Larry Shinoda, Part 2

Published at: 07:11 am - Tuesday November 24 2009

Larry Shinoda, Designer of the Ford Mustang Boss 302
Source: From the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide.
Larry Shinoda brought to Ford a sense of no-nonsense car-guy cool. His work on the 1969 and 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 is all the evidence that statement requires.
Ford Vice President of Design Eugene Bordinat gave the always-outspoken Shinoda his [...]

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Bob Marcks, Designer at Studebaker, Ford, and Chrysler

Published at: 12:06 am - Monday June 22 2009

by Bob Marcks
I was a staff designer with Raymond Loewy in 1953-54, and then my own firm produced the color and trim changes for the 1966 Studebaker and the 1967 prototype.
Our 1967 Studebaker prototype proposal is in front of the Marcks, Hazelqist, and Powers office in Dearborn, Michigan, along with drawings for future ‘70 proposals. Marcks, Hazelqist, [...]

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Old Ford Tractors

Published at: 11:04 pm - Saturday April 11 2009

It all started with Gray Counts.

Several decades ago when I was a young designer at GM, I bought a few acres in Hooterville—I mean Ortonville—Michigan. Owning vast acreage (four) means that there will be weeds to cut and snow to blow. So I anted up and bought a new 16-hp Ariens tractor with a 48-inch mower deck [...]

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