By Robert Emslie
The family that Edsels together stays together. What’s amazing about this promo pic for Ford’s famous flop isn’t the incongruity of the slow-selling Edsel meeting another on the road. It’s instead the free-wheeling family that’s treating the car like a suburban ranch house- spread out and unburdened by seat belts or proper positioning. No wonder the Edsel didn’t see much repeat business.
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“You three keep quiet back there!”
Heck, it wasn’t even illegal to drink and drive yet, back then. Dad’s probably got bourbon in a flask to sip on, and Mom’s certainly hopped up on Bennies (aka Mother’s Little Helper).
That appears to still be a major issue in the US:
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21656668-despite-improvements-driving-america-remains-extraordinarily-dangerous-road-kill
Ever noticed how the adorable and much talked-about light drug use in “Mad Men” made more people DUI in just about any other show? Popular culture leads on and reflects what is practised…
My standard reply, so you’ve seen this already I guess:
Yes, that’s spot on.
I wish I could afford this and have somewhere to keep it too, an Anglo-Italo hotrod :1934 Standard 8 running a Maserati Quattroporte 4.2 V8.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQwWDQ3OA==/z/2xAAAOSwHnFVzNfM/$_12.JPG
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1934-Standard-9-Hot-Rod-/301710508723?hash=item463f5902b3&clk_rvr_id=883942642812&rmvSB=true