Prototype Lincoln Zephyr Automobile Designed by John Tjaarda, 1934
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Edsel Ford encouraged John Tjaarda -- head of design engineering for Briggs Manufacturing Company, which built car bodies for Lincoln -- to create a full-sized, detailed mockup of a rear-engine automobile. Ford exhibited the resulting car at the 1934 Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. Tjaarda's streamlined design became the prototype for the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr production car.
Edsel Ford encouraged John Tjaarda -- head of design engineering for Briggs Manufacturing Company, which built car bodies for Lincoln -- to create a full-sized, detailed mockup of a rear-engine automobile. Ford exhibited the resulting car at the 1934 Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. Tjaarda's streamlined design became the prototype for the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr production car.
Artifact
Photonegative
Date Made
15 February 1934
Subject Date
15 February 1934
Creators
Unknown
Creator Notes
Designed by John Tjaarda for Ford Motor Company.
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.1.1714.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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