Design of the 1961 Thunderbird Sports Roadster and Italien
Just get the right guy to like it.
1961 Thunderbird Design Development
Last minute all-nighter clay marathon. “Vertical stabilizers.”
Alex Tremulis: Elephant Ears, Theater Receipts, and Other Stories
Alex Tremulis—Antics at Ford
D-523, The First “Cougar”
The D-523 Cougar—From Styling Study to show car to movie star.
The Continental Mark II Retractable Hardtop
The back story to the Continental Mark II retractable hardtop.
The Origins of Ford’s Retractable Hardtop
Gil Spear’s Retractable Hardtop Presentation and resulting Sytris 3/8-scale Model.
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 Lincoln Futura/Batmobile, Part 3: Interview with George Barris
George Barris answers questions about the acquisition and development of the Batmobile in a 1995 interview.
The Lincoln Futura, Part 2: The Batmobile
The story of how Futura, the belle of the ball, turns into Creuella, the Batmobile.
The Lincoln Futura, Part 1
Inspired by a Bahama’s fishing trip with Bill Mitchell. Bill Schmidt came back with an idea for the Futura; Mitchell with an idea that lead to the XP-755.
Ford Rouge Plant ’60s
A Film Noir tour through Ford’s Rouge Plant in the early 1960s. Unbelievable.