Links

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Car Design

Automotive Designers and Artists
MunsonCarDesign.com—Bob Munson’s Car Designs/Tutorials
BellaMangustaDesign.com—Dick Ruzzin’s Book, Bella Mangusta
Car Body Design—Car Design and Engineering
Roadsters.com—exhaustive list of artists, illustrators, and other resources
Gyronaut X-1—Alex Tremululis history
Syd Mead—Official Website of Syd Mead, Futurist Designer

Automotive Design Historical Sites
PontiacV8—Blog by Rocky Rotella
Ate Up with Motor—Musings with things automotive—by Aaron Severson
Car Design Art—Brett Snyder’s blog
Harley Earl Timeline
Wild About Cars—Vast collection of historical information

Racing

Racing History
Registry of Corvette Race Cars
Primotipo—Motor racing memories, observations & opinions on the sports past, present & future

Race Car Mirrors
Aero Straight—Competition Race Mirrors; superb quality

Not Car Design Related

Great Products
BumperHero—Cushion that snaps on your garage door hinge that protects your car from scratches if the car is not in far enough to clear the hinge.

Automotive Journalists
Karl Ludvigson—Biography, History, Books, Resources

Books and Book Reviews
SpeedReaders—Authoritative reviews of transportation books and media

Car Websites of Interest
The Old Car Manual Project—Resource for brochures, ads, manuals

Corvette
Corvette Blogger—Blog devoted to the latest and past news
Compliance Parts—Solutions for C5 Steering Column Lock issues (LMC5 Module)
ZR51 Performance—ZF 6-speed rebuilder and C4 drivetrain information

Forgotten Fiberglass
Undiscovered Classics—America’s Lost Automotive Treasures

Graphic, Industrial, and Automotive Design
Performance Design—Phoenix, Arizona

How Cars Work
US Mechanic—US Mechanic EDU brings together the best mechanic training information available in one convenient place.

Hot Rods
Kustomrama is a Wikipedia dedicated to traditional hot rods and custom cars.

Museums
Petroleum Museum—Midland, Texas. Features Jim Hall’s Chaparral race cars.

Online Magazines
Car Guy Chronicles—News, Views, and Reviews edited by Martyn L. Schorr

Publishers
California Bill’s Automotive Handbooks—Great automotive books

Third Generation Camaro Firebird Parts
Top-Down Soutions—Great Tech Support

Web Developers
Tornado Design—Scottsdale, Arizona

Learn About the Bible
Through the Bible—Dr. J. Vernon McGee
Living Waters—Ministry of Ray Comfort

Book is excellent reading. I like all the practical jokes that you played on each other. Haven’t put it down yet.

Paul Alflen
Gary, Just received your book and read part of it, and can’t wait to finish it! EXCELLENT BOOK WOW! Thanks!

Carl Kofron
It’s a book whose pages you’ll return to again and again…sometimes just to look, other times to read and learn and to laugh!

Helen Hutchings
It brought back so many memories. The book captures some of the antics that took place. I recommend Gary’s book for anyone that has an interest to get a glimpse of an era long gone.

John Manoogian II
Very impressed with the emphasis on the “people stories.” Most people think of GM in terms of the cars, whereas you focused on the designers that created the cars. Congratulations on your excellent and personable narrative.

Roy Lonberger
Great book! It will provide many hours of interesting reading. Thank you for writing and publishing it!

Charles Pieier
All the wonderful anecdotes and photos bring laughter and smiles of recollection of the years at GM Design. The other content is equally entertaining, too! One can keep returning to its pages, finding a new topic of interest each time.

George Camp
Gary’s book focuses on the people who drove designs and events at GM Design. It is always informative, sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Picture are breathtaking. Extremely well done.

James Rice
Thank you Gary for this wonderful publication vicariously delivering the human condition nectar recalled from the good old days at GM Design.

Bill Boudreau
Closest thing to an actual time machine I have experienced! The photos, quotes and artwork really transported me back to what was a fabulous time at GM Design.

Len Casillo
I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed The Future is Back. Great stories and wonderful comments! Excellent selection of illustrations and photos!

Peter Brock
The book is providing lots of interesting reading along with so many great photos, illustrations and renderings.

Sheldon Payne
It’s like going to a family reunion and meeting all your old friends, the studios and the models all over again. I can almost smell the fresh clay reading your book.

Ron Will
Reading the stories and anecdotes of designers who shared their experiences in this book allowed me to vicariously imagine what it would have actually been like to have worked in a studio. Thumbs Up Gary!!

Steve Sicklick
Great book Gary. It’s like taking a trip down memory lane!

Dennis Burke
I’ve enjoyed the Dean’s Garage book. I know a lot of the designers and places you mention; it’s like a reunion or old-home week.Thank you very much for putting everything together in such a beautifully organized, fun, illuminating way.

Michael Lamm