Dean’s Garage » Michigan International Speedway http://deansgarage.com Yesterday’s Look at Tomorrow Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GM and Styling Photos http://deansgarage.com/2009/random-photos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=random-photos http://deansgarage.com/2009/random-photos/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:01:42 +0000 Gary Smith http://deansgarage.com/?p=1711 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.

michellhumbertjordan ]]> http://deansgarage.com/2009/random-photos/feed/ 1 Corvair Monza GT brochure http://deansgarage.com/2009/corvair-monza-gt-brochure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corvair-monza-gt-brochure http://deansgarage.com/2009/corvair-monza-gt-brochure/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:00:46 +0000 Gary Smith http://deansgarage.com/?p=551 Continue reading →]]> In 1964 at the United States Road Race of Champions (USRRC) at the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, GM had a show car exhibit in the infield. I remember seeing for the first time the Corvette XP-755, the Monza SS, and the Monza GT. I can’t overstate the impression the Monza GT made on me.

When I got home from the race, I wrote a letter to General Motors Design Staff about how one becomes a car designer. I was fifteen years old. A few weeks later I received a letter signed by Lee Knight and a few publicity photos of several show cars, including the Monza GT. I still have those photos. The letter suggested some books I could buy about car design. They were Automotive Design by R.H. Gurr, published in 1955 by Post Motor Books, and You Can Draw Cars by Bill Jenks, published in 1960 by Sports Car Press. I still have the books. Nine years later I was a real car designer working in Advanced Chevrolet. Ron Hill was the Studio Chief, and Gaza Loczi was his assistant.


An AC Delco ad with another page from the Monza GT brochure.


These are the photos sent to me by General Motors.


Monza GT photographed at Michigan International Speedway about 1977.

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