Obscure Automotive Trivia: The 1949 Ford Took Its Design from A Tractor

[@loveisall5520]

That 1949 Ford was so very important for the company. It was the first new car introduced since Henry Ford the second took over from the old man. It was the first new car since the war. The new Chevrolet looked pretty modern, but compare this design to the Plymouth that was new for 1949. This looks years more modern. There were teething problems with this car, particularly body, integrity and leakage, etc., but it was so beautiful and sleek compared to the 1948. Thank you for the information about George Walker. I only know him from Ford, and did not know that he was running his own outside firm before that. Again, you are doing us such a great service by highlighting these mostly forgotten car designers who were so important to what we love.

[@jeffaulik3980]

FoMoCo was pretty dysfunctional with the decline of Henry and illness and early death of Edsel-- it's amazing to me they could contribute so much to the war effort then bring out the new F100 trucks for 1948 plus an all new Lincoln, Mercury and Ford in 1949. I think the full size Lincoln was a bomb; handing the luxury car market to Cadillac along with Packard's 1948 stinker, but the Ford and Mercury were quite successful.

[@buzzwaldron6195]

@@jeffaulik3980 - Yeah, Henry Ford didn't want to fight against his buddy Hitler and even sold him trucks up to 4 months before Hitler's (supposed?) death...

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Chevy totally outdated all earlier cars with the one seen at 34:10 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIjHd2aClNaris0

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi3857]

Dad bought a '53 Ford Golden Jubilee back in 1979. It was in perfect condition with low hours and a dozen attachments and implements including a snow plow. I spent many an afternoon in Lake Orion in the field on it. Absolutely wonderful Tractor.

[@timothykeith1367]

The '53 Jubilee live pto and OHV "Red Tiger" motor is much better than the N Series. The 4 cylinder motor is related to the 215/223 "Mileage Maker" inline six Ford used in passenger cars

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi3857]

@timothykeith1367 we were previously using a 1948 John Deere. The Ford was safer and easier to operate. Although it was fun doing wheelies on the John Deere. ;-)

[@oldsguy354]

​@@timothykeith1367I can verify your statement that the Jubilee engine was much better than the 8N flat head. Not that I have ever worked on a Jubilee and I don't know much of anything about them, but I promise you, there is no chance that it isn't a vast improvement because the 8N's very low compression ratio of 6:1 and its tendencies to find the weak points of each head gasket you install combine to make the machine dramatically underpowered. I'll admit that I'm impressed the 49 8N out back still runs, but I've seen plenty of rider lawn mowers that have more power. Lol

[@michaelsullivan2361]

Love that era of industrial design! Interesting how, even things like steam locomotives were getting styling/design treatment. This pushed over to the up and coming diesels, creating the most beautiful locomotives in history. Merry Christmas, Adam!

[@Diogenes1360]

Both the Tractor & Car are beautiful.

[@alanblanes2876]

Quite so...

[@dmandman9]

My father had a couple of these tractors. It has more style than the next generation. The next generation was just square. But this tractor looks like someone actually too time to design it.

[@madmike2624]

Just have to love the shoebox!!~ The designs that came from that car are endless. As plain jane as it was, it was also desirable!!~

[@HAL-dm1eh]

And the doors shut with a solid thrump. No 70s GM door rattling there.

[@josephpiskac2781]

Thank you, Adam. I spent much time in my dad's 49 Ford as a child. I have mentioned this really an enjoyable Christmas present to see these beautiful photographs and have this history. I hope your Christmas is a joyous one.

[@kennethbode2017]

my Uncle had a 49 Ford.It was a daily driver for 30 years and several reman engines

[@smartysmarty1714]

Those tractors were stellar. A friend of mine bought a rural house and it came with one! I had never driven such a beast, but I used it to drill about 50 post holes for a wrap around and layered deck on the house, still the largest deck to date that I have built. And I've built hundreds of them. The quality of this tractor was impressive. I believe these are machines that will last forever with minimal routine repair, if they keep making parts for them.

[@patricklucado8101]

Adam - the NAA came out in 1952 and had a chrome front emblem. The 1953 had a gold emblem and thus the 50th anniversary “Golden Jubilee” nomenclature. The 1954 NAA’s had the chrome/red emblems like the tractors you showed. They are all NAA’s , but only 1953’s are “Jubilees”. Great vid.

