Ford Forty-Nine

The Ford Forty-Nine was a concept car manufactured by Ford Motor Company, designed by Chip Foose under commission from J Mays and introduced at the 2001 North American International Auto Show as a tribute to the 1949 Ford. It was a modern interpretation of the 1949 Ford: a coupe with a full length glass roof and black paint, whose interior had a full length console and four individual contoured bucket seats in contrasting orange and black leather. Ford also presented a non drivable convertible variant finished in red with a red textile top as a static display, and kept it until it sold the display to a private collector in 2010. The engine was the 3.9 litre DOHC 32 valve Jaguar AJ-V8 used on the Ford Thunderbird, with power sent to the rear wheels through a five speed automatic.