Ron Will’s Phantom Restored!
Ron Will’s Turbo Phantom Restoration Saga.
Ron Will’s Turbo Phantom Restoration Saga.
Artwork by Bob Hubbach, published in Car Craft Magazine, 1961.
The story of the 1937 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, by Ron Will.
Harry Bradley’s Sports Rod concept from Street Rodder magazine, September, 2000
Strother MacMinn’s LeMans Coupe Makes First Public Debut in 60 Years.
Art Fitzpatrick’s and Van Kaufman’s illustrations inspired us all.
Chrysler concept cars by Virgil Exner and Virgil Exner Jr.
Stan Mott is gone. He wrote this autobiography in 2019 especially for the Dean’s Garage book.
Wayne Kady shares some of his superb watercolors.
Dick Ruzzin remembers a remarkably talented studio sculptor, engineer, and artist.
“On seeing the ‘59 Chevrolet clay model, Ford designers soon convinced themselves that GM had somehow caught on to what Ford was doing and was purposely trying to mislead them.”
The Ford Mach 2 and the short careers of Knudsen and Shinoda at Ford.
Highlights of the career of Mac Thompson—Ford Designer from 1956–1985.
Gil Spear (designer at Ford and the subject of the last post), while working for Norman Bel Geddes, was commissioned to create a dog house for Herbert Hoover. Here’s the story.
Fascinating images from Ford designer Gil Spear’s idea and innovation sketchbook.
GM designer Roger Hughet’s wok on display at GM Design.
A collection of renderings by Bob Marcks
An interesting account from 1977 of Mitchell’s Stingray racing effort with quotes by Mitchell and Kenny Eschenbach.
Herb’s six FBCG entries included one made from a block of Plexiglas, and another from cast in aluminum!
Dean’s Garage reviews Maestro: Bill Mitchell, Second Edition by Roy Lonberger.
I remember the seeing the Pontiac Phantom many times at Design Staff. Let’s just say it had mixed internal reviews.
“Mitchell’s Latest” motorcycles, published in Car Styling, January 1977
For Henry Rom, his 1953 award-winning Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild entry was just the beginning.