Jack Telnack: Chief Designer of the 1979 Ford Mustang
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Design Engineering Management History of Science and Technology Industrial Design Industrial Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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| Description: | Article by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide. Excerpt: "Designer John J. "Jack" Telnack was born to be a Ford man. Not only did he enter the world at Dearborn's Henry Ford Hospital, his father was a power-plant worker at Ford Motor Company's giant River Rouge factory complex. As a boy he met old Henry Ford himself when the legendary mogul visited a neighbor family. He also remembers many youthful hours spent gazing at the shiny new cars on display in the old Ford Rotunda -- and being shooed away from unauthorized visits to the company proving grounds. Eventually, the love of cars led Jack to study automotive design at the Art Center School in Los Angeles. On graduation he was plucked by a Ford recruiter and joined the company in 1958, where he would remain for 39 years. Though various assignments would take him to all parts of the global Ford empire, Telnack spent plenty of time in Dearborn contributing to various Mustangs. In fact, he worked on the very first pony car as an enthusiastic twentysomething in Joe Oros' Ford Studio. His first big U.S. design coup came with the sleek 1979 Mustang that so reflected his European experience. Partly on the basis of its sales success, he was promoted to head Ford's North American design operation, where he masterminded the successful "aero look" exemplified by the 1983 Thunderbird and 1986 Taurus. He then went on to craft Ford's "New Edge" theme. He retired from Ford in 1997. Here, in Telnack's own words, is the inside story on the creation of the 1979-1981 generation of Mustangs." Image caption: Jack Telnack had a lifelong association with Ford. His first big hit came with the sleek 1979 Mustang that so reflected his European experience. |
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| Keywords: | automotive design industrial design automotive engineering Ford Mustang |
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How the Ford Mustang Works |
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| Publication Date: | March 2008 |
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| Download URL: | http://www.howstuffworks.com/jack-telnack.htm |
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