Retrieving an Edsel Starliner???

In this episode, we venture to the capital city of California to retrieve our rarest car to date. A 1960 Edsel Ranger 2dr hardtop! 1 of 295 made! Barn Find! BONUS FEATURE: We stopped in to see John at Big M Automotive in Willams, CA on the way down! Treasure trove of 50's and 60's Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, and Edsel parts!

[@jeffbryan2591]

What a gem 😎

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!!!!

[@FullSizeFord]

Thanks for watching!

[@jimtomassetti8928]

New here.... Love the old car's. Great vidio Thank You!

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you for watching! More to come!

[@1977jed]

I saw that car listed online...What a great find and COLOR! Its ironic....I met John over here in Ohio to pick up parts he hauled in for me.... Good luck with it!

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you!

[@andygreen685]

Watchin ya from New Zealand. Beautiful country ya have. Hope you can keep it safe. Cheers Patriot.

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you!

[@peterselten500]

Great tour so many cool cars we didnt get here an i wish i could buy thanks alot . Cheers mate🇦🇺

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you for watching!

[@lasalleman6792]

Pretty good find. Looks pretty straight and is all there. Make a great restoration.

[@FullSizeFord]

@@lasalleman6792 agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@joebarber4030]

Enjoyed the video, love those fords, Dad was born and raised in Dunsmuir and I was born in McCloud Calif. So enjoyed the road trip Have fond memories of our families 58 Edsel Ranger 2 door Hardtop in the early sixties.

[@FullSizeFord]

@@joebarber4030 very cool! Thanks for watching!

[@OlysGarage]

Man you throw down the miles on your hunts! That yard you stopped at in CA, Big M auto wreckers, was pretty awesome. A LOT of those cars could live again, but it means getting them out of there and on the road! Above that, the parts he's holding are certainly HARD to come by. Got a winch now! NICE. Only way to go... Cool history about the Shasta Dam and area. It's like getting an education along with a rescue! I do like the quiet sleepy smaller towns too. I had to to look it up! The 26 room Juniper Lodge Motel built in the mid-70s, sold was abandoned sometime in the mid-late 80s but ended up caught in the Tenant wildfire in June 2021. Great video and great find. Certainly a RARE car.

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you!

[@FullSizeFord]

Thanks for the info on the Juniper Lodge! We moved to Klamath Falls in 1981 and I remember it still being in operation for the first few years as we would travel back to SoCal a fair amount to see family.

[@charlesharnois3684]

That Car Should Be Saved, I'm One Of The People Who likes Edsels! A Nice Car Thanks For Your Posting!

[@FullSizeFord]

Thank you for watching!

[@TelegraphRoadWhittier]

Especially since supposedly only about 60 were made with the skyliner style roof!!!

[@FullSizeFord]

@@TelegraphRoadWhittier 295 of this body style built.

[@red_fox_flareside]

Man… Thank you so much for some history on the Shasta dam. Makes me miss the west coast. Drove through there many times. My wife and I are from Calaveras county which isn’t far from Sacramento. In-laws in southern Oregon. Great Edsel. Super sweet ride!

[@FullSizeFord]

We thoroughly enjoyed doing it! Thank you!

[@michelgouverneur885]

the merc turnpike cruiser to save !!

[@FullSizeFord]

The Merc was slated to be shipped to Australia, we wanted that car bad!

[@robertquartier9379]

Dude you where like a mile and a half from my house in Sacto....what a beauty, and yet so much different than a Ford of the same year.

[@FullSizeFord]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-iy7yb1sh8g]

Sacramento? I live over in Angels Camp. I'm an hour's drive South East, from there. That's funny you mentioned a '64 Fairlane post out of San Jose. I used to own a '64 Sports Coupe that was built at the Martinez plant. I'm rebuilding a '64.5 Mustang, right now. It was built in San Jose. Rex.......Hutchensen? Thank you for the tour at Big M. I've driven past it thousands of times but, never stopped. Very nice Edsel! That '60 Ford will be very cool, too.

