Category Archives: GM Design Staff

John M. Mellberg’s Career—Part One

Boys love cars, firetrucks, tractors, and flying machines. John Mellberg designed them. John won the 2nd National Senior Award in the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild in 1966, and started his career working at General Motors Design Staff. John is also … Continue reading

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Harley Earl’s Scrapbooks

Special Interest Autos, May-June 1976 Article by Michael Lamm An occasional touch of humor to break the tension. This very intriguing and well written article concerns three binders of illustrations, with three interesting theories of how they came about. Designer … Continue reading

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Chevrolet XP-898: Inspiration for two unique designs

by Ron Will Thanks to Ron Will for providing an original XP-898 brochure, sketches, and this short account of the XP-898. It’s been many years, but I will do my best to recollect how the XP-898 came about. It actually … Continue reading

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