1955 Lincoln Indianapolis Concept

1955 Lincoln Indianapolis Concept

In 1955 Gian Paolo Boano was in his early twenties, but he had already been designing cars alongside his father, Felice Mario Boano, for several years, first at Ghia and then later at their own Carrozzeria Boano Turino. A friend of the young Boano, Cuccio, had worked with Ford Motor Company and suggested that Carrozzeria Boano Torino produce a car on a Lincoln chassis for Turin. The pedestal on which the sculpture would be built was a stock 1955 Lincoln. Dubbed the Indianapolis, it would become the hottest of “hot rod Lincolns.”

1955 Lincoln Indianapolis Concept