cars decent or just typical ohio rusted junk?

 

Really didnt look at em that close I was on a mission at the time did look at the wagon thought man this is a rare piece.Thanks for the info fellas I kinda thought mabe worth gettin

 

Er....if it really is a 1960 Wagon thats probably worth more than the rear end - they only made 59 of them!

 

That 60 wagon is a needle in a landfill.

 

yep sure is,told my old buddie about a 60 wagon and he said they didnt make a 60,I told him that I thought it was a 60 cause it resembled a 60 ford but had a **** load of more chrome on it.Think they only made edsels from sept to november that year

 

Holy ****, that Wagon needs saved! How bad is it?

 

IF memory serves, production stopped in Feb of 1960.

Three models years, but production was only from Feb 59 to Feb 60.

59 Rangers are 5 4 1/2 bolt patterned 9 inch

 

No matter what condition...save it!

 

most yards around here wont sell a car once its inside the gate

 

Get that wagon and any all chrome from the rest of the cars.

Also, don't p*** up the kick *** Edsel Valve covers and any marker/tail lights.
The grilles are obvious keepers and a complete front clip will get some one that much closer to building a RanchEdsel.

But I would definitely grab complete cars if you have the space

 

Edsel Ranger and Pacer were basically Fords. Corsair and Citation were basically Mercuries. In those days Mercury was a larger car that shared little with Ford. Station wagons were all Ford based.

 

4 months ago I saved a 60 Edsel Wagon from a junkyard. they only made 2846 1960 Edsels in all body styles. they were sold from Sept/Nov,19th 1959. they made 216 six p***enger & 59 nine p***enger wagons in those two months of production.

 

yep thats it same color even

 

so did you get it????????

 

ranger and pacer were on the small ford based ch***is and had 5 x 5 bolt pattern..as did all edsels in 58 even the large ch***is ones . cosair and citation, that were based on merc ch***is. 59 had 9" rear too but 5 on 4.5 pattern.

 

Does any one have a clue to the width,you think they are the same as 57-59 ford?place is a swamp right now

 

I JUST took mine apart today..they are the same width as 57-59 ford but the ford had a 5 on 4.5 bolt pattern. 58 edsel had 5 on 5. 59 edsel same as ford. Ill go out and measure....o.k., i'm back. From flange to flange where the backing plates bolt on it is 55 1/4"