Ford Motor Company Vice Presidents Andrew Kucher and George Walker with Levacar Mach 1 Concept Car at the Ford Rotunda, May 20, 1959
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Ford Motor Company's Levacar Mach 1 concept car didn't ride on traditional wheels -- it hovered on a cushion of pressurized air. This functional single-seat prototype, displayed at the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan, hovered in a circle while tethered to a central pivot. The vehicle was the brainchild of Andrew Kucher, Ford's Vice President--Engineering and Research.
Ford Motor Company's Levacar Mach 1 concept car didn't ride on traditional wheels -- it hovered on a cushion of pressurized air. This functional single-seat prototype, displayed at the Ford Rotunda in Dearborn, Michigan, hovered in a circle while tethered to a central pivot. The vehicle was the brainchild of Andrew Kucher, Ford's Vice President--Engineering and Research.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 May 1959
Subject Date
20 May 1959
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Automobile industry executives
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.115622
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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