Chalk and marker rendering by Tom Semple

The day Tom Semple and I nearly did each other in.
I became interested in motocross motorcycles in the ’70s, and rode in the woods with several GM designers and sculptors including Larry Brinker and Bernie Smith. One Saturday several of us met up around Mt. Grampian ski area in [...]

To have worked in an environment with so many creative designers was an extraordinary experience. For one reason or another sometimes that creativity needed to vent in the form of cartoons. There were several designers that were very gifted at creating fantastic caricatures. These are the cartoons I have in my file, but I’m sure [...]

I worked with Allan Flowers in Buick in the late ’70s until he left for Nissan Design International. Very talented and super creative designer. This collection of artwork is from his GM days with a couple of sketches from NDI. Allan is currently very involved in RC aircraft and is currently building an incredible Siemens Schuckert [...]

Jerry Hirschberg, early ’70s.

This is a Geza Loczi vellum sketch from the early ’70s.

These photos were sent to me as sketch samples around 1964 by General Motors.

Al Flowers, late ’70s.

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 performance department. Herb would make frequent trips from Flint to the GM Tech Center at Warren, Michigan, [...]