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21/03/2024 7:23 am
...these early designs for the '61 T-Bird made it to production?
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Steve Jacobs and Tony Perrone reacted
21/03/2024 8:35 am
Nice design. I wonder if management thought that the so-designed T-Bird would cannibalize the Lincoln's sales.
John Kuvakas reacted
21/03/2024 8:38 am
I like the design they went with just fine.
21/03/2024 8:44 am
Too much like the Lincoln, too far away from the original concept for Tbird.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
Tony Perrone and John Bono reacted
Topic starter
21/03/2024 8:47 am
@perrone1, the original design for the T-Bird became the '61 continental. Both cars were built from the same platform. You can see it in the cowl and windshield.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
21/03/2024 9:03 am
Too much like the Lincoln, too far away from the original concept for Tbird.
Agree!
John Bono
North Jersey
21/03/2024 9:23 am
@perrone1, the original design for the T-Bird became the '61 continental. Both cars were built from the same platform. You can see it in the cowl and windshield.
Exactly! 
Frank Reed and John Kuvakas reacted
21/03/2024 9:24 am
I like the design they went with just fine.
Really Bob? I wonder why!?! LOL!
John Kuvakas reacted
21/03/2024 9:39 am
If you fancy a bit of serious reading, here is a well-detailed account of the tortuous process of styling experiments (and corporate politics) that led to the '61 Continental and Thunderbird.
Introduction to 1961 Lincoln Continental | HowStuffWorks
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
21/03/2024 12:01 pm
Thank goodness they went with the two that emerged from their design deliberations. What a pair of gorgeous cars!
21/03/2024 12:53 pm
The story goes that AFTER these drawings were submitted, it was immediately decided that this new T-Bird proposal would make a better Lincoln. Lincoln "ran" with these designs and told the T-Bird folks to go back to the drawing board...literally.
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