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Category Archives: Jim Farrell

Ford’s Contribution to Chrysler’s Turbine Car

The Chrysler Turbine Car’s design was heavily influenced by ex-Ford designers.

January 6, 20235 CommentsAlex Tremulis, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The Lincoln XL-500 (Phantom)

Possibly the only show car that ever destroyed a restaurant.

December 29, 20224 CommentsFord Design, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

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.

December 16, 20224 CommentsFord Design, Jim Farrell, Joe OrosBy Gary Smith

The Ford Mexico

Alex Tremulis told Mr. Ford he needed a zero-lift car to fix the T-bird lift problem.

December 2, 20223 CommentsAlex Tremulis, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Alex Tremulis, Fortune Teller

The Story of Alex Tremulis and Ford’s Gyron.

November 18, 20225 CommentsAlex Tremulis, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The Blue Job—Buzz Grisinger’s Test

Designer Buzz Grisinger—From Atomic Bombs to Mercury Styling.

October 28, 20222 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Ford Unitron

Abandoned efforts: Ford’s 1961 Unitron RV/Mobile Office and Ford’s 5th Wheel, T-Bird-towed Trailer.

September 23, 20223 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Ford’s Mini Max Proposal

Fords Mini Van turned Chrysler.

September 16, 202210 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The 1958 Ford—An Indirect Casualty Of The Edsel

V=SxO once again proven to be true.

September 4, 202212 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Ford Designers Al Mueller and John Orfe

What would 1950s unrestrained creativity be without at least one reactor loader?

August 27, 20225 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Before The Mustang

Ford’s reaction to the success of the 1960 Corvair Monza.

July 10, 20228 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The Continental Mark IV—A Contest Of Wills

Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen versus Lee Iacocca

June 29, 202210 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Stylerama—Ford’s Answer to GM’s Motorama (Almost)

Perhaps it was a good thing that the program was cancelled.

June 17, 20227 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Lincolns That Never Were

The ebb and flow of Continental proposals that never saw production.

May 18, 20223 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Continental Mark II—End Game

Axe the Continental. Full steam on the Edsel.

May 6, 20223 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Henry Ford’s Plastic Car

Henry Ford’s soy bean, lightweight, $400 car. Concrete molds. Didn’t smell so good.

April 22, 20225 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

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.

April 6, 20225 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Women in the 1950 Mexican Road Race

We don’t need no stinkin’ seat belts.

March 25, 20223 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Design of the 1961 Thunderbird Sports Roadster and Italien

Just get the right guy to like it.

March 14, 20229 CommentsFord, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

1961 Thunderbird Design Development

Last minute all-nighter clay marathon. “Vertical stabilizers.”

March 1, 20228 CommentsFord, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Alex Tremulis: Elephant Ears, Theater Receipts, and Other Stories

Alex Tremulis—Antics at Ford

February 20, 20224 CommentsFord, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

D-523, The First “Cougar”

The D-523 Cougar—From Styling Study to show car to movie star.

February 15, 202210 CommentsFord, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The Continental Mark II Retractable Hardtop

The back story to the Continental Mark II retractable hardtop.

January 27, 20225 CommentsFord, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The Origins of Ford’s Retractable Hardtop

Gil Spear’s Retractable Hardtop Presentation and resulting Sytris 3/8-scale Model.

January 20, 202211 CommentsFord, Jim FarrellBy Gary Smith
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