STYLES OF THE BOHEMIAN 50’S

The fantastic thing about ESVAL Models is their wide range of classic American models that you usually only see in really old movies with actors like Humphrey Bogart and Elvis Presley. Cars that sported long fins and plenty of chrome, the size of small boats crisscrossing across America drinking petrol by the gallons. Under many layers of FORD, there was an attempt to introduce a 4th brand of car named after Edsel Ford. Unfortunately, EDSEL became an example of what car companies should not do and slowly faded away into the car history books.

While EDSEL built cars and was making somewhat sales the Corsair was known as EDSEL’s flagship car which boasted a V8 that could do a whopping 345Bhp without batting an eyelid. Sadly, it was attached to EDSEL’s disastrous automatic gearbox called the Teletouch Automatic which used buttons on the center of the steering wheel. All of these design flaws and poor marketing spelt the end of the EDSEL brand and its most famous trick the Corsair.

Memphian Coachbuilders from Memphis on the other hand were more successful than the Corsair brand building themselves a reputation for being really fine coach builders specifically concerning ambulances. They were able to refine some big cars into ambulances and the EDSEL Corsair was one of the cars used for their modifications. However, only two Corsair conversions were ever done.

This 1/43 scale version from Esval is a great tribute to that tiny piece of history in the world of car history and their attention to little details makes them a good brand to invest your money in. If you look close enough, you can see the oxygen tanks inside at the back. I love those big fenders with sharp fins and strangely designed rear lights or the front grille which would give the new BMW a run for its money. I especially like the Bohemian color scheme chosen I just hope the paramedics all wore blue suede shoes.