Maestro: Bill Mitchell and the Iconic Cars of GM Styling
The untold story behind GM’s most iconic cars.
The untold story behind GM’s most iconic cars.
By Allan Flowers. “Design is a long, messy process involving many people, most of whom are never ever given the least bit of publicity.”
This missing model turned up on eBay.
I sat next to Gray in Buick Studio. He’s a good friend.
Neil’s recreation of his first teenage wheels.
Local and snowbird designers get-together.
Studio artwork from the collection of Ron Will and Richard Nesbitt.
From Sketches, Special Edition, April 24, 1991.
Harry Bradley’s styling tips for ’56–’60, ’53–’67, and ’68–’73 Vettes.
Bill Porter tells his story of his years as Chief Designer of Buick I Studio from 1980 to 1996.
Text and photos complements of the car’s owner and builder, Dave Crook.
This video shows Norm James creating a yarn drawing of the Firebird III.
This post features artwork by Richard Nesbitt.
Dick Ruzzin’s Chevy powered Mangusta.
George Prentice on Steve Small.
Dick Ruzzin’s first hand account of the development of the Open Bitter.
“A car has to make you feel something. If a buyer looks at a car and says, ‘I don’t like it,’ all the other stuff doesn’t matter.”
An interview with George Krispinsky.
Vintage GM video of Building the Experimental Corvette SS.
Brock’s involvement with the design of the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray has been well overshadowed by his successes at Shelby American, but they are no less fascinating.
The result was the side stand retracted and the bike tipped over.