Line drawing:  Styling display
THE MOOD OF the future is continued in the Styling display, for here the world of tomorrow is being created today. This, too, is a projection in time, and the forms are necessarily abstract, for such advanced styling concepts must anticipate inevitable engineering innovations. Will the vehicle ride on a cushion of air like the experimental Ford Levacar? Will it also fly? If so, what kind of propulsion will it use? Suppose it is amphibious, what kind of stying and design would it require? Within this abstract dimensional environment, stylists must be able to conceive and create in order to lead -- in order to bring to reality the cars of the future.
GUESTS AT THE Adventures in Science display may be surprised -- perhaps even a little amazed -- to discover the breadth and depth of the Company's activities in the exotic worlds of advanced research and development.  
For the purpose of better understanding by those uninitiated in the sciences, Ford's continuing programs in space age technology are suggested rather than demonstrated by a series of displays that make use of dramatic lighting effects, shapes and sounds.  
 

 Line drawing:  Philco display
A case in point is the display of complex computers which the Company actually designs and manufactures through its Philco subsidiary. Here, a myriad of symbols and numbers literally flash through air as a taped narration explains the numerous uses to which computers are put in researching, engineering and producing better, more efficient products.  
Similar displays tell the story of research into advanced new power sources, electronic systems and materials, while space research displays emphasize Philco's significant contributions to the Apollo and Gemini manned space flight to the moon, important command and control systems, satellites and numerous other space age programs.  
Source: VIP Souvenir Book (presented courtesy of Gary Holmes)
Illustrations: &COP The Walt Disney Company
Line drawing:  Product Salon
IN THE QUIET elegance of the Product Salon, handsomely sleek Ford-Built motor cars of 1964 are positioned tastefully throughout the spacious area, while others revolve like mannequins on turntable islands, thus enabling guests to study them from every angle.
Extending along an entire wall of the Salon is the Product Parade where guests may watch a stream of Company cars, trucks and tractors moving against a background of scenery that dramatically changes from peaceful countryside to bustling city and from day to night.
For racing buffs, there are also total performance-tested Ford competition cars to be seen from time to time -- the low-slung, Ford-powered Lotus, popular hero at Indianapolis, the Ford-powered Cobra, winningest sports car in years, and the burly Ford-built stock cars that have made a habit of providing only rear views to the competition.
Guests also have the opportunity to examine an imposing trio of idea cars" -- the Aurora, Cougar II, and the Allegro. For the moment, at least, they are cars of tomorrow, but tomorrow seems never very far away.

 

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