The Lincoln XL-500 (Phantom)
Possibly the only show car that ever destroyed a restaurant.
Ford’s X-100 (aka Continental 195X)
The X-100 is easily Ford’s most important concept car—and it was distinctly a Ford product.
McNamara’s Interchangeability Study
McNamara had clay models created to test parts interchangeability between car models (like GM).
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.”
Lincoln in a Box
Some 900 new 1936 Lincoln-Zephyrs also went overseas—shipped in crates.
Ford Mustang Mach 2
The Ford Mach 2 and the short careers of Knudsen and Shinoda at Ford.
Ford Designer McKinley W. (Mac) Thompson, Jr.
Highlights of the career of Mac Thompson—Ford Designer from 1956–1985.
Ford Designer Gil Spear’s Idea Sketchbook
Fascinating images from Ford designer Gil Spear’s idea and innovation sketchbook.
Ford Studio Renderings
Anybody know George Theophelis, Barry, or Lampe, Ford Designers?
Mustang Concepts
Ideas, styling experiments, accessories, and blunders that never made it to market (and some that did!).
Camilo Pardo
Camilo Pardo and His Ford GT Go Full Circle.
Change by Design—Ford Designers
Ford Design in 1973 as they grapple with government mandated safety guidelines. Homer LaGassey is featured in two scenes
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.
Phillip Payne—Ford, AMC, Chrysler Designer
Nice rendering style.
Random images
All kinds of stuff.
George Barbaz
The Quicksilver became the radical, all-new 1960 full-size Ford, designed as a response to the really far-out 1959 Chevrolet.
Personal Luxury Cars of the 1970s, Part 2
Dick Nesbitt has a great style.
Personal Luxury Cars of the 1970s, Part 1
The personal-luxury category had it’s initial roots in this context based on Ford’s original Thunderbird from 1955.
An Interview with Bob Gurr—Making Dreams Come True
Making dreams come true.
Photos and Other Things of Interest
Lots of very interesting photos.
League of Retired Automotive Designers—Ferrari Design Exhibit
Recapturing the Magic—Visions of the Future American Automotive Design.
Larry Shinoda Interview Video
He had quite a career.
Hatching the 1955 Thunderbird
“I was lucky to get into car designing; I was at the right time and place.”
Bob Marcks, Designer at Studebaker, Ford, and Chrysler, Part 2
Looking back, I think what a great place to start an automotive career, and how sad to think of what FOMOCO was then, and what it is now.