| 词条 | John Najjar |
| 释义 |
|image = |name = John Najjar |nationality = United States |birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|11|11}} |birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska |death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|01|06|1918|11|11}} |death_place = Sarasota, Florida |employer = Ford Motor Company |awards = |}}John Najjar was a lead designer and executive stylist at Ford Motor Company for over 40 years. He is credited for having co-designed the first prototype of the Ford Mustang known as Ford Mustang I with Philip T. Clark.[1][2] CareerNajjar was born to a working-class Greek Orthodox Christian Lebanese family in Omaha, Nebraska.[3] He joined Ford Motor Company's Apprentice School in Dearborn, Michigan. While working there as a machinist, he was approached by Henry Ford during a plant tour who asked him if he enjoyed his work. Najjar's response that he'd "rather be drawing cars" led to an invitation for him to add his talents to Ford's newly created Design Center. {{Citation needed|date=September 2012}} He continued working as a designer for Ford for over 40 years. He worked with E. T. Gregorie, George Walker, Elwood Engel, Gene Bordinat, and Lee Iacocca. For many years his work was centered on futuristic show cars whose revolutionary features later appeared in many Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.[4] The Advanced Styling Studio developed the 1962 Ford Mustang I concept car - so named because of his love for its namesake, the North American P-51 Mustang fighter plane. His design contributions span decades and include the M4A3 Sherman tank and B-24 bomber in the 1940s, the 1957-58 Lincoln Continentals, the Mercury XM-800, the LevaCar concept[5] Najjar also co-designed jointly with fellow Ford Motor Company stylist Bill Schmidt the groundbreaking Lincoln Futura, a futuristic concept car that served as a base for the Batmobile for the 1966 TV series Batman, as well as for the first movie adaptation of the Batman comics. Najjar and his wife Virginia retired to Sarasota, Florida, in 1985.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|first=Douglas A. |last=Bakken |first2=David R. |last2=Crippen |title=Automotive Design Oral History Project: Remembering John Najjar |url= http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Design/Najjar3_interview.htm |page=3 |publisher=University of Michigan |date=1984 |accessdate=23 December 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.muscularmustangs.com/clark/clarkdrawings.php |title=Original Mustang Designer - Phil Clark or John Najjar? Original Mustang Sketches |publisher=Muscular Mustangs |accessdate=23 December 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|first=Douglas A. |last=Bakken |first2=David R. |last2=Crippen |title=Automotive Design Oral History Project: Remembering John Najjar |url= http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Design/Najjar1_interview.htm |page=1 |publisher=University of Michigan |date=1984 |accessdate=23 December 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web |author=Auto Editors of Consumer Guide |title=John Najjar: Designer of the Ford Mustang I Concept Car |url= http://auto.howstuffworks.com/john-najjar.htm |publisher=auto.howstuffworks |date=7 February 2007 |accessdate=23 December 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.motorcities.org/Story/Remembering+the+Levacar+Mach+I+by+Ford+br+By+Robert+Tate+Automotive+HistorianResearcher+br+ImagesCourtesy+Bob+Tates+collection-342.html |title=Remembering the Levacar Mach I by Ford |date=25 February 2014 |first=Robert |last=Tate |publisher=Motor Cities |accessdate=23 December 2014}} 6. ^{{cite news|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heraldtribune/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=147765208 |title=John Najjar - Obituary |newspaper=Herald Tribune |date=12 January 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2014}}
10 : Ford designers|American automobile designers|Artists from Omaha, Nebraska|People from Dearborn, Michigan|American people of Lebanese descent|People from Koura District|American people of Levantine-Eastern Orthodox Christian descent|Members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch|1918 births|2011 deaths |
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