Cadillac El Camino Concept, 1954. A GM Motorama show car previewing many styling features that appeared on production Cadillacs throughout the 1950s including quad headlights, the shape of the tail-fins and bullet tipped bumpers. It was finished in silver-gray with a brushed stainless-steel roof. The El Camino name was later used on generations of Chevrolet pick-ups. El Camino is short for the Spanish el camino real, the Royal Highway, alias Californian Highway 101. 

Ford Thunderbird Italien Concept, 1962.  A design study by Ford’s Thunderbird stylists. This special version of the third generation T-bird featured a fastback roof line and red leather bucket seats front and rear. The Italien was a part of Ford’s 1962-63 “Custom Car Caravan” and appeared in Autoramas throughout the United States. The restored car sold at auction in 2008 for $660,000.00 

40 years ago the future looked like this Toyota FX-1, 1983. Another concept from the 25th Tokyo Motor Show, the FX-1 used advanced aerodynamics, exotic materials and cantilevered doors to project what a GT from the 1990s would look like. Many of the feature and its 1G-GE engine did make it into production

Ford "Special Falcon" Project. 1962. On August 16th, a design competition was held between the three Ford Motor Company design studios with the Ford, Lincoln Mercury and Advanced Products Studios all presenting options for the Special Falcon Project which became the Mustang. This was one of the Lincoln Mercury studios submissions