Dean’s Garage – Page 6 – Yesterday’s Look at Tomorrow

Mar212019

Studio Art Found Online, Part Three

More Studio Art found online.

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Mar142019

Studio Art Found Online, Part Two

More Studio Art found online.

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Mar102019

Future Studebakers

Studebaker Concepts

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Mar32019

Studio Art Found Online

An interesting collection of renderings and designs, past and present.

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Feb202019

1972 SCCA Can Am at Mosport and Other Vintage Racing Videos

Cool vintage racing videos from the ‘60s and early ‘70s. Plus, a triple test of the Porsche 917, Ferrari 512, and Lola T70 Coupe, tributes to Dan Gurney, and a rebuild of a Porsche 917 engine.

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Feb162019

Ferrari Fuel for the Road

Shell’s 60 years with Ferrari commercial. The sounds!

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Feb52019

William Quan‘s Buick Questor Interior

William Quan’s 1985 interior design development for the “1995” Buick Questor.

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Jan282019

John Bell. Designer. Artist.

John Bell. From GM to Art Director at ILM. Just for starters.

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Jan172019

Cyclops Racing Team Tent

The ideal center for Cyclops enthusiasts to watch the action in the shade.

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Jan102019

The Camaro Kammback Story

Bob Ackerman’s account of the Camaro Kammback.

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Dec242018

Cyclops Heading for Bonneville

It’s about time.

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Dec122018

Autonomous

The dark side of technology repurposed. Short story.

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Nov282018

Small Block Adventures

Dropping a built 283 SBC into a 1800 lb. MG-TD works for me. By Dick Ruzzin.

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Nov182018

Cars of My Life

The joy and agony of car ownership, by John Houlihan. Descriptions and renderings of all 28 cars he’s owned.

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Oct272018

Pontiac’s Chief Designer, Jack Humbert

Jack Humbert was responsible for many of Pontiac’s styling icons. By Jeff Denison.

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Oct242018

Peykans, Zebras, and Jubes

Iranians may be the best drivers in the world.

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Oct132018

Werner Bührer’s Illustrations

How many of us saved Werner Bührer’s illustrations from Road & Track?

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Sep192018

Rocky Rotella’s Firebird Books

Thoroughly researched and documented history of Pontiac’s Firebirds through 1981. Interviews with Bill Porter and others. Book Review.

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Sep32018

Chaffey College Trans Am Camaro

The coolest college project ever.

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Aug182018

Rich Boyd—Artist, Designer, Photographer, Writer

Plus the story of John Manoogian II’s 1970-1/2 Camaro, owned by designers at all three major car companies.

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Aug62018

Ford Rouge Plant ’60s

A Film Noir tour through Ford’s Rouge Plant in the early 1960s. Unbelievable.

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Jul272018

Tom Goes for a Ride—A Mangusta Story

A heart warming story by Dick Ruzzin.

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Jul202018

1965 Corvette C2R

Eight year plus resto-mod nearing completion.

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Jul92018

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 50 years

Concise history including the cultural impact of Pontiac’s Trans Am. Book review.

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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