[@radggs6961]

Marvelous bit of tidbits. Nothing like a documentary I saw, which was more for entertainment than truth.👍🏾🇺🇸

[@ricksand6477]

I've read that Richard (Dick) Caleel, who was working for Raymond Lowey & Associates doing the design work for Studebaker automobiles out of South Bend, IN did the initial design proposal for the 1949 Ford in his off hours on a free-lance basis for George Walker, who was having difficulty coming up with a fresh design proposal by the deadline imposed by Ford. In fact, Caleel created a plaster scale model of the car and ruined his wife's oven baking the model before applying paint to it for presentation. Walker's guys Oros and Engle also worked with him and refined some of the details. Of course, it was presented to Ford as a George Walker design, which eventually led to Walker becoming the head of Ford design later in the 1950's. As always, a successful car like the 1949 Ford has a thousand fathers - but no-one can seem to remember who designed a bomb like the original Edsel. Ha! Great stories, Adam!

[@RareClassicCars]

Dick Caleel was definitely one major contributor to the design.

[@alanblanes2876]

What an excellent episode, Adam.

[@josephquillian2866]

Back in 2015, I owned a 1950 Ford Custom DeLuxe that I bought in Portland, Oregon. It had been manufactured in Canada. I was living in Dallas, Texas, my hometown, at the time. That Ford was two-tone ... if I remember correctly, the colors were called Hawaiian Bronze and Sunland Beige ... such poetic names. That car drove smoothly and was "whisper quiet". I am now living in Querétaro, México -- going on three years. That '50 Ford would turn heads here in Querétaro had I brought it down with me. 🙂

[@johnlandacre767]

Merry Christmas, Adam and family. I thank you for the many dozens of videos you’ve done since your very first in summer, 2? Or 3 years ago, I think. The 67 Pontiac and 69 Lincoln were the first two I remember. I rarely miss any of your videos.

[@JeffW77]

That rejected Bob Gregory design somehow reminds me of the 1950 Plymouth. General shape, doors, hood ornament, etc. Another fine video--thanks.

[@Paul1958R]

I have always loved the design/styling of the 49 Ford and Meteor. Simple beauty!

[@davidfischer5945]

My friend has a 1950 Ford 4-Door sedan with a flathead V8 and 3-speed. It’s in such nice shape that restoration couldn’t do much to improve it. He bought and installed a modern double-reservoir brake master cylinder for safety reasons and doesn’t care if it’s not authentic. When I was in my college years in the early 1970s, I worked for a local cemetery having three older Ford tractors, a 1954 Jubilee and two 1958 Workmasters. The Jubilee was often used with a Woods mower powered by its PTO. Great machines that ran years and years with reasonable care.

[@PhilRounds]

I owned one of these. It was the "Two door Deluxe" model with a flathead 6 cyl. It was 20 years old when i got it and it still ran great!

[@michaelmullard4292]

Adam: I love these deep dives into automotive design history. It’s important to tell these stories and not let them fade into history. They are an important part of our history! Best wishes for a great Christmas.

[@Sourpusscandy]

I’m so thrilled you did a story on George Walker. He really was up there as far as designs. Do one on the t bird

[@Colorado_Native]

Yes. Do one on the Thunderbirds. I own a 1955 that was built on Feb. 14, 1955. They are beautiful cars.

[@MarinCipollina]

The 1958 and 1959 Thunderbirds look completely different from the 1957 Thunderbird.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

I'd also like a Thunderbird video, but on the 66 Thunderbird like that which was used in Thelma and Louise.

[@Colorado_Native]

@MarinCipollina Ford had the idea back then that people traded their cars every three years. So the 55/56/57 were very much the same, then the Squarebirds of 58/59/60, then the 61/62/63, 64/65/66, then Ford took a vacation, 72-76, 77-79, 80-82, 83-88, 89-97, another break and then the 2001-2005.

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

I'm a Ford man (as the channel owner is fully aware) and the 49er is a love / hate for me. I guess I could only like it as a convertible as it doesn't have that roof. They made them here in Australia too apparently, and had a "ute" (utility, car-truck) version too. As was done with the Falcon that came across the Pacific later. Even with the 1949, Ford Australia produced a car that was 80% Australian made!

[@rightlanehog3151]

Adam, I hope you are paying yourself double time for working on Christmas. 😅

[@davidkastin4240]

My wife volunteered to work today and getting DBL time and a half $ Ka Ching! 😎

[@thegoldendog7991]

He’ll buy himself two classics for Christmas haha.

