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Edsel Pacer

The Edsel brand was launched with the 'Ranger' and the 'Pacer' being the low price options, and the Pacer being just more plush than the Ranger. The Pacer and Ranger shared their 118-inch wheelbase with the Ford Fairlane; bodies were also shared amongst the three. The Pacer was priced higher than the Ranger for essentially the same car. The Edsel Pacer could be purchased as a 2 or 4-door sedan, 2 or 4-door Hardtop, convertible, and there were also Bermuda station wagon models 6 or 9 passenger formats. Power units offered started with the 5,436cc (332) V8 or the 5,911cc (361) V8. Ford culled the 'Pacer' name for the 1959 model year, and went down to the Ranger name.

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Edsel Pacer 1958 2-door hardtop - badge on rear wing.

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Edsel Pacer 1958 2-door hardtop. The 'horsecollar' grille (there are less polite names) was one of the features which Roy Brown bestowed on an otherwise ordinary Ford Fairlane body to create the Edsel. Even 332 V8 could be had in the better looking Fairlane version.

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Edsel Pacer 2-door hardtop 1958. Edsels were available in 4 model rangers, with the Ranger as the entry model, and the Pacer being a better trimmed version of the Ranger. On the Pacer, the chrome trim on the front wing continues down and across the front door; the Ranger trim is much shorter.

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Edsel Pacer 1958 2-door hardtop. Standard power was a 5,436cc (332) V8, with the option of a 5,911cc (361) as fitted to this example

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Edsel Pacer 1958 2-door hardtop. Edsel cars shared the bodies of 1958 Fords and Mercurys and only differed on trim and decoration. The 1958 Pacer was built on a 118-inch wheelbase and this hardtop body was also used on the 118-inch Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop with only the front and rear styling being changed by Roy Brown. the Edsel Pacer was six inches longer than the Fairlane.

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Edsel Pacer 1958 2-door hardtop. Trade mark 'eye brow' tail lamps included in the Edsel-fication of what was otherwise a Ford Failane hardtop.

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