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Mar 4, 2020 · In This Article. Category: Automobilia. More than 60 years ago, a young Virgil Exner Jr. not only followed in his father's footsteps by designing his own sports car, he also went ahead and built it himself with little more incentive than to see his design become reality. Decades later, he'd like to see one more of his sports car designs make ...
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Automotive designer. Chrysler Vice President of Design. Virgil Max "Ex" Exner Sr. (September 24, 1909 – December 22, 1973) was an automobile designer for several American automobile companies, most notably Chrysler and Studebaker . Exner is widely known for the "Forward Look" he created for the 1955–1963 Chrysler products and his fondness ...
Dec 28, 2021 · Virgil Exner Jr. on his father’s approach to tailfins. December 28, 2021 Steve Quotes 0. “He liked the cleanliness of the idea. He liked the aerodynamics of the idea, and in his mind they were genuinely aerodynamic. Later on, Chrysler proved that in wind tunnel tests.
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The Reminiscences of Virgil Max Exner, Jr. Reminiscence from the 1989 Interview with Virgil Max Exner, Jr. Automotive Design Oral History, Accession 1673. Benson Ford Research Center.
Nov 27, 2019 · King of the Tailfin: Virgil Exner’s Project 613. Chrysler styling chief Virgil Exner rocked the Motor City to its core with the Chrysler Forward Look line for 1957. But behind the scenes, he had even bigger ideas. The career of an auto designer follows a familiar arc, many will say.
PHOTOS: LUDVIGSEN PARTNERS AND VIRGIL EXNER, JR. Introduced by a renowned publisher, the post-war version of a Jean Bugatti masterwork was transformed two decades after its creation by a great automobile designer. The result is a sleek and spectacular super-sports car for the ages.
He was kept on as a consultant but in 1961 formed his own company, Virgil Exner, Inc. with his son, Virgil, Jr. Some of their designs included revivals of classic cars, like the 1966 Duesenberg, and designs for pleasure boats. He died on December 22, 1973 of heart failure.
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