Comments on: 1973 XP-897 GT/2-Rotor Corvette Artwork http://deansgarage.com/2009/2-rotor-corvette-artwork650/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-rotor-corvette-artwork650 Yesterday’s Look at Tomorrow Thu, 17 May 2012 04:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Lonberger http://deansgarage.com/2009/2-rotor-corvette-artwork650/comment-page-1/#comment-5998 Roy Lonberger Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:11:50 +0000 http://deansgarage.com/?p=1538#comment-5998 While I do not dispute much of what has been presented, I know from experience that Mitchell had secret multiple projects running at once. In this case: 1. I worked on the 2 and 4 rotor Corvettes 2. That work was done in the Chevy-2 studio led by Hank Haga. 3. All front and mid-engine Corvettes were personally directed by Mitchell (with the help of Larry Shinoda and a team of very talented designers). Depending on the specific date, middle management included Jordan, Rybicki, and Holls. 4. Despite being the champion for a mid-engine Corvette, Mitchell could never gather the support of the two chairmans during the later 60s and 70s. 5. In addition to the 2 and 4 rotors, there were at least another half-dozen designs created during this period. 6. Many projects started and stopped, only to be resumed months or years later (sometimes by other studios). This appears to be the case. Roy While I do not dispute much of what has been presented, I know from experience that Mitchell had secret multiple projects running at once. In this case:

1. I worked on the 2 and 4 rotor Corvettes

2. That work was done in the Chevy-2 studio led by Hank Haga.

3. All front and mid-engine Corvettes were personally directed by Mitchell (with the help of Larry Shinoda and a team of very talented designers). Depending on the specific date, middle management included Jordan, Rybicki, and Holls.

4. Despite being the champion for a mid-engine Corvette, Mitchell could never gather the support of the two chairmans during the later 60s and 70s.

5. In addition to the 2 and 4 rotors, there were at least another half-dozen designs created during this period.

6. Many projects started and stopped, only to be resumed months or years later (sometimes by other studios). This appears to be the case.

Roy

]]> By: Jay S http://deansgarage.com/2009/2-rotor-corvette-artwork650/comment-page-1/#comment-5946 Jay S Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:04:54 +0000 http://deansgarage.com/?p=1538#comment-5946 These sketches show more than a little of Mitchell's answer to the 2-Rotor, the 4-Rotor/Aerovette, which he declared should be the basis for the next production Corvette. So it looks like Mitchell suffered from a bout of Not Invented Here syndrome over this car even though it was invented here. These sketches show more than a little of Mitchell’s answer to the 2-Rotor, the 4-Rotor/Aerovette, which he declared should be the basis for the next production Corvette. So it looks like Mitchell suffered from a bout of Not Invented Here syndrome over this car even though it was invented here.

]]> By: Wayne Barratt http://deansgarage.com/2009/2-rotor-corvette-artwork650/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Wayne Barratt Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:25:24 +0000 http://deansgarage.com/?p=1538#comment-250 Hi Gary, I remember the XP-897 was also displayed on the GM stand at the 1973 British Motor Show at Earls Court London (I still have the photo I took of it as a 14-year-old schoolboy). As I remember, it was quite well liked (in Europe, anyways) and its front end fascia treatment must have influenced the 1976 Chevrolet Monza's (I owned a Belgium made 1976 red Monza V8 for a while.) Wayne Hi Gary,

I remember the XP-897 was also displayed on the GM stand at the 1973 British Motor Show at Earls Court London (I still have the photo I took of it as a 14-year-old schoolboy). As I remember, it was quite well liked (in Europe, anyways) and its front end fascia treatment must have influenced the 1976 Chevrolet Monza’s (I owned a Belgium made 1976 red Monza V8 for a while.)

Wayne

]]> By: Ron Will http://deansgarage.com/2009/2-rotor-corvette-artwork650/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Ron Will Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:57:49 +0000 http://deansgarage.com/?p=1538#comment-178 I'm very happy to see that my death sentence for the little 2-rotor Corvette was premature. <em>[I thought it was crushed as well. I may have seen the car once or twice.—Gary]</em> I’m very happy to see that my death sentence for the little 2-rotor Corvette was premature. [I thought it was crushed as well. I may have seen the car once or twice.—Gary]

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