X – 2000
THIS CAR WAS DESIGNED BY ALEX TREMULIS AS A STYLING EXERCISE FOR THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN 1958. ORIGINALLY IT WAS A 30 INCH MODEL UNTIL ANDY BUILT THIS UNIQUE FULL SIZED VERSION.
It is hand built in steel, based on the floor plan of a 1962 Mercury. It is 7′ 8″ wide. One prestigious American magazine titled a feature on it as “Restoration of a Car that never was.”
The X-2000 regularly appeared in TV commercials, was an exhibit for the Turner Prize nomination exhibition, has taken part in Concours d’Elegance, and was often seen globe-trotting to different locations, including Europe, Australia and Korea.
The X-2000 now resides in Qatar.
The Process
“From its spaceship like bodywork to the rocket boosters on the rear guards, from the lashings of chrome to the all vinyl interior that screams 1950’s the X-2000 is the most striking and unusual concept car EVER exhibited in Australia.“
Melbourne International Motorshow Brochure.
