Ford Experimental -Concept Vehicles

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kool pictures keep them coming !

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Wow.  Some cars are best left un-built.  Yikes!

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Ford Techna 1968
 
innovations featured in the Techna, Ford Engineering's experimental car of the future, can be seen in this photo. The doors open straight out from the body rather than swinging, to provide improved access. Door handles are replaced with small power control panels, located just to the rear of the door opening. Supplemental high level brake and turn signal lights are located in the rear window, and the flush-mounted bumpers are plastic.

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Officially known as the EXP 500, the Green Hornet's genesis began with another Goodell-built car, a 1967 Mustang hardtop that he called Li'l Red. Fitted with Shelby decor and a Paxton-supercharged 428, Li'l Red eventually served as the template for the Mustang GT/California Special and very nearly became the template for a similar national version of the California Special. 

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Lil red the first G.T. 500 notchback prototype

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Aurora is an experimental family car with a bank of twelve 1-inch headlights, electro-luminous side panels, a clam-shell rear entry system for the children seats. The comfortable lounge-like interior is equipped with built-in beverage cooler, three radios, a plug-in TV screen and a navigation system.

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Ford GT 40 J

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The 1963 Mustang II running prototype was displayed at the U.S. Grand Prix and previewed many of the design elements that would be incorporated into the production model, including the long hood, short rear deck, 108-inch wheelbase, the rear wheel scoops and tri-bar taillights.

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Ford Maverick Estate (1970)

Ford exhibited the Maverick Estate Coupe concept vehicle at the 1971 Chicago Auto Show.

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2001 Ford 49 concept car

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There were several efforts within Ford to create a successor to the GT40 that won Le Mans. One of those was the GT90, which showcased the "New Edge" design language popular within Ford's styling studio. The quad-turbo V12 engine was so powerful — 720 horsepower — that the car might have achieved a top speed of more than 250 mph, but it also generated so much heat that Space Shuttle-style ceramics were needed to keep body panels from warping.

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Ford wanted to show how lightweight materials and aerodynamic styling could be used to produce a practical but fuel-efficient family sedan. The idea anticipated the 80 mpg average-fuel-economy mandate rumored to be coming from Washington for the 2010 model year. Propelling the Synergy was a 1.0-liter diesel-electric hybrid powertrain augmented by a flywheel storage system.

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1996 Lincoln/Ford Sentinel

If the Synergy was all about delicate lightness, the Lincoln Sentinel was about menacing and powerful presence. Powering the vehicle, which looked like it was designed for either a mafioso or the super hero pursing him, was the 6.0-liter V12 engine that Ford also put into another concept of the era, the IndiGo, an idea for a street-legal Indy-style racer.

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The 1963 Mustang II running prototype was displayed at the U.S. Grand Prix and previewed many of the design elements that would be incorporated into the production model, including the long hood, short rear deck, 108-inch wheelbase, the rear wheel scoops and tri-bar taillights.

Always like that car, had a model of that car....when I was a kid.

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2001 Ford 49 concept car

SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT CAR!