Joe Oros, Ford Designer
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. Larry Wood of Mattel sent me a treasure trove of slides from the late ’40s in an ancient brown metal box with a built-in slide viewer.
Before The Mustang
Ford’s reaction to the success of the 1960 Corvair Monza.
Stylerama—Ford’s Answer to GM’s Motorama (Almost)
Perhaps it was a good thing that the program was cancelled.
Design of the 1961 Thunderbird Sports Roadster and Italien
Just get the right guy to like it.
D-523, The First “Cougar”
The D-523 Cougar—From Styling Study to show car to movie star.
Who Designed the 1949 Ford?
The controversy over who designed the 1949 Ford.
George Walker and the 1964 Lincoln Continental Mark IX
Corporate politics and the aborted Mark IX.
The 1957 Ford Mystere Story
The mystery of the Mystere revealed.
The ‘59 Chevrolet and the Ford Quicksilver
“On seeing the ‘59 Chevrolet clay model, Ford designers soon convinced themselves that GM had somehow caught on to what Ford was doing and was purposely trying to mislead them.”
The Cellini of Chrome
The Story of George W. Walker review by Helen Hutchings
Mustang Concepts
Ideas, styling experiments, accessories, and blunders that never made it to market (and some that did!).
George Krispinsky—Ford, AMC, and Chrysler Designer
An interview with George Krispinsky.
Hatching the 1955 Thunderbird
“I was lucky to get into car designing; I was at the right time and place.”