They had one child: Edsel Ford ( 1893 – 1943 ).

* 1943 – Edsel Ford, American businessman ( b. 1893 )

* 1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

* 1893 – Edsel Ford, American automotive executive ( d. 1943 )

* 1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

** The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel on what the company proclaims as " E Day ".

* May 26 – Edsel Ford, American President of Ford Motor Company ( b. 1893 )

** Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.

The 1960 models saw a complete reskinning, which removed the tailfins and the distinctive split grille ( which Ford copied on the final Edsel models for 1960 ).

The Ford Foundation is a private foundation based in New York City and created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford.

It was funded originally by a US $ 25, 000 gift from Edsel Ford but by 1947 after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90 percent of the non-voting shares of the Ford Motor Company ( the Ford family kept the voting shares to themselves ).

The foundation was established on January 15, 1936, in Michigan by Edsel Ford ( president of the Ford Motor Company ) and two other executives " to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare ".

After the deaths of Edsel Ford in 1943 and Henry Ford in 1947, the presidency of the foundation fell to Edsel's eldest son, Henry Ford II.

In Detroit it is known as the Edsel Ford Freeway.

Other famous contributors to the initial costs of the Hatchery included Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and Thomas Edison.

All of Edsel Ford's nonvoting stock was donated through a codicil in his will to the Ford Foundation, which he had founded with his father seven years earlier.

In 2010 the stewardship of the estate will be by the same non-profit group that operates the lakeside Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, with financial help from the Ford-Family.

The first Lincoln Continental was developed as Edsel Ford's one-off personal vehicle, though it is believed he planned all along to put the model into production if successful.

* Luke Fuch's old Edsel switches back and forth between 1958 and 1959 model years.

This is thanks to the efforts of Sony Music ( with the Epic catalog, though Collector's Choice Music was the first to reissue Feedback on CD in the U. S., following a brief release on disc in France in the late 1990s ) and Beat Goes On alongside Edsel, both UK labels ( with the Mercury catalog, some of which had made it to CD prior to Beat Goes On and Edsel reissuing all of their Mercury albums ).

The free-standing Edsel Division existed from November 1956 until January 1958, after which Edsel sales and marketing operations were integrated into the Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln division ( referred to as M-E-L ).

The Edsel offered several innovative features, among which were its " rolling dome " speedometer, warning lights for such conditions as low oil level, parking brake engaged, and engine overheating, as well as its Push-button Teletouch transmission shifting system in the center of the steering wheel ( a conventional column-shift automatic was also available at less cost ).

Other Edsel design innovations included ergonomically designed controls for the driver and self-adjusting brakes ( which Edsel claimed as a first for the industry, even though Studebaker had pioneered them earlier in the decade ).

The Edsel also offered such advanced safety features as seat belts ( which were available at extra cost as optional equipment on many other makes ) and child-proof rear door locks that could only be opened with the key.

The 1960 Edsel Ranger four-door hardtop model used the thin-pillar Ford Fairlane four-door sedan roofline, as opposed to the " square " roofline used on the corresponding Ford four-door hardtop, which was exclusive to the Galaxie line.

According to tour guides at the Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, however, Edsel's father, Henry, was a domineering type who insisted that his son drink unpasteurized milk, which caused Edsel to contract and then succumb to undulant fever.

In the next few years DeJohnette would begin and lead three new projects, the first of which was the Latin Project consisting of percussionists Giovanni Hidalgo and Luisito Quintero, reedman Don Byron, pianist Edsel Gomez, and bassist Jerome Harris.

Oldsmobile was also way ahead of other middle-priced competitors such as sister division Pontiac, Mercury, Dodge and Chrysler, along with Ford Motor Company's all-new and ill-fated Edsel, and Chrysler Corporation's DeSoto-the latter two nameplates of which would fade into oblivion within the next three years.

He formed Henry Ford and Son in 1910 in Dearborn, Michigan, taking his young son Edsel Ford as a partner, which was later incorporated on July 27, 1917.

* In the scene where Rudy and Jeff are burying the Edsel on the lot and are confronted by Roy and Sam over Luke's whereabouts, Gerrit Graham repeated some of Kurt Russell's lines, which was not in the script.

It was discontinued in 1960 ; a great failure for Philco, like the Edsel automobile was for Ford, which coincidentally ran exactly the same model years.

It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.

After becoming president of Ford, Edsel long advocated the introduction of a more modern automobile to replace the Model T, but was repeatedly overruled by his father.

In 1935, Edsel Ford designed a new, more luxurious version of his company's mainline car, intended to bridge the enormous price gap between the highest trimmed Ford and the base Lincoln.

In later years, Clooney would often appear with Bing Crosby on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends made a concert tour of Ireland together.

The 1968 Bonneville models had copied styling from both the front and rear of the Edsel.

The front view of the 1959 Edsel and the rear view of the 1958 Edsel bear a striking resemblance.

Located within it now is Haven Hill, the Edsel Ford estate, designed by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen between 1922 and 1935.

The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House on Lake Saint Clair ( North America ) | Lake St. Clair in Grosse Pointe Shores is open to the public for guided tours.

Previously Rivera had painted a controversial fresco in Detroit entitled Detroit Industry, commissioned by Abby and John's friend, Edsel Ford, who later became a MoMA trustee.

James Nance had the dubious destiny to go over to Ford after Packard's dismissal and head the new MEL ( Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln ) division, and quickly buried another brand, the Edsel.

Not since the 30's had so many makes disappeared: Packard, Edsel, Hudson, Nash, DeSoto, and Kaiser.

This car had a resemblance to the 1958 Edsel.

The Edsel is an automobile that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years.

The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly.

" Ford Motor Company eventually decided on the name " Edsel ", in honor of Edsel B. Ford, son of the company's founder, Henry Ford ( despite objections from Henry Ford II ).