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- Ford Gyron Automobile Displayed at the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1961 - Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed, like the Ford Gyron, a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar introduced in 1961.
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Ford Gyron Automobile Displayed at the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1961
Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. People flocked to the Dearborn Rotunda when new car models were displayed, like the Ford Gyron, a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar introduced in 1961.
- Ford Motor Company Styling Office Brochure, "The Gyron," 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.
- 1961
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Styling Office Brochure, "The Gyron," 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.