Lewis Bandt b. 1 January 1910

  • Designer
Bandt was an automotive engineer and automobile body designer for Ford Motor Company, Geelong, Victoria. Notable for his design of the Ford Utility vehicle in 1933 integrating one of the Ford sedans and a truck, it went into production in 1934. Bronze Medal awards in motorcar designs in 1947-48. Later developed designs for Ford stationwagon and Fairlane sedan.

Citations

  • Damian Veltri (1 January 2007), 'Bandt, Louis Thornett (Lewis)’. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bandt-louis-thornett-lewis-12169

  • Harriet Edquist and David Burlston. Shifting Gear. Design Innovation and the Australian Car. National Gallery of Victoria, 2015