Chassis No.

0U15Y701609



The Edsel experiment had come to a close almost as soon as the 1960 cars reached showrooms.

Ford, facing a public backlash against the marque's controversial "horse-collar" grille, ordered a hurried, clean-sheet redesign that favored a more conventional horizontal grille treatment and trimmed the range to Ranger passenger cars and Villager wagons.

Riding on a 120-inch wheelbase shared with the Fairlane and Galaxie, the 1960 Rangers wore Ford sheet metal enlivened by unique trim, tail lamps, and reverse lamps.

It was too little too late; production was halted barely a month after introduction, with just 2,846 built.



Only 76 of those were convertibles, and that number alone has secured the model's standing as the object of the Edsel collector's longest search.

So few genuine examples survive that a number of 1960 Ford Sunliners were re-nosed and re-lamped to pass as the real thing.

Authentic, documented cars are correspondingly prized.



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