Design Drawing for 1951 Lincoln Automobile

Summary

Designer John Najjar spent more than 40 years at Ford Motor Company. He made significant contributions to the styling of the 1957 and 1958 Lincolns, the 1961 Lincoln Continental and the 1961 Ford Thunderbird. Najjar also supervised design of the 1962 Mustang I concept car, and he headed interior design on the 1965 Ford Mustang production car.

Designer John Najjar spent more than 40 years at Ford Motor Company. He made significant contributions to the styling of the 1957 and 1958 Lincolns, the 1961 Lincoln Continental and the 1961 Ford Thunderbird. Najjar also supervised design of the 1962 Mustang I concept car, and he headed interior design on the 1965 Ford Mustang production car.

Artifact

Design drawing

Date Made

03 February 1949

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1651.21

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the John Najjar Collection.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 14.125 in

Width: 22.125 in

Inscriptions

In area where license plate would be: 1951 Hand lettered at bottom edge: SLC -214 DESIGNER: J. NAjjAR WITNESS: Woods WITNESS: [illegible]/ Date under SLC-214 2-3-49

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