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If you are reading this, you are probably a student who has been assigned to do a report based on the Billy Joel song, "We Didn't Start the Fire" and want to know what the line "Edsel is a no-go" means. Well, the Ford Motor Company introduced the 1958 model Edsel automobile on September 4, 1957 after much fanfare.
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www.edsel.net/billyjoel.html
www.edsel.net/billyjoel.html
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Find information about the Edsel, Ford's automotive failure of the fifties. ... Welcome to the web home of Smith Motor Company, your hometown Edsel dealer. No doubt you've been seeing all the excitement generated by the newest member of the Ford family of fine cars. Well, those of us at Smith Motor Company welcome you...
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www.edsel.net/
www.edsel.net/
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(Except for Citations and Corsairs built in Los Angeles, which have no scallop color listed in their color codes.) For convertibles, most Edsel color codes have a space in the middle position to indicate no paint.
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www.edsel.com/pages/edsel58.htm
www.edsel.com/pages/edsel58.htm
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Sure, the Tucker got some publicity a while back, but it's no match for the following list of hits that the Edsel played a role in.. ... "No drug company wants an Edsel." (Jack Klugman, Quincy) ... Billy Joel's 1989 chronologic hit We Didn't Start the Fire includes the line "Edsel is a no-go".
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www.edsel.com/pages/edslfilm.htm
www.edsel.com/pages/edslfilm.htm
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On the 50th anniversary of the Ford Edsel, TIME and Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive critic and syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, look at the greatest lemons of the automotive industry ... Interestingly, it was Ford President Robert McNamara who convinced the board to bail out of the Edsel project;
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www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545...
www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657867_1657781,00.html
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Ford Motor Company came out with a new car, the Edsel--named after Edsel Ford. The car was to fit in between the Ford and Mercury, but it was the wrong car at the wrong time and lasted only a few years until it was discontinued.
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geography2007.blogspot.com/2007/05/edsel-is-no-go-1959....
geography2007.blogspot.com/2007/05/edsel-is-no-go-1959.html
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The Ford Edsel? Edsel is a no-go? What is an Edsel? Edsel is a no-go 1959? How old is edsel dope? ABouts ford's son edsel? Why did the ford edsel fail? Who is the ford edsel named after? How many kids did Edsel ford have?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_ford_Edsel_fail_in_the_marke...
wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_ford_Edsel_fail_in_the_market
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No Beatles’ collection is complete without 1, their #1 hits. This album is a must for the new Beatles fan or the die-hard Beatle Click here to order. Or discover how The Beatles truly are a rare exception. ... There are no unread comments...
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Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur ; Space Monkey, Mafia ; Hula Hoops, Castro ; Edsel is a no-go ... It was the first film to win eleven Oscars - it lost only in the Screenplay category. Contrary to the commonly-believed urban belief, no stuntman lost his life in the filming of the famous chariot scene. It is far more ... Edsel is a No-go...
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