Dean’s Garage receives many interesting photos from readers—snapshots from another time and era. Not enough content on any one subject for a single post, but important enough to be posted. Many thanks to those who email me and to those … Continue reading
On July 14, 2009 my friend John Thawley died at 71 years old. John Thawley, myself, and my wife Louise in July, 1980. I was working at General Motors Design Staff in 1976. In Buick Studio. I was also working … Continue reading
Everybody has lots of posters. These perhaps are a bit unusual and of interest to the readers of Dean’s Garage. Print of artwork by Ken Okuyama. There is a studio photo of the design being worked out in scale and … Continue reading
[Click here to see a gallery of images of the Pace Car garage and the Buick group from Flint on the first day of qualifying.] The 1981 Buick Regal Indy Pace Car graphics originated as one of a variety of … Continue reading
Performance Design History This particular Grand National has a junkyard dog menacing look about it. Herb Fishel worked under Vince Piggins at Chevrolet’s performance group. In the late ’70s, Lloyd Reuss and Buick Motor Division lured him away to start their own … Continue reading
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