Cougar II Concept Car, 1963
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Gene Bordinat, who led Ford Motor Company's design efforts from 1961-1980, designed the 1963 Cougar II concept car. It featured a fiberglass body with a fastback roof, a 260-cubic-inch V-8 engine, and stylish pop-up headlights. While the Cougar II never made it into production, the show car survived and was acquired by the Detroit Historical Society in 1981.
Gene Bordinat, who led Ford Motor Company's design efforts from 1961-1980, designed the 1963 Cougar II concept car. It featured a fiberglass body with a fastback roof, a 260-cubic-inch V-8 engine, and stylish pop-up headlights. While the Cougar II never made it into production, the show car survived and was acquired by the Detroit Historical Society in 1981.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1963
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
99.1.1251.125
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Chromogenic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 8.000 in
Width: 10.000 in
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