Design of the 1961 Lincoln, Part 1
Lincoln came very close to being cancelled.
Design of the 1963 “Full-Sized” Ford
”For the man who wants everything—The ’63-1/2 Super Torque Ford Sports Hardtop.“
Part II: Design of the Ford Falcon
It was quickly obvious that McNamara was the smartest guy in the room.
Part I: Predecessors to the Ford Falcon
The Ford Falcon was preceded by 30-years of attempts to develop a car smaller than what Ford was already producing.
Ford’s Levacar Mach 1
Ford’s answer to Michigan’s potholes.
Lincoln Sentinal
The Sentinel was savaged by the American automotive press, but the Europeans loved it; its design received multiple awards.
Ford’s First Automatic Transmission
What could possibly go wrong?
Ford’s Contribution to Chrysler’s Turbine Car
The Chrysler Turbine Car’s design was heavily influenced by ex-Ford designers.
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.
The Ford Mexico
Alex Tremulis told Mr. Ford he needed a zero-lift car to fix the T-bird lift problem.
Alex Tremulis, Fortune Teller
The Story of Alex Tremulis and Ford’s Gyron.
The Blue Job—Buzz Grisinger’s Test
Designer Buzz Grisinger—From Atomic Bombs to Mercury Styling.
Ford Unitron
Abandoned efforts: Ford’s 1961 Unitron RV/Mobile Office and Ford’s 5th Wheel, T-Bird-towed Trailer.
Ford’s Mini Max Proposal
Fords Mini Van turned Chrysler.
The 1958 Ford—An Indirect Casualty Of The Edsel
V=SxO once again proven to be true.
Ford Designers Al Mueller and John Orfe
What would 1950s unrestrained creativity be without at least one reactor loader?
Before The Mustang
Ford’s reaction to the success of the 1960 Corvair Monza.
The Continental Mark IV—A Contest Of Wills
Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen versus Lee Iacocca
Stylerama—Ford’s Answer to GM’s Motorama (Almost)
Perhaps it was a good thing that the program was cancelled.
Lincolns That Never Were
The ebb and flow of Continental proposals that never saw production.
Continental Mark II—End Game
Axe the Continental. Full steam on the Edsel.
Henry Ford’s Plastic Car
Henry Ford’s soy bean, lightweight, $400 car. Concrete molds. Didn’t smell so good.
A Tale of Two Mercurys—Turnpike Cruiser and the XM-800
That these cars represented an opposite design philosophy from Harley Earl’s show cars from the same era would be an understatement.