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Tom Tjaarda was born July 23 1934 As the son of John Tjaarda, a respected car designer whose creations included the streamlined Lincoln strobe media playback Zephyr from 1930. So it was on the cards that Tom Tjaarda to follow his father's footsteps and become one of America's most creative designers.
While Tjaarda took his majoring in architecture at the University of Michigan, gave a professor of industrial design Tom task of constructing a scale model of a station wagon. The professor was so impressed with the result that he showed it to his friend, Luigi Segre, strobe media playback the then head of Carrozzeria Ghia of Turin, Italy.
After working with Torino Italia Design Exhibition in 1961, was Tjaarda subsequently employed by Pininfarina. Here he puts his hand on a number of designs for brands like Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia and Mercedes-Benz.
As the then head of design left Carrozzeria Ghia in 1967, found Tom Tjaarda back to his former employer, strobe media playback now as head of design. The next eight years he was the man behind countless and memorable strobe media playback Ghia designs, including two of his most famous, the slim, centermotoriserede De Tomaso Pantera and the Ford Fiesta.
Ferrari 330 - 1964
1959 Ghia Selene In 1959 Innocenti 950 S Ghia Spider 1960 Ghia IXG Dragster 1960 Renault Dauphine strobe media playback Ghia Coupe 1960 VW Karmann Ghia 1500 1961 Ghia Cart 1969 Innocenti 1100 Ghia Coupe 1962 Pininfarina Corvair Coupe (I) 1963 Pininfarina Corvair Coupe (II) 1963 Pininfarina strobe media playback Rondine ( I) 1963 Pininfarina Fiat 2300 Cabriolet 1963 Pininfarina Coupe Lausanne 1963 Pininfarina Flaminia 2.8 Coupe 1963 Pininfarina strobe media playback Sigma Berlina 1964 Pininfarina strobe media playback Rondine Coupe (II) 1964 Pininfarina Ferrari 330 GT 2 +2 Pininfarina 1964 Mercedes 230 SL 1965 Fiat 124 Spider 1965 Fiat 124 Coupe 1966 Ferrari 365 GT California Spider 1968 Checker Berlina (Ghia) 1968 Ghia Serenissima Agena (G9) 1969 De Tomaso Mustela (I) (Ghia) 1969 Isuzu Bellett MX1600 GT (I) 1969 Lancia (Flamina) Marica (Ghia) 1969 Lancia 1600 HF Competizione
1970 De Tomaso strobe media playback Deauville (Ghia) 1970 De Tomaso Pantera (Ghia) strobe media playback 1970 Isuzu Bellett strobe media playback MX1600 GT (II) 1970 Giacobbi strobe media playback Sinthesis 2000 1970 Williams De Tomaso 505/38 F1 1971 All-Cars AutoZodiaco Damaca 1971 De Tomaso 1600 (Ghia) 1971 The Spider Tomaso Zonda (Ghia) 1971 Isuzu Bellett Sport Wagon (Ghia) 1972 De Tomaso Longchamp (Ghia) 1972 De Tomaso Pantera L (Ghia) 1972 De Tomaso Pantera 290 (Ghia) 1972 De Tomaso Pantera GT4 (Ghia) 1972 Ford Fiesta (Ghia) 1973 De Tomaso / Ford Pantera 7X 1973 Ford Mustela (II) (Ghia) 1974 Ford Ghia Coins 1974 Ford Maverick 1978 Lancia Y10 1979 Fiat Brazil 1979 Ford Mustang II Proposals 1979 Zastava 1980 De Tomaso Longchamp Cabrio strobe media playback 1981 Seat Ronda 1981 Seat Ronda (4 door) 1981 Seat Guappa Coupe 1982 Chrysler LeBaron
1982 Chrysler Imperial strobe media playback 1983 Rayton-Fissore Taxi Turin 1983 Rayton-Fissore Saab Viking (?) 1985 Chrysler Jeep (Interior) 1985 Rayton-Fissore Magnum 4 4 1985 Rayton-Fissore strobe media playback Turin Taxi 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda Coupe 1988 PPG 4 4 (USA ) 1989 Laforza Magnum 4 4 1989 Zastava Utility vehicle 1991 Bitter Tasco 1992 Saab 900 four-door 1992 Suzuki Coupe (for Bugatti) strobe media playback 1992 Suzuki Coupe Int (for Bugatti) 1993 Fiat Iveco Truck Interior 1995 Lamborgini Diablo (Interior) 1998 Isotta Fraschini T8- Coupe 1998 Isotta Fraschini-T12 Coupe 2000 Qvale Mangusta (II) 2002 Spyker GT Sport 2003 Fiat Barchetta (Facelift) 2006 Shelby Series 2
Tom Tjaarda Post in Series: Design in pictures. Design in pictures: Sixten Sason design in pictures: Ercole Spada Design in Pictures: Harm Lagaay design in pictures: William Towns design in pictures: Giovanni Michelotti design in pictures: strobe media playback Uwe Bahnsen Design in Pictures: Tom Tjaarda Design in Pictures: Peter Stevens Design in Photos: Marc Deschamps
Tjaarda was - is - an underrated genius. None other than the hardcore bilidioter know the man, and his designs strobe media playback are - apart perhaps from the Ford Fiesta, which again is so old now that it nevertheless has slipped out of the ordinary forgetfulness.
But his work