THE NEXT TEN EDSEL PHOTOS are from Hugh Lesley's collection of 172 cars in Lemon Grove: Forest Of Edsels, near Oxford, Pennsylvania---Photographed in 1993. In May 2006, Lemon Grove was reported closed, the property sold, and the cars removed. The following photos are just a snap-shot from a closed page in auto history.

Edsel has the dubious distinction of being autodoms biggest blunder. The car was born in 1958 to compete with the midsize GM and Chrysler cars but never captured the wallets of the car buying public. There were several reasons, not the least of which, was customers turning to smaller cars because of a turn-down in the economy. Edsel survived for only three years (1958-1960). It became famous for its "Horse Collar" grill (some called it "Toilet grill").

Edsel was named for Henry Ford's only son. The company spent between $250-$350 million on its production, producing only 110,847 copies.