1949 Concept Car Drawing by Alex Tremulis, Anticipating the 1956-1957 Continental Mark II

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Artifact Overview

Alex Tremulis designed for several American automakers and coachbuilders over his long career. The 1930s found him with Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg, American Bantam and Briggs. After wartime work for the Army Air Corps, Tremulis styled the futuristic Tucker 48. Then it was on to Kaiser-Frazer. Tremulis was with Ford's design department from 1952-1962. He established his own consulting firm in 1963.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Design drawing

Date Made

10 November 1949

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.163.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Drawing (Image-making)

Color

Red
Gray (Color)