Published at: 08:04 pm - Wednesday April 08 2009
All I did was answer an ad for a Alfa GTA. There are many nice photos of the finished car on Motor Sports Center’s website. So I drove down to Scottsdale to see an Alfa GTA that was for sale. The man that had the car was selling it for a friend. He took me [...]
Published at: 08:04 pm - Wednesday April 08 2009
The Buick Skylark 80X was the second major promotional car I did for Buick as Performance Design. Performance Design (see The Early History of the Buick Grand National and Performance Design) was created as an assumed name for freelance activities with Herb Fishel and Buick’s promotional efforts in the late ’70s. The 80X was featured [...]
Published at: 09:04 pm - Monday April 06 2009
The first Buick Promotional Car Buick, Olds, Chevrolet, and Pontiac studios competed for designs for the 1979 GM A-bodies. There were two coupe and two sedan uppers to be shared, a notchback and a fastback. Since Buick and Olds traditionally catered to more traditional buyers, it would be appropriate for those divisions to have the [...]