Thanks to then Ford President Robert S. McNamara (who was very soon after picked by JFK to be secretary of defense during the onset of the Vietnam war) the design we know of today as the 4th generation Lincoln did not end up as a '61 Thunderbird. Fans of the T-Bird will note that later models sported 'suicide doors' as perhaps a tribute to this little known fact, but McNamara made sure this iconic Lincoln design would become the face of Fords flagship; effectively representing the physical personification of Americas high-water-mark within an era gone-by: A tribute to capitalism.
Are you sure it wasn't Elwood Engel that was responsible for this car seeing the light of day? McNamara all but set the Edsel brand up to fail, and he was into large "gas hogs", as detractors called em, about as much as AMC president George Romney was. McNamara's "proud achievement" was the Ford Falcon, a good car, but hardly exciting to car lovers.
Thanks to then Ford President Robert S. McNamara (who was very soon after picked by JFK to be secretary of defense during the onset of the Vietnam war) the design we know of today as the 4th generation Lincoln did not end up as a '61 Thunderbird. Fans of the T-Bird will note that later models sported 'suicide doors' as perhaps a tribute to this little known fact, but McNamara made sure this iconic Lincoln design would become the face of Fords flagship; effectively representing the physical personification of Americas high-water-mark within an era gone-by: A tribute to capitalism.
Robert McNamara, who sabotaged Edsel, wanted to drop Lincoln as well.
Are you sure it wasn't Elwood Engel that was responsible for this car seeing the light of day? McNamara all but set the Edsel brand up to fail, and he was into large "gas hogs", as detractors called em, about as much as AMC president George Romney was. McNamara's "proud achievement" was the Ford Falcon, a good car, but hardly exciting to car lovers.