Comments for Dean’s Garage

Comment on GM Styling Advanced Design and Pre-production Photos by Walter Gomez

Walter Gomez — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:33:33 +0000

There are some pretty nice sculptural treatments inn all of these cars!

Comment on Hatching the 1955 Thunderbird by Joe Lineberger

Joe Lineberger — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:41:52 +0000

The 1954 Auto Show mock-up Bird did not have leading edge chrome trim on the fender skirts. The production cars did. Wonderful article!

Comment on Sneak Preview of the New 1968 GM Cars by keith christensen

keith christensen — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:16:01 +0000

I am trying to find history on Roy Lonberger and his designs – are there any sketches he did in the 1963-1965 ?? ??

Comment on Hatching the 1955 Thunderbird by Joe Gillam

Joe Gillam — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:55:14 +0000

Great artical and pictures, but just love to look at the few prototypes that had the ’55 Fairland chrome strips, both above and below the belt line.

Comment on Cars I’ve Loved and Hated; Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography, Chapter One by JJ

JJ — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:23:16 +0000

Golly-whillikers! A less than perfect person involved in on-going Ford/Chevy warfare might make use of this.
Not me’a'course.
But somebody of lesser moral fibre.

Comment on Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, Part II by Ron Will

Ron Will — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:34:46 +0000

A third Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion is now being planned for January 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The model display & reunion will be held at the Scottsdale International Auto Museum, during the same week as the Barrett / Jackson Classic Car Auto Auction. Anyone interested should contact Ron Will or John L. Jacobus.

Comment on More Studio Cartoons. And a Few Stories. And some Quotes. by Clark Lincoln

Clark Lincoln — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:49:26 +0000

Reading these stories and quotes makes me sorta miss the place, but feel amazed at how juvenile we all were…
My favorite quote, and I think a true classic, came from Jordan. A young designer was trying to explain his design intent to Chuck who turned to him, leaned his head back a touch and said ” my ears can’t see”.

Great site Gary, I’ll try to get some more silly stories up.
Clark

Comment on 1970-71 F-body Concept—Advanced Pontiac Studio by Automobiliac

Automobiliac — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:19:34 +0000

These photos are fascinating. I wonder if you can enlighten me: Was the Pininfarina Modulo concept of 1970 any influence on your thinking at the time? I feel like the window openings, the backlight and the tail treatment have certain echos of that design, but in an American, GM idiom. I love the rear 3/4 view! Thanks for posting this!

Comment on Peter Maier, Designer, Master Realist—Part One by Tom Semple

Tom Semple — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:48:47 +0000

My goodness, but I haven’t seen anything so beautiful or amazing as Pete’s current work. We worked together back at GM, drawing cars, drinking beer and all that, but I never realized how much my own feelings about automotive form were influenced by Pete’s three wheeler until just now. As a young designer, I didn’t know who designed the model, or that the legendary Dave Rossi was involved in sculpting it, but I was very taken with the simple beauty and strength of its form. Seeing it for the first time in 46 years, I still think the bodyside is absolutely beautiful, and if properly understood by the “deciders” could, by now, have advanced the course of design by 50 years or so. On a side note: those design bosses could have been fine people, I imagine, but a limbless Hellen Keller would have been a better designer than most of them.

I wish Pete all the best in the world, he deserves it. He was always a stand-up guy from Brooklyn and I was proud to call him a friend.

Tom Semple
retired car designer

Comment on Carl Grimes’ Wild Wagon by mike jackson

mike jackson — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:40:03 +0000

Emily Kastner, email me and lets tall about your great grandpa Carl. I also worked with your grandpa Lewis. thank you Mike Jackson