Experimental and Concept Automobiles
Concept cars let automotive designers create their vision of the future on four wheels. They reflected the times and attitudes of the years they were built. They were fun!
1907 5 22 BAILEY NEW VEHICLES AND PARTS The Bailey Two Cycle Revolving Cylinder Car THE HORSELESS AGE
1911 FRANKLIN "The Car Beautiful"
1953 BARRIS One step beyond Detroit the BARRIS TOUCH By Robert Lee Behme Motor Trend
1953 CAR OF TOMORROW FORECASTS TODAY’S By Siler Freeman April 1953
1978 CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Super Secret Car Builders By Leon Dixon CAR CLASSICS December 1978
Aero
Amphicar
Chrysler
Davis
Duryea
Ford
Gas Turbines
General Motors
Miscellaneous Concept Cars
Other Makes
Packard
Pegaso
Three-Wheeled Cars
Tucker
1924 7 SOLVING THE LIGHTING PROBLEM DETROIT MOTOR NEWS page 18
1950 ROVER Jet 1 Prototype concept FB
1952 ca. ONLY THE ORIGINAL H.W. CONTINENTAL COULD MEET ALL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS PRIZE-WINNING Packard Pan America HUDELSON-WHITEBONE CO. CHAMPAIGNE, ILLINOIS and SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Motor Trend page 9
1952 CHRYSLER Ghia Thomas Special SWB prototype FB
1953 CARS of TODAY BY EDITORS OF SPEED AGE MAGAZINE Washington, D.C. 8.5″x11″ Front cover
1954 3 28 Concept cars The Youngstown Vindicator 15″x11″ bottom
1954 3 28 Concept cars The Youngstown Vindicator 15″x11″ top
1954 CORVETTE Prototype FB
1954 KAISER Darrin 161 Kaiser Plastic Sportster Goes Into Production POPULAR MECHANICS March 1954 6.5″x9.25″ page 87
1954 LINCOLN XL-500 Experimental 1954 9″x12″ page 76
1954 THIS YEAR’S CROP OF DREAM CARS POPULAR MECHANICS March 1954 6.5″x9.25″ page 88
1954 THIS YEAR’S CROP OF DREAM CARS POPULAR MECHANICS March 1954 6.5″x9.25″ page 89
1956 2 New “Dream Cars” at Motorama Record MOTOR page 58
1956 CHRYSLER BOANO by Dal Corradini Concept car ROAD TRACK March 1956 page 22 23
1956 CHRYSLER BOANO by Dal Corradini Concept car ROAD TRACK March 1956 page 24
1958 4 ALFA Giulietta CAR LIFE page 43
1964 CHRYSLER Turbine car FB
1965 PONTIAC Vivant concept FB
BUICK Y Job Concept FB
CARS OF TODAY Experimental Cars 1953 CARS of TODAY BY EDITORS OF SPEED AGE MAGAZINE Washington, D.C. 8.5″x11″ page 75