New The 1961 Continental

The fourth-generation Lincoln Continental was originally designed yesteryear 1 Elwood Engel, the blueprint vice president at Ford. The Continental has been called Mr. Engel’s “magnum opus,” although the blueprint has likewise been attributed to the locomote of John Orfe together with Howard Payne, both of whom helped set together the master clay model inward 1958.

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Orfe was born inward Philadelphia together with began a life-long dear matter amongst motor racing later seeing his outset auto race at the famous round out Langhorne Speedway inward 1932 at historic menses 10

Orfe was a scholarship recipient at the Philadelphia College of Art, a World War II U.S.A. Army veteran together with thus an observe winning graphic designer, illustrator, automotive together with aircraft designer for Ford, Chrysler, Volkswagen together with Boeing.

His historic auto racing paintings were seen inward several publications, including Speed Age, Circle Track together with Open Wheel, together with are right away going to live on featured inward the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum Gallery.