Nelson drew the car in the illustration, Kallman did the rest. Nelson worked on an illustration with Marty Kallman, a studio designer then considered the best at drawing people and background. They decided to make a really great illustration of their proposal and present it to George Walker, head of the Styling Center, to hang on his office wall. Clever PloyĪlthough Kaufman and Nelson were disappointed, Nelson suggested a ploy Ned Nichols, his old boss at GM, had used to get his pet projects noticed. Oros listened, then told Kaufman the project was done without authorization, to stop work on it, and to destroy the model. When Oros returned, Kaufman showed the model to him and explained how it worked. So they made a fully detailed and painted small clay model of their proposal. Joe Oros was on vacation at the time, and Kaufman and Nelson knew they would have to have it done by the time he returned because it wasn’t an authorized project. Kaufman thought it was a great idea, so Nelson made a full-sized tape drawing of it.
Nelson then told Kaufman one way to solve the problem was to cover the back seat with a fiberglass panel to create the illusion the 4-passenger Thunderbird was really a 2-passenger vehicle. They both thought there was still a market for a 2-passenger Thunderbird. After listening to the complaints of other designers, Kaufman and Nelson were themselves bemoaning the demise of the two-seater Thunderbird. Kaufman and Nelson got along well and had worked together before. Ken Nelson was the senior designer in the studio. In June 1961, Boyer was reassigned, and Bud Kaufman became the Thunderbird studio manager. Designers in the Thunderbird studio were also upset because everybody had given up on the 2-passenger Thunderbird. Those letters continued with the ’61 Thunderbird. was receiving letters from fans bemoaning the demise of the two-passenger Thunderbird. Design of the 1961 Thunderbird Sports RoadsterĪlmost immediately after production of the ’58 Thunderbird began, Ford Motor Co.
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