[@dragon81heart]

My dads first car was a ‘49 Ford! He had a six in his and his brother had one with the Flathead V8 (not sure if it was a ‘49 as well but was close to the same year) Dads had a lower rear end so his 6 would always get Bobs V8 off the line which apparently would always annoy my uncle to no end lol Rip Dad Miss you bud ❤

[@3beltwesty]

0:53 George Walker lived 5 houses away from my Folks House. His house was on Wing Lake Rd in Birmingham Michigan.. The Walker's Saint Bernard Puppy use to mob us kids to try to steal our grade school lunches in paper bags.. lol.. That giant puppy was named Blob and was the same weigh as us small kids so protecting ones school lunch was interesting Mr Walker retired from Ford in the early 1960s Mr Walker designed all sorts of cool consumer items.. Every year he gave my older brothers a big tip for their newspaper route.

[@bdpopeye]

The 1949 "Shoebox" Ford is iconic. Thanks for posting Adam! And Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

[@61rampy65]

Very interesting story about the styling. For whatever it's worth, I came home from the hospital (when I was born) in a 49 Ford Convert, just like the one at the end of the video. That was a shade over 71 years ago! Merry Christmas, everyone!

[@josephgaviota]

Glad you made it home safely, and we get to hear that story all these years later !! 👏🙏

[@61rampy65]

@@josephgaviota I don't remember much about that trip, unfortunately.

[@FordMaverickFanatic]

I just picked up Henry L Dominguez's "The Cellini of Chrome", a biography about George W. Walker and Ford design through the 50's. Very very good read!

[@josephgaviota]

Sounds interesting !

[@gregdelagrange8573]

The 49 Ford was the first completely new car less the engine since the model T. Gone were the buggy spring suspension and the torque tube and banjo rear axle. They practically had to wait till old Henry passed away to finally get a modern car.

[@clayton6524]

Merry Christmas, Adam! Thank you again for taking the time this Christmas day to provide us with another awesome video. They are very informative and amazing! Thank you, Adam!

[@Primus54]

Merry Christmas, Adam! 🎄🎁

[@josephgaviota]

Here Here !

[@jetsons101]

Love old tractors........ More tractor videos "Please"

[@OLDS98]

Thank you Adam.

[@marcomoreno8188]

Adam and subscribers Merry Xmas to you all mamynmore many more. Im from the South side of Chicago. 🎄

[@jetsons101]

It seems the 49 Ford was the first New Modern car design after WWII. How about a vid on the history of the Belt Line Dip as on a 55, 56 and 57 Chevy. Who came up with it first? Also, what was the last regular production car to be offered with a vinyl top? Again, great watch......

[@jeffaulik3980]

I would say the Kaiser and Frazer plus the '47 Studebaker were the first post war new car designs.

[@dylansan]

While the 49 Ford was the first postwar modern car from the Big Three, beating Chevy and Plymouth by a few months, the first true modern American postwar cars were produced by smaller manufacturers as early as 1946. Specifically, Kaiser-Frazer unveiled their prototype in January 1946, followed by Crosley and Studebaker. Studebaker beat the others to market, however, selling its '47 models as early as May 1st 1946, and the first Crosley CCs rolled off the line on May 9th. Kaiser didn't begin production until June of '46.

[@jetsons101]

@@dylansan Boy, learn something new every day.....

[@jetsons101]

@@jeffaulik3980 Boy, learn something new every day.....

[@sageskeleton1400]

"First by far with a postwar car" Studebaker advertising in 1946.

[@sageskeleton1400]

Discovered another design legend who would make a great video subject, Alex Tremulis. Mr. Tremulis had a hand in so many autos from Duesenberg to Subaru BRAT!

[@chriscadman6379]

Dad had a 50, He loved it, Put in an overdrive and would take it on the 402 highway and turn heads with its speed.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

This is my first time seeing that tractor and it's probably the most beautiful tractor I've ever seen.

[@johnz8210]

I have a friend with a Ford 871 diesel tractor - it's a beast. It's also amazingly fuel efficient.

[@damianbowyer2018]

Just amazing info there, Adam.. Don't think anyone would have guessed that the '49 Ford was heavily influenced by a Tractor Design proposed by Ford in the mid-40's. Cheers fm Damo.

[@fomfom9779]

11:33 Some aspects of that vehicle remind me of the '49 Mercs and Lincolns.

