The Ford Nucleon shop
Fact-checked Ford Nucleon printables for car-history enthusiasts, plus a short list of books and kit about concept cars, 1950s design and nuclear energy. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Ford Nucleon printables
Fact-checked PDFs for adult enthusiasts, in A4 and US Letter, sold as instant downloads from the ReallyByte store. They go further than this site: our own charts and drawings, source-by-source comparisons and things to fill in. Prices in US dollars.
The Ford Nucleon Reference Guide
Car-history enthusiasts
The atomic age, the designers, how it was meant to work, why it never could, and the model’s travels, with sources compared. 13 pages.
Nucleon by Numbers
Modellers and number lovers
Scale maths, conversions, a model-maker table and print-to-scale 1:32 side and plan outlines. 10 pages.
Atomic-Age Concepts Compared
Enthusiasts and designers
Other atomic-car ideas, three drive theories, the Nucleon vs the X-100, and dated source-vs-source charts. 11 pages.
The Nucleon: What We Actually Know
Researchers and sceptics
Eighteen graded evidence cards, a dated location file, the brochure, source profiles and open questions. 10 pages.
Ford Nucleon Display Posters
For your wall or club room
Eight frame-ready posters with photos, own drawings and sourced facts. 11 pages.
Nucleon Study Journal & Self-Test
Clubs, readers and quiz fans
Visit and research notes, club discussion questions, true-or-false and a 30-question self-test. 10 pages.
Best valueThe Complete Ford Nucleon Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $28.44 bought separately.
Free sample
Try before you buy: a free 5-page Ford Nucleon sample, with pages from the packs. A4 PDF (636 KB) or US Letter PDF (633 KB).
Books & kit
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Books
- Books on concept cars (affiliate link)Dream cars and show cars, from the 1950s onwards.
- Books on 1950s atomic-age design (affiliate link)The look and optimism of the era that produced the Nucleon.
- Books on 1950s American cars (affiliate link)Fins, chrome and the cars that were actually built.
- Books on nuclear energy (affiliate link)How reactors actually work, and why they are so heavy.
Build your own
- Classic car model kits (affiliate link)Build a scale model of your own, like Ford’s designers did.
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