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John Tjaarda

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223: 129: 326: 379: 166:. Around 1926, Tjaarda was hired to design bodies by coachbuilders Locke and Company. The best-known of their factory customs was a two-door phaeton called the Touralette, designed earlier by Tjaarda for himself, which Chrysler offered on their L-80 Imperial chassis in 1927–1928. Tjaarda also worked for a while with the original GM Art and Colour Section under famous designer 459: 363: 420: 310: 449: 258: 469: 454: 243: 356: 270:
Locke & Company, Justus Vinton Locke. Locke-Bodied, Fleischmann, Rochester, New York City, Lincoln Motor Car – CoachBuilt.com
154:, as the son of Henriette Elisabeth Thieme and the physician Johannes Jan Tjaarda. Tjaarda trained in aeronautical design in the 222: 413: 349: 178: 464: 162:. After emigrating to the United States in 1923, he changed his name to John and worked in custom coachbuilding in 201:
design, based on his previous work. Re-engineered as a front-engined car, this design was developed into the 1936
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John Tjaarda originated the basic design of what would become the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr
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Tjaarda also designed an exhibition "Kitchen of Tomorrow" for Briggs in 1934.
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John Tjaarda's rear engine Briggs show car from 1933, patent drawings
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designs, known as the "Sterkenburg series", before joining the
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During the 1920s, he worked on a series of streamlined
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Arnhem
California
Tom Tjaarda
Elizabeth Thompson Tjaarda
Car designer
Lincoln-Zephyr

United States
Arnhem
United Kingdom
Dutch Air Force
Hollywood
Harley Earl
monocoque
Briggs Manufacturing Company
concept car
Ford Motor Company
Century of Progress
Chicago
rear-engined
Lincoln-Zephyr
Tom Tjaarda
Italy

Birth record
John Tjaarda van Sterkenburg
Netherlands Institute for Art History
Locke & Company, Justus Vinton Locke. Locke-Bodied, Fleischmann, Rochester, New York City, Lincoln Motor Car – CoachBuilt.com
Chrysler (book by Dennis Adler) page 24
John Tjaarda van Sterkenburg – Coachbult.com

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