[@antikythera42]

49 Ford's are one of my fave car designs of all time

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

My brother had a 53 golden jubilee tractor, that my uncle had, and my uncle had it painted like a ford 4000.. it was a damn good tractor. 49-50 ford/mercs we’re iconic lead sleds

[@KnucklesMustache]

Interesting but I wish you had explained what specifically you find similar between the tractor and the car. Because nothing jumps out at me as obviously similar other than the existence of a round bit vaguely near the middle.

[@RareClassicCars]

That round area was originally a propellor for the tractor but it became an emblem instead.

[@keithstudly6071]

I was always told the Ford tractor was redesigned with a higher, arched hood to make room for the new overhead valve engine that replaced the flathead design on the 8N predecessor. I think you went too far to claim the 1953 tractor influenced the 1949 car.

[@62Madison]

The Golden Jubilee Tractor reminded me of the German Ford Taunus P1 from 1952-58. I always thought the ‘49 Ford & ‘49 Lincoln Cosmopolitan looked futuristic next their competition from GM & Chrysler.

[@jefffixesit60]

Thanks Adam, another excellent video filling the voids of our automotive knowledge. Learning the “behind the scenes” stories of the people who designed the cars I grew up with is extremely satisfying. Thanks again, and enjoy the holidays: you’ve made mine even better with another great automotive insight!😎❤️

[@seebs3046]

Fascinating story, Adam, if convoluted, as you noted. Btw, my Dad’s second car (aged 23) was a maroon ‘49 Ford ragtop. Thanks so much for sharing, and Merry Christmas!

[@daveridgeway2639]

High Adam, good video! You told me quite a bit that I did not know. Dave...

[@cdjhyoung]

My mother bought a 49 Ford as her first new car. We also had one in the 1960's that my dad treated as his pick up truck. It amazes me that Ford would go to an outside design firm for either the 8N replacement tractor or to design their first new post war car. I'll bet the head of the design department at Ford wasn't the only person to leave, by their choice or Ford management's.

[@robertobrien9706]

Great video. According to Alfred P. Sloan's "My Years With General Motors," Ernie Breech was hired away from GM by Bendix, and subsequently hired from Bendix by Ford. Breech was a finance guy, and introduced GM's financial methods to Ford. When I worked at Chrysler (briefly in 1977-78), I learned that a large number of Ford finance guys moved to Chrysler in the early 1950s, bringing the GM/Ford financial practices to Chrysler.

[@sageskeleton1400]

A must see is the Keystone Tractor/Car & Truck Museum just off I-95 in Petersburg, Virginia.

[@claztube]

Convaluted indeed! I couldn't keep up and was desperate for some kind of graphic to ease my losing the story line. I'll just take your word(s) for it. I enjoy your dives into the design industry of the past in automobiles of my era., but this one left me scratching my head.

[@loumontcalm3500]

Engel & Bob Bourke did prelims for the '49 Ford outside the studio, at Bourke's home, I was told.

[@FordMaverickFanatic]

Engel had the idea to make the taillights horizontal!

[@Burninhellscrootoob]

Yes, i heard from several sources bob bourque saw the clays of the bulletnose Studebaker and pretty much borrowed it for ford..... To put it politely

[@loumontcalm3500]

He was designing for Stude under Loewy at the time... the Ford job was moonlighting iirc

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

My brother also had a 50 Ferguson. I wish I had that tractor now

[@shedman7323]

Buon Natale, Adam! Nice episode.

[@ericcriteser4001]

A '50 was almost my first car. Green with plaid interior for $1,000. By the time I got back to the dealer with my dad, the car was sold. Everything happens for a reason, but I still think it would have made a great first car. Ended up with an MGB. Lol😂 Also, quite a fine first ride. Thanks for sharing.

[@charlesbland1073]

Great content!

[@glennso47]

Note that the emblem on the front of the tractor is not the blue oval but rather a shield that has a gear in the middle. I think some of the mid 50s Ford cars had a similar design emblem except it didn’t have the gear in the middle.

[@stanleybest8833]

The 49 Ford was a sharply inviting design, that was nicer than most 50's cars, and better than any Nash or Hudson. The raked split windshield stood out.

[@barryburkholder4000]

That internal 1949 Ford model makes me think of the mercury’s from the same era sans the suicide doors that were on the mercury.

[@FordMaverickFanatic]

The original '49 Ford design became the '49 Merc. Designed by Bob Gregorie. Ford intended to have a large and small line of cars, but the small design became the French Ford Vedette, the larger car the Merc, and the Ford was its own design which was done by Walker's team.

