And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: September 4th, 1957, 59 years ago today ... the day Americans got their first look at a brand new car. Named for Henry Ford’s son, who had died years ...
On Nov. 19, 1959, Ford discloses plans to end production of the Edsel. Code-named the E-car, the Edsel had been introduced on Sept. 4, 1957, or E-Day, to slot between Mercury and Lincoln. It was a ...