Of Firebirds and Moonmen, Part One
Those were the days.
Les 24 Heures De Choo Choo
*throptic, noun: a design or a devise created to look as if it serves a functional purpose, but in fact has no purpose other than to make the object on which it is attached to look esthetically better.
Salute to William L. Mitchell
GM Design Staff Impact Magazine, July 1977.
Art Center Experiences
Late nighters or all nighters were the norm.
Cyclops’ Night Out
Featuring Cyclops, the Bongo family, and quite a number of other oddities.
An Interview with Bob Gurr—Making Dreams Come True
Making dreams come true.
Stan Mott—Modern Mechanics
Stan Mott kept us going with his outrageous cartoons and great artwork.
Automobile Design by Henry Gurr
R. Henry Gurr’s book played an important role in my interest in car design.
MacMinn’s LeMans Coupe
Interesting how the esthetics of aerodynamics have changed.
Photos and Other Things of Interest
Lots of very interesting photos.
Harry Bentley Bradley, Part 2
He inspires us to start sketching again just for the joy of it.
Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan
Jordan likened this to “letting a tiger out of the cage—saying go!”
Harry Bentley Bradley, Part One
His illustration style is original and unmatched.
Larry Shinoda Interview Video
He had quite a career.
Sports Cars of the Future by Strother MacMinn
This rare, out-of-print book was loaned to me by Richard Nesbitt.
Larry Shinoda, Part 2
Larry Shinoda brought to Ford a sense of no-nonsense car-guy cool.
Larry Shinoda, Part 1
Shinoda was outspoken, candid, humorous, and firmly believes in what he is doing.
Ted Youngkin
I remember he ordered a new blue Chevy pickup, and when it was delivered he realized that the instrument cluster had a blank where a gage could have been. He called it his humility gage, because it reminded him he didn’t have everything.
Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile
This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the 1960s and 70s
Alex Tremulis and the 1948 Tucker
Among his talents, Alex was noted for his ability to play tunes on his airbrush.
Hatching the 1955 Thunderbird
“I was lucky to get into car designing; I was at the right time and place.”
1973 XP-897 GT/2-Rotor Corvette Artwork
“Bill Mitchell absolutely hated the 2-Rotor and was very verbal about it calling it all kinds of nasty four letter words.”
Allan Flowers
Allan Flowers is a very talented and super creative designer.
Bob Marcks, Designer at Studebaker, Ford, and Chrysler, Part 2
Looking back, I think what a great place to start an automotive career, and how sad to think of what FOMOCO was then, and what it is now.