Comments on: Fords of the Fifties, by Mike Parris

By: Twig Gravely

Twig Gravely — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:09:58 +0000

And 73 of 80, that is not Stu anybody. Its Donald Frey, designer of the Mustang.

By: Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:16:48 +0000

Interesting pix here…. Correct me if I’m wrong but in pic #50, which shows the Lincoln or Continental X-100 show car…. Isn’t that Edelgard Bordinat modeling in front of the car??? I have seen her modeling in other Ford still shots. I think it was Carl Cameron or Dick Avery or Jack Telnack that told me that Gene spotted Edelgard in the lower ranks of the company, in the secretarial pool, and was quite smitten with her and moved her up the ranks quickly until she became Mrs Gene Bordinat. Does anyone know if she is still alive today???

thanks

Scott Anderson
Grosse Ile, Mich.

By: Bob Marcks

Bob Marcks — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:52:56 +0000

Al Ornes mentions Stu Frey as a Ford engineer.I remember him as a liaison engineer in the design office. As you can imagine, there were ongoing discussions about what could and couldn’t be done, and why and why not.

He took his fair share of ribbing but it was always good natured. We all liked him.

By: Steve Tremulis

Steve Tremulis — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:40:29 +0000

I must have missed it the first time around, but the photo of George Walker holding a styling rendering must have been inside the studio of Alex Tremulis. The upper left is Tremulis' "Lady in Red", a TG180-powered jet drawn in 1943! The one next to it is his concept for a streamlined dual jet engine, like the B-52. The three cars on the wall directly behind Walker also appear to be unnamed Tremulis illustrations. I'm fairly certain that the bottom of the three was used in a full-scale drawing mock-up with styling students, a rendering similar to the Mystere. But I can't make out the name on the rendering in Walker's hand. It doesn't appear to be Tremulis'. The "Lady in Red" The Jet Engine The "Lady in Red" also appears on the styling studio wall while Tremulis was at Tucker. Two 1949 photos of him are attached. One of Tremulis and Jim Gaylord, designer of the 1955 Gaylord Gladiator, and one of the Tremulis renderings on the Tucker styling studio wall: Offutt-Tremulis Tremulis Tucker Studio

By: Mike Parris

Mike Parris — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:01:45 +0000

Yes, that is Don Frey with Iacocca. I dug the photo out of the Ford Archives in the basement of World Headquarters.

By: al ornes

al ornes — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:28:13 +0000

Great pictures, thanks. Just for information. It is Don Frey in the picture with Lee Iacocca. Stewart was his brother and also worked at Ford in engineering.