1959 Edsel Villager Wagon

Wagon

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

B9UT722538

Clear

Gasoline

The Edsel Villager was a station wagon produced by the former Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (M-E-L) Division of the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan, and sold through its Edsel marque from 1958 to 1960. Like the two-door Edsel Roundup and premium Edsel Bermuda station wagons, the Villager was built on a 116 in wheelbase shared with Ford's station wagons, as well as core body stampings. The Villager and the Ranger were the only two model names that existed throughout the Edsel's three-year life span as an automobile marque. The Villager represented the lower trim level available within the Edsel brand for station wagons, but differed from the two-door Roundup by being offered in six and nine passenger styles. The Villager was available in a four-door configuration only. In terms of interior and exterior trim, the Villager had parity with the Edsel Ranger's interior and exterior appointments. Standard features included black rubber floor mats, ashtrays, cigar lighter, arm rests, chromed rear-view mirror and crank-operated rear windows. Like all other Edsel wagons, the Villager came with a two-piece tailgate. All 1958 station wagons shared the Ranger's engine choices, with a 361 in³ V8 as standard. All wagons came with a three-speed manual transmission. Buyers also had the option of a three-speed automatic transmission with a standard column-mounted gear selector, or during the 1958 model year, they could choose Edsel's highly touted but trouble-prone Teletouch automatic, which placed its drive-selection buttons in the steering wheel hub. To differentiate the wagons offered by Edsel from their Ford counterparts, they were fitted with Edsel's front fascia and grille assembly. The wagons also received unique boomerang-shaped taillights for 1958. The shape of these taillights posed a problem when used as turn indicators – the left-hand taillight appeared as an arrow pointing right and vice versa from a distance. For 1959, the Villager received round dual taillights set in belt-line high chrome pods. In 1960, the Villager used taillights similar to the Ranger of that year. During its first year in production, Edsel sold more Villagers than Roundup and Bermuda station wagons combined. Despite overall declining Edsel sales in 1959, sales of the 1959 Villager (7,820 units) outpaced the combined three-model ranges of station wagon production in 1958 (6,470 units) by well over 1,000 vehicles. From Wikipedia. Vehicle Condition:The car was used at a photo studio in music videos, fashion shoots, driven occasionally.THIS IS A DAILY DRIVER NOT A SHOW CAR!This car is in driving condition, the engine is a V8 332 runs OK but could do with a tune up, might need a new fuel as delivery seems weak but runs fine. Power steering, power brake and transmission work well. Windshield wipers are vacuum a little sluggish. Interior great with the exception of the carpet which is has a large hole on the drivers side.Dash OK, all gauges work correctly, clock non functional,chrome has slight pitting. All lights and indicators work as intended.Gas pedal missing, needs to be replaced.A few pieces of exterior trim were unfortunately attached using screws through the trim.The door pulls,Edsel logo on fenders and mirrors have pitting in the pot metal.Driver's window is cracked, easy to replace as it is flat glass, the rest of the glass is in good condition, quarter lights beginning to separate at edges.Windows roll up and down.Rear seat folds down correctly.The floor pans were shot and were replaced but not with the correct pans. See photosThe inside of the rocker panels are totally shot, need to be replaced, roof has some rust bubbles as does some of the doors, one has a 1 inch hole in the skin. See photosThe rear wells behind the wheels have areas that are rusted through. See photosTailgate opens and closes fine, slight bubbling in paint, small areas of the rear floor either side of the spare tire compartment are rusted through. New carpet in rear.Gas tank cannot be filled to maximum as there are pinholes by the sending unit.Tires 21/4 inch white walled Coker in OK condition, no spare.