The Ford Mustang Was Conceived By…Shhhh…
Here’s a story you’ve never heard before. A Dean’s Garage Exclusive.
Dave Holls’ Career
From Sketches, Special Edition, April 24, 1991.
Motor Trend Classic Chuck Jordan Interview
“A car has to make you feel something. If a buyer looks at a car and says, ‘I don’t like it,’ all the other stuff doesn’t matter.”
Exclusive 2006 Interview with Charles M. (Chuck) Jordan
“I consider myself one of the luckiest guys alive. All my life I’ve been able to do the thing I love most—design automobiles.”
85 Year History of GM Design
What we have here is a 2:50 minute video snapshot of the history of GM Design.
Harley Earl’s 1951/1954 Le Sabre
Le Sabre—GM’s answer to pre-war Mercedes?
Harley Earl’s Scrapbooks
Rare illustrations.
A Century of Automotive Style
It’s no big secret that a lot of early motorcars took their body design from carriages. But it’s less obvious that carriage design evolved from shipbuilding.
Of Firebirds and Moonmen, Part Two
Firebird III Motorama Production Filming at the GM Mesa Proving Grounds.
Of Firebirds and Moonmen, Part One
Those were the days.
Styling The Look of Things
A time warp into a much different world of design than exists today.
Detroit Institute of Automobile Styling
It’s 1946 and you’re interested in car design but don’t know where to start.
Sports Cars of the Future by Strother MacMinn
This rare, out-of-print book was loaned to me by Richard Nesbitt.
Larry Shinoda, Part 1
Shinoda was outspoken, candid, humorous, and firmly believes in what he is doing.
GM and Styling Photos
A random collection of GM related photos with captions, including Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Jack Humbert, Chuck and Mark Jordan, Zora Arkus Duntov, and a few of Design Staff’s styling cars from the ’70s
Harley Earl—GM Designer Extraordinaire
MstrEarl.
Homer LaGassey
According to Bill Porter, Homer, who was assistant in Pontiac at the time, says he quit because of round-the-clock overtime. Claimed his kids cried when he did come home. “Who’s that strange man, mommy?”