A unique 1955 Lincoln concept car will be up for auction this week and could bring as much as $2.5 million, USA TODAY reported.
The snazzy orange model, which can be seen here, has a body designed by Gian Carlo Boano, a spirited Italian designer who was in his 20s at the time.
"I always lived with enthusiasm," he told historian Beverly Rae Kimes. "I was able to fulfill all of my desires."
The Lincoln will be auctioned off Thursday at the Art of the Automobile Event by RM Auctions and Sotheby's in New York and will likely bring in at least $2 million.
Making its debut at the 37th Salone dell'Automobile in Turin in 1955, the model recalls the "golden age" of American concept cars and "an era of almost unlimited dreams and prosperity," USA TODAY reported.
Adding to its luxury, the large car actually has an interior designed for two. Boano's "Futurist" design also played into the 1950s preoccupation with jets, technology and modern products.
Known as the Indianapolis, the Lincoln concept was designed to evoke a fighter jet with a tail similar to jet nozzles. The car also has leather seats and a dashboard that covers up most of the instruments until it's tilted open.
"It looked like nothing else yet built in the world, which was probably the idea," the RM Auctions listing reads. "It was dubbed the Indianapolis, and it would be the hottest of 'hot rod Lincolns.'"
After the Turin debut, the concept was purchased by Ford, bringing it to the United States, where it was later purchased by a collector who owned it for 30 years and had it fully restored.
"Even today, it remains virtually impossible to focus on any singular detail of the Indianapolis's design; the critic's eye catches a line and is drawn to follow it across the car. It is an engrossing automobile," the auction listing reads.
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