George Walker, the flamboyant styling chief at the Ford Motor Company, called the 1959 Ford the best design of his tenure there. That’s worth a closer look. Continue reading
George Walker’s Personal Favorite: The 1959 Ford
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You Don’t Have to Look Twice to Tell it’s a ’55 Mercury!
With a Lincoln-inspired styling theme and a broad product line, Mercury enjoyed its best year to date in 1955, selling nearly 330,000 cars. Continue reading
Recipe for Success: The Lincoln Continental Mark V
When the folks at Ford found a winning formula with the ’72-76 Continental Mark IV, they weren’t about to mess with it for the ’77 Mark V. Continue reading
Ford’s Unconventional 1931-32 Convertible Sedans
There are a number of unusual things about Ford’s 1931-32 Convertible Sedans, starting with the fact that Ford didn’t design them. Continue reading
The Ford Story for 1961
With an ever-expanding model line, Ford produced more than 1.3 million cars in 1961 on three distinctively different platforms. Continue reading
More of Everything You Want: the 1948 Mercury
The Mercury brand at Ford Motor Company coasted into 1948 with a product that was virtually identical to the previous year, but change was soon coming. Continue reading
Transformation: The 1966 Ford Fairlane
With completely new styling for 1966 the Fairlane was a Ford transformed—now it was a genuine contender in the intermediate class. Continue reading