[@big2868]

Greetings from Glenn in Cleveland! I saw a segment last year here on KZbin called "The Amazing Story of the1960 Edsel" Andrea Enthal and her 400,000mi. 1 owner car. When I saw your thumbnail, I thought this was the same car. These cars were awesome!

[@FullSizeFord]

I’ve seen her video, hers is a two door sedan. Awesome car. Thanks for watching!

[@chucks6879]

In the Navy in Bremerton Washington 1961 was a black one, lowered in the front with chrome reverse wheels, wide whites had a 352 360 hp from a 60 Ford. It was deadly

[@FullSizeFord]

@@chucks6879 sounds awesome!

[@FullSizeFord]

@@chucks6879 we need that drivetrain for our ‘60 Starliner! lol.

[@paulhuet6792]

Nice job Scot talented man from paul Jersey c.i 👌

[@FullSizeFord]

Much appreciated! Thanks for watching.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

Used to love 97. A lot of times trucking up five would be a mess. Either coming or going get off at weed take 97 either straight up to Biggs junction or cut a crossover in the Eugene via the Willamette pass. Most of the time when people were sitting down there on five chaining or parked and going nowhere over the siskiyous it wouldn't be as bad. Towards the end of your junkyard visit that Ventura was really nice you don't see too many of those in the early sixties. Usually it's either a tempest or a Le mans

[@FullSizeFord]

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist Been over the Willamette Pass many times. We picked up a ‘62 Galaxie in Salem earlier this year that had sat in Oakridge for years.

[@jerrytraub8074]

This is particularly interesting to me as I was following this Edsel when it first hit Marketplace. I was very tempted as it was only 55 miles from me, but just could not pull the trigger. Decided I just am no longer passionate enough to take on an extensive project. Congratulations! A very rare car at a good price!

[@FullSizeFord]

Thanks for watching! You’ll see more on this car for sure.

[@ronaldolweiler7745]

Being from Pennsylvania, California looks like a hot flat almost desert . Doesn't look like a place I'd wanna be.

[@FullSizeFord]

California is basically a big desert but the irrigation projects there including Shasta Dam have turned it in to an agricultural powerhouse. Thanks for watching!

[@lsq68seb48]

I’m a first time viewer from Texas, very interesting, enjoyed it. Mercury Turnpike Cruisers intrigue me, hope u can find one to add to ur collection. If I come across one I’ll inform u, but I’ve been told they’re tougher to find than hen’s teeth. Too bad the one in the salvage yard is going to Australia, it should stay in US where we drive on the right side of the road & appreciate big gas guzzlers. If the Aussie reneges on the deal I hope u can get it. Best, Stephen

[@FullSizeFord]

@@lsq68seb48 Welcome!

[@tompastian3447]

Please keep us posted on your progress with this car. Great find, and really love to see great cars like this rescued and restored. The 60 Edsel is a good looking car. There's a white one I see in Miami every so often, which has dual factory rear radio antennas, one on each rear fender These slant towards the rear of the car, and really are a beautiful option. You might consider installing that option on your Edsel. The way Biden plans to screw up the entire auto industry in 2026, your Edsel could be valuable and reliable transportation. CA is going to be a problem state for cars when all the new Biden / Newsom mandates kick in.

[@TelegraphRoadWhittier]

There's 2 brothers in Connecticut that have a white 60 edsel coupe like this, good shape too. I had pix of it and my uncles 53 Studebaker, but a guy from one of the car clubs never returned them to me...

[@macho4x4warlock98]

Too bad the passenger side belt molding is missing. That's going to be a hard one to find.

[@FullSizeFord]

Luckily, it’s in the car.

[@devonbond3093]

Abner Weed was namesake of Weed Ca. internet is your friend.

[@FullSizeFord]

Thanks for sharing that!

[@stevedippert5337]

Central California is further south.

[@rogertarbox8543]

I saw way better looking Edsels back at that junk yard. Better body styles too.