[@jeffsaxton716]

That design has the nickname "Shoebox Ford", I guess because of the compact looking design.

[@kirbywaite1586]

I wonder if people looking at the front design of this Ford see how closely new car designs are repeating this essentislly grill- less look with only one or two heavy bars replacing any kind of traditional mesh. Even one current model of Mercedes in particular is sporting this look, and there are several others.

[@josephgaviota]

As a kid, my folks had a 1954 2-door Ford Station Wagon, and it still had that "bullet" in the middle of the grill. 6-cyl engine, automatic transmission ... I remember Mom putting it in "Low" when she was making a left turn against traffic ... she said that gave it more power (I was 5, what do I know).

[@ramblerdave1339]

Your mom was pretty cool, to know that. Those Ranch wagons were always a favorite of mine,any year '52-'59. I walked by one on the way home from school every day, in 10th grade, a '53, which had been disassembled for painting, and was sitting behind a service station, with all the parts inside. I was 15, with a learner's permit, and Custom car dreams, and it looked like a good prospect. Sadly, my parents had a rule forbidding car ownership, before graduation. My dad's first new car was a '53 Ford Customline 4 door, so in 1966 that Ranch Wagon was a bit of nostalgia for me.

[@brentfairlie9159]

I've always liked the styling of the single and twin spinners.

[@tombrown1898]

I had read that when Ernie Breech saw the Bob Gregorie design, some of the executives thought might work as a Mercury. Breech stopped the discussion by telling them that the Ford Motor Company would live or die by the next FORD they produced, and got George Walker involved.

[@dustin_4501]

Fascinating that a tractor inspired a car design.

[@kleverich]

The George Walker design definitely looks more industrial than other cars of the era.

[@dno5779]

I grew up on one of those tractors, First on my daddy's knee and later logging many hours on it raking hay and other farm work. That other 49 car design seems to look like the Mercurys.

[@elliotwelz9793]

That Gregory design at 6.00 sure smells a lot like the 49/51 Mercury .

[@FoundonthestreetUSA]

Totally wrong! it's well documented that the 1949 Ford has its design roots in a rejected post war Studebaker design. The Walker team was made up of former Studebaker designers: Dick Caleal, Bob Bourke, and Holden Koto. A few weeks after Walkers signed his deal with Ford, Walker was not coming up with very much. Walker was approached by Richard Caleal who had just been let go from Studebaker styling. Walker promised Caleal a $50,000-a-year job at Ford if he could come up with a winning design in just three weeks. Caleal then asked his Studebaker styling buddies if they could help him, and they agreed. A car was designed and produced in quarter-size clay form by moonlighters working on Caleal’s kitchen table in Mishawaka, Indiana, in three weeks. Once the design was approve, Joe Oros took over. Bob Bourke would later claim that he designed the grille. Clearly all the players are dead now, but the story has been well documented by both Hemmings Motor News and The Studebaker Drivers Club including pictures of the rejected Studebaker design.

[@RareClassicCars]

There are many stories on this one. Success has many fathers. Depends on what interview you read. My recount is direct from an interview with Joe Oros. However, Bob Bourke tells a different story.

[@wizzard5442]

England's 1949 Ford Zephyr is almost identical in body shape.

[@jaswmclark]

Many owners replaced the propellor with an amber fog light. My local fire department put a flashing red light for the fire chief's "buggy".

[@jwelchon2416]

The 49 was the first year Ford got rid of the buggy spring suspension. It was just lightyears ahead of the previous 48 models.

[@texleeger8973]

My dad owned a used greeen1949 Ford sedan when I was a kid. He drove it back and forth to school (he was a teacher) until one morning on the way to work the entirely rusted-out rear end collapsed on US Route 1. That was the end of that. He replaced it with a used black 1953 Ford sedan which in turn led to a series of used Fords and Mercurys that invariably rusted beyond repair. Those were the days when the dreaded red-brown fungus was the enemy of prolonged car ownership in New England. PS He eventually got wise and bought a new and wonderful 1970 Volvo 145 wagon. It was originally red but ended up pink. And, yes, that too rusted to death. An excellent and well-loved car nonetheless.

[@scottkasper6378]

Wow. I always thought that year looked out of place. Even the ford letters in front didn’t follow the typical design language.

