1958 #Edsel#Corsair 2-Dr HT; 410 cid, 4 bbl, 345 hp; Gross Torque is 475 ft lb and provides the engine's name "E475". Intended to ease the transition price from #Ford to #Mercury for #FoMoCo loyalists, it found itself in direct competition with #Mercury#TurnpikeCruiser
47 years ago tonight the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a 729-foot #GreatLakes bulk carrier, went down in a horrendous gale on #LakeSuperior with the loss of all 29 of her crew. We honor their memory to this day. #OnThisDay