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- Experimental Ford Tractor on a Road, 1906-1907 -
- 1906-1907
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Experimental Ford Tractor on a Road, 1906-1907
- Burt W. Scott Operating an Experimental Ford Tractor, circa 1906-1907 -
- 1906-1907
- Collections - Artifact
Burt W. Scott Operating an Experimental Ford Tractor, circa 1906-1907
- 1974 Warrior Concept Car - When McKinley Thompson, Jr., joined Ford Motor Company in 1956, he was one of the automotive industry's first African American designers. In 1974 he completed a rugged, easy-to-build vehicle designed for developing countries: the Warrior. Thompson's prototype, built on a Renault 10 chassis, featured a buoyant plastic body and a removable top. Thompson couldn't interest automakers or investors in his bold idea.
- 1974
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1974 Warrior Concept Car
When McKinley Thompson, Jr., joined Ford Motor Company in 1956, he was one of the automotive industry's first African American designers. In 1974 he completed a rugged, easy-to-build vehicle designed for developing countries: the Warrior. Thompson's prototype, built on a Renault 10 chassis, featured a buoyant plastic body and a removable top. Thompson couldn't interest automakers or investors in his bold idea.
- Henry Ford with an Experimental Tractor, circa 1914 -
- circa 1914
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Henry Ford with an Experimental Tractor, circa 1914
- 1962 Mustang I Roadster - This sharp looking little two-seater created a great "buzz" when racing driver Dan Gurney introduced it at the United States Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, New York, in 1962. Featuring a rear-mounted V-4 engine, it was unlike any Ford ever seen before. The Mustang name later appeared on a sporty four-seater that created its own buzz in 1964.
- 1962
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1962 Mustang I Roadster
This sharp looking little two-seater created a great "buzz" when racing driver Dan Gurney introduced it at the United States Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, New York, in 1962. Featuring a rear-mounted V-4 engine, it was unlike any Ford ever seen before. The Mustang name later appeared on a sporty four-seater that created its own buzz in 1964.
- Henry Ford Driving an Experimental Tractor on a Road, circa 1906-1907 -
- February 07, 1941
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Henry Ford Driving an Experimental Tractor on a Road, circa 1906-1907
- Will Rogers in Ford Flivver #1 Airplane, 1927 - Popular humorist Will Rogers posed in a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a "Model T for the sky," a simple and affordable aircraft that anyone could fly. Rogers, along with aviator Wiley Post, died in an unrelated airplane crash in Alaska in 1935.
- 1927
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Will Rogers in Ford Flivver #1 Airplane, 1927
Popular humorist Will Rogers posed in a Ford Flivver airplane in 1927. The Flivver was Henry Ford's unsuccessful attempt to build a "Model T for the sky," a simple and affordable aircraft that anyone could fly. Rogers, along with aviator Wiley Post, died in an unrelated airplane crash in Alaska in 1935.
- 1906-1907 Experimental Ford Tractor, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1938 -
- March 31, 1938
- Collections - Artifact
1906-1907 Experimental Ford Tractor, Photographed in Henry Ford Museum, 1938
- Burt W. Scott Operating an Experimental Ford Tractor, circa 1906-1907 -
- August 29, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Burt W. Scott Operating an Experimental Ford Tractor, circa 1906-1907
- Model of the Ford Gyron, February 1961 - Ford Motor Company revealed its Gyron concept car in 1961. Designers intended for a gyroscope to keep the two-wheeled car upright, but the technology was too expensive for a show car. Instead, the fiberglass Gyron used outrigger wheels to keep its balance while an electric motor moved it at 5 mph. The Gyron was destroyed in the 1962 Ford Rotunda fire.
- February 15, 1961
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Model of the Ford Gyron, February 1961
Ford Motor Company revealed its Gyron concept car in 1961. Designers intended for a gyroscope to keep the two-wheeled car upright, but the technology was too expensive for a show car. Instead, the fiberglass Gyron used outrigger wheels to keep its balance while an electric motor moved it at 5 mph. The Gyron was destroyed in the 1962 Ford Rotunda fire.