Today, I wanted to highlight a bit of creativity here at CC. Cohort contributor Tim Finn has uploaded a series of images from the Ford Heritage Vault, with a good amount of Photoshop love of his own. The work brings a considerable improvement to the original photos and a good deal of creativity to the locales where each model appears.
Tim paid a good deal of attention to each of these Ford and Mercury images, adding settings and detailing that complements each photo rather nicely. If you’re a fan of Dearborn vehicles from the 60s and 70s, take a good look around. I’m pretty sure some of these will strike your fancy.
Nice work Tim and thanks for posting Rich.
Although I’m not a big fan of the Square Birds, the opening picture is great. That car looks so appealing.
I know my fellow Mustang enthusiasts like to rag on the Mustang II, but that emerald green one looks fantastic in that picture. The camera angle hides a multitude of “deadly sins”.
And I don’t care what Paul says about them… I’ll always like a ’72 LTD, even in Country Squire form. 😉
Don’t normally like them, but the green Mustang II looks great in that picture.
I have to agree. Never a fan of these, but in this color it actually looks very good. Too bad about the bumpers. Would love to see a plausible rendering without these bumpers.
Nice work Tim.
I wanted to use the F 100 shot for my laptop wallpaper. Just the perfect setting for the truck. Unfortunately the image is a WEBP file whatever that is. Ugh!
Try clicking on the image to enlarge it (shows it full-size). Then I think you’ll be able to save it as a jpeg. (works that way for me, at least)
Thanks for the tip Eric, I was able to make it happen.
These are all outstanding! Truly great work.
I love the Country Squire with the modern background. And I think of Ford had marketed a Mustang II Tarzan edition with your jungle scene, it would have sold pretty well. That car just looks perfect in that setting.
Honestly the Bobcat wagon shop looks and feels so modern. Something I try to do when I teach queer history or music history is to contemporize the decision of folks long passed and help folks interpret it in the context of current times bc humanity doesn’t really change that much…ie the past is still present…these designers were freaking brilliant and seeing their work presented in this way makes me realise how far forward they were looking despite what they had to work with in terms of platform limitations and the bottom line. Striking!
The Square Bird with the inactive/old factory background is an interesting juxtaposition, not sure how to interpret that. Car looks lovely.
The 1968 XL coupe is also an exercise in contrast – swoopy, modern car in an old, historical neighborhood – but I like it.
Wonderful work!
Thanks for all the nice comments on these photos. They were fun to make.
I started thinking how cool it would be if Ford could re-introduce a couple of these models as resto-mods from the factory. We will just pretend that you could order a “Factory Fresh” brand new 1972 Country Squire, with the Eco-boost 4 cylinder from the current Mustang, plus a small electric motor for the front wheels. Throw in some advanced suspension parts, ABS, traction control, a couple of airbags, some updated wheels and tires and you would have a very desirable machine.
If I could buy a brand new Mustang II with the hybrid setup from the current 4 cylinder Maverick pickup, with similar upgrades for some safety and performance for $25K I would be very tempted.
As the photos show, its fun to dream.
I’ve always loved the 1971 Mercury Marquis’s, to me that was a perfect luxury car in terms of looks, luxury and performance.
These are absolutely wonderful, Tim. Great job!!! Being a fan of the Mustang II “3-Door 2+2” as they oddly called it, my eye stayed with that one a little longer than the rest. Also like the color and vertical tie-in between the Bobcat wagon’s grill and the building windows. All of these images show a lot of care and consideration.
Very nicely done ! .
I hated square birds in the 1960’s, this one looks great as do the rest .
-Nate
The Mercury Bobcat wagon caught my eye. Mercury 6768, in my Cougar Club and here, who has a 68 Cougar like me, and a 73 Marquis as compared to my 67 Parklane, once had a Mercury Bobcat wagon. Saw it only once and believe it was white with orange when he lived in San Francisco. This back in the first half of the 90s. He now also has a Mustang just like I have a Mustang. LOL, I will not ever have a Bobcat wagon.
Great pics, I go for the mustang ll and the bobcat also. My fist New car was a 71 pinto… Cool green on the stang… Took a few pics the other day of my 63 Comet next to a historic cider mill in my area.. Couple of guys said it looks like an old ad for the car… Funny thing, I have mustang ll wire wheel covers on the car
Wonderful pictures! My first new car was a 1978 Mustang ll. It was a 4 cylinder 4 speed hatchback in this exact same color. Ford called it “Jade Green”. No AC and no other options. Had it for 2 or 3 years. Read once the theory that Ford had worked the bugs out by then and indeed it was a reliable vehicle at least when I owned it.
Thanks, Tim, for the great memories.