[@Troy_nov1965]

Always have liked the looks of the Shoebox Fords

[@ryanrau6714]

One of the most revolutionary post war cars.

[@joeseeking3572]

There's been a lot of ink spilled over who designed what on the 49 Ford - including somewhat conflicting claims by those involved, bystanders and the like. Sometimes a designer is pushing his own case, sometimes it's the wife, failing memories, etc. SIA has some fascinating back and forth in old articles that prompted this or that original participant to chime in and 'set the record straight'. There is an ultimate consensus but it does somewhat depend on who you believe. There's even a case that Gregorie had the deck stacked against him by some cheating on the package they were given. But his influence is very obvious in the Mercury.

[@jeffbrinkerhoff5121]

The "spinners" on the front grilles were inspired by jet aircraft intakes as the "jet age" was dawning.

[@marksmith8928]

That other proposal has a whole lot of '49 Lincoln and Mercury in it. I'd guess, and only guess, that it was reworked a bit and became those cars. 😊

[@I-Libertine]

i think it's Kelvinator (not Kalvinator)...Great video as usual. Merry Christmas!

[@RobertJarecki]

I always enjoy watching your videos. This video is not quite as convincing as all the other videos. The connection between the auto design and the tractor design seems a bit . . . tenuous to me. I will have to trust more discerning people than I. BTW, I read [decades ago in the Packard Club magazine] that Dutch Darrin designed the Clipper (with a slight "Darrin Dip") and the design was slightly modified by Packard's styling department. Edit: There's a 4 door shoebox Ford for sale at a used car dealer in my neighborhood: light gray and a light interior. Body appears to be in good shape. I have seen the Ford moving quietly to the 7-11 next door to get gas. Haven't been close enough to see the sticker price. The 7-11 is at 2005 Marconi Avenue, Sacramento California.

[@sharkinstx]

I love the Shoebox Fords. I’d like a ‘49 four-door with the flathead and 3-speed.

[@CORVAIRWILD]

1st Merry Christmas view from your Jewish car nut fan

[@RareClassicCars]

Haha. Happy Hanukkah!

[@jeffogden2982]

That initial design sure looks close to the 49 Mercury.

[@GIGABACHI]

That was a good looking vehicle if a bit jelly bean-ish. I never cared about pre-1955 vehicles much because of their primitive and gutless powertrains but their style and designs were CLEAN AF. I can only imagine one of these with an EFI 351W, an AOD and an 8.8 rear it would be the Cat's Meow to drive it ANYWHERE.

[@josephgaviota]

It seems Joe Oros' designs are "gold," so to speak.

[@Low760]

The shoebox ford was a very influential design, Volvo, Chevy etc used it. The Volvo 122 lasted 16 years too.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

A Cleveland and a Toploader would go great under the hood.

[@flatheadV8]

The Morris Oxford MO of 1948 especially the six cylinder MS version look similar and while I am not certain it looks as if they have taken some design clues from Packard. The Wolseley 6/80 and 4/50 were sister cars. The 6/80 was a favourite of the Police in the UK for many years. The Wolseley badge on the front grill lit up with the head lights and struck fear in to many a motorist who saw it int his rear view mirror.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

A private owner of a 6/80 could expect obsequious courtesy from other drivers.

[@williambailey5405]

The in house ford design appears Mercury ish in it's heaviness

[@ramblerdave1339]

The Bob Gregorie '49 proposal is very close to the '49 Mercury in the front. The rear is a little painful to look at.

[@craigjones2878]

The Ford proposal looks like an English Ford Prefect. I wonder if Ford US went with the new proposal and flung the old design to the Poms.

[@biondanishgenomeinstitute8193]

Would you consider expanding to the 1930's ?

[@andyevans2336]

Take a drink each time you hear George W. Walker. Bet you will not make it to the end of the video!

[@CORVAIRWILD]

I just posted Cold Cranking my 5.7 Eldorado. 5.7? Gas??? Nooooooo!!! Deeezel!!!

[@TM-hk3ic]

Fantastic episode!! More Tractors!!

[@Inverted.surfer]

I alway thought and still do think theres some deep similarities to the D series deisel train styling which was an art deco work horse of late thirties styling... Anyway, love the "spinner" model fords which were known in australia generically, as custom lines...

[@CORVAIRWILD]

And Chanukkah too!

[@misterhipster9509]

In house phord design looked like a damn Kaiser. Not a difficult choice to make.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

The concept 49 looks like an English ford