Art of the Classic Car

grille is flanked by two round headlights. This lower portion of the
car recedes like a wedge from the very front of the car back to
the rear wheels; this taper keeps the bluff front and horizontal hood
from looking too blocky. Cut-down openings aside the passenger
compartment add a racy element and further break up the car’s
flat sides. A low-profile split windshield just in front of the cockpit
gives a sporting driver the barest protection from the wind.
Edsel died in 1943, and the Speedster disappeared a few times
over the ensuing decades. It resurfaced in 1999 and eventually made
its way back to the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Michigan, which
is now operated as a historic site. Ford House had the car restored
to its 1940 configuration.