Any crossword puzzler knows there’s a five-letter word for a Ford that flopped: Edsel.

Edsel's second most expensive model, the Corsair was marginally pricier than Mercury's mid-range automobile, the Montclair.

Dave Kirkel, 75, of Cary, Ill., a retired plastics-company owner who now owns a model-car store, on his Edsels, as told to A.J. Baime I like oddball cars, what some people call orphan cars. These are ...