Black Air
The Buick Grand National Documentary “I remember taking it to work and wanting to change lanes and all you had to do was just stab the throttle and the thing would “choo-choo” and it would skid over. You didn’t have … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Steve Pasteiner
League of Retired Automotive Designers—Ferrari Design Exhibit
The League of Retired Automotive Designers is an informal group of mostly retired automobile designers whose ability has been honed by years of experience and who still have the creativity, passion, enthusiasm, energy, and ambition to design cars and trucks … Continue reading
Posted in Car Design, Chrysler Design, Ford Design, GM Design Staff, League of Retired Automotive Designers
Tagged Allan Flowers, Anthony Frassetto, Bob Hubbach, Charles M. (Chuck) Jordan, Darwin Hawthorne, David (Dave) Royer, David S. McIntosh, Dennis Wright, Don Wood, Elia (Russ) Russinoff, George Camp, Graham Bell, Howard D. (Buck) Mook, Joan K. Creamer, John Mellberg, John Perkins, John Samson, Paul Deesen, R. Preston (Press) Bruning, Ray Isip, Richard (Dick) Nesbitt, Richard Lee Beck, Rick Wells, Robert (Bob) Ackerman, Robert Barnes, Roger E. Hughet, Ron Will, Steve Pasteiner, Virgil M. Exner Jr., Wayne A. Kady, William (Bill) Michalak
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Studio Cartoons
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 … Continue reading
1981 Buick Regal Indy Pace Car
[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
Early History of the Buick Grand National and Performance Design
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