Lasse Løvseth's 1958 Edsel

A photo of Lasse's Edsel taken at Fosen in 1972. Photo courtesy of Manuel Normann, from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=604571056279180&set=o.141899109294038&type=3&theater.

Another photol taken at Fosen in 1972. Photo courtesy of Manuel Normann, from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=604571056279180&set=o.141899109294038&type=3&theater.

Lasse's Edsel at the 1974 Motormesseshow. This photo was published in Amcar No. 3 - 1979. Photo courtesy of Amcar Magazine. Click here to buy this magazine online from Amcar.no.

Another photo of Lasse's Edsel at the 1974 Motormesseshow. This photo was also published in Amcar No. 3 - 1979. Photo courtesy of Amcar Magazine. Click here to buy this magazine online from Amcar.no.

Lasse's Edsel at a Motorama show in Norway in the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Trond Bremseth, from Gamle Bil,Mc bilder fra Trondheim og Midt-Norge.

Lasse's Edsel at an indoor car show in Oslo in 1975. Photo courtesy of Ole Larsen, from Gamle Haldenbiler.

A rear end shot of Lasse's Edsel from the Motorama 75 indoor car show in Nidarøhallen in Trondheim, Norway. Photo by Bjug Solstad.

Photo courtesy of Trond Bremseth, from Gamle Bil,Mc bilder fra Trondheim og Midt-Norge.

Photo courtesy of Trond Bremseth, from Gamle Bil,Mc bilder fra Trondheim og Midt-Norge.

A photo of the Edsel taken around 1976. Photo courtesy of Sturla Klüver, from Gamle Bil,Mc bilder fra Trondheim og Midt-Norge.

Lasse's Edsel was featured on the cover of Amcar No. 1 - 1977.

Lasse's Edsel as it sat in Hommelvik in 2017. Photo courtesy of Inge Busch, from Gamle Bil og Mc bilder fra Midt-Norge.

Photo courtesy of Atle Jakobsen, from Gamle Bil og Mc bilder fra Midt-Norge.

Photo courtesy of Atle Jakobsen, from Gamle Bil og Mc bilder fra Midt-Norge.

Photo courtesy of Atle Jakobsen, from Gamle Bil og Mc bilder fra Midt-Norge.

Photo courtesy of Atle Jakobsen, from Gamle Bil og Mc bilder fra Midt-Norge.

Photo courtesy of Atle Jakobsen, from Gamle Bil og Mc bilder fra Midt-Norge.

1958 Edsel Pacer convertible owned and restyled by Lasse Løvseth of Norway. Lasse's mildly restyled Edsel featured a custom upholstery and a fadeaway paint job. In 1974 the car was shown at the Motormesseshow in Trondheim. Photos from the show was published in Amcar No. 3 - 1979, and according to the caption, Lasse's Edsel and Tore Madsen's 1956 Ford Thunderbird were by 1977 the two cars in Norway that had attened most US-car shows. When the magazine hit the stands, the car was awaiting a restoration back to original configuration.

Hommelvik

Lasse still owned the car in 2017. At the time it had been in storage for at least 30 years, and it was located in Hommelvik.

Magazine Features and Appearances

Amcar No. 1 - 1977
Amcar No. 3 - 1979