{"id":218536,"date":"2016-04-20T19:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T19:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=218536"},"modified":"2024-11-03T02:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T02:03:46","slug":"1953-ford-vega-roadster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-ford-vega-roadster\/","title":{"rendered":"1953 Ford Vega Roadster"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>1953 Ford Vega Roadster<\/h1>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">Titled as an A1953 Gardner, this Ford Vega roadster was built some twenty years before a Chevrolet of the same name popped up. The only example will come up for sale at Barrett-Jackson&#8217;s Scottsdale Auction. Attached is an excerpt from their catalogue:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8221;This one off prototype was commissioned by Ford Motor Company and financed by Henry Ford II. Willys Wagner, stylist for the International Division of Ford Motor Company and the legendary Indy racecar designer Frank Kurtis awarded the project to automotive designer Vince Gardner. Vince&#8217;s resume includes Studebaker, Ford, Budd car body manufacturer, and most notably, the Auburn Automobile Company design department under the direction of Gordon Buehrig, the design team responsible for the famed Cord 810.Vince&#8217;s influences from his days at the Auburn Automobile Company are clearly evident in the Vega&#8217;s (Cord like) disappearing headlights. Vince spent over 2 years building the lightweight aluminum bodied roadster. Henry Ford would check on the progress and sometimes bring his celebrity friends, Groucho Marx and Red Skelton. Howard Hughes also paid a visit. Upon the cars completion, Ford Motor Company summoned the &#8220;one off&#8221; Vega roadster back to Dearborn to celebrate the firms 50th anniversary. Ford displayed the Vega for several years at its Rotunda Exhibition Hall in Dearborn. Then it slipped into obscurity. However, not before a seed was planted. While strolling through the 1953 Paris Auto Show, Henry Ford II, first acknowledged interest in building his own two seat roadster, which would become the 55 Thunderbird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-ford-vega-roadster\/1953_ford_vegaroadster1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218540\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218540\" src=\"http:\/\/supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Ford_VegaRoadster1.jpg\" alt=\"1953 Ford Vega Roadster\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-ford-vega-roadster\/1953_ford_vegaroadster2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218543\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218543\" src=\"http:\/\/supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Ford_VegaRoadster2.jpg\" alt=\"1953 Ford Vega Roadster\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1953-ford-vega-roadster\/1953_ford_vegaroadster3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218545\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218545\" src=\"http:\/\/supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1953_Ford_VegaRoadster3.jpg\" alt=\"1953 Ford Vega Roadster\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Story by Barrett-Jackson<\/p>\n<h3>In Detail<\/h3>\n<table class=\"cardetails\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">submitted by<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Richard Owen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"boldlabel\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">engine<\/td>\n<td class=\"boldvalue\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Flathead V8 w\/Weiand Heads<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">fuel feed<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Dual Carburetors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">displacement<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">2229 cc \/ 136 in\u00b3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">compression<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">6.6:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">power<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">44.7 kw \/ 60 bhp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">specific output<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">26.92 bhp per litre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"boldlabel\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">body \/ frame<\/td>\n<td class=\"boldvalue\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">Aluminum Body over Ford Anglia Chassis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">f brake size<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">mm \/ in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">r brake size<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">mm \/ in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">transmission<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">3-Speed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"label\" align=\"left\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"30%\">gear ratios<\/td>\n<td class=\"value\" align=\"right\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"70%\">:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1953 Ford Vega Roadster Titled as an A1953 Gardner, this Ford Vega roadster was built some twenty years before a Chevrolet of the same name popped up. The only example will come up for sale at Barrett-Jackson&#8217;s Scottsdale Auction. Attached is an excerpt from their catalogue: &#8221;This one off prototype was commissioned by Ford Motor Company and financed by Henry Ford II. 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