Fantastic Dave Holls Video Interview
A great video interview with Dave Holls from the late 1990s.
Dave Holls’ Career
From Sketches, Special Edition, April 24, 1991.
David Holls-designed 1932 Model KB Boattail Speedster
I saw this car at the Pavillions car show in Scottsdale a few years ago. It stopped me cold. Monumentally impressive.
Hiding Scale Models
Bill Porter relates a Dave Holls story.
Ron Kellogg’s Bugatti Type 57/59 Roadster Special
The story of Dave Holls’ Bugatti.
Don Schwarz, 1929–2023
A few stories from his career at GM Design contributed by Don Schwarz for the Dean’s Garage book.
Tribute to Bernie Smith 1929–2023
Fond memories.
Society of Automotive Historians
The SAH honors Dean’s Garage with a book review and inclusion in their Resource List. View the entire 9/10 2020 issue.
Photos from Car Styling
A handful of interesting photos from old issues of Car Styling.
Maestro: Bill Mitchell, Second Edition
Dean’s Garage reviews Maestro: Bill Mitchell, Second Edition by Roy Lonberger.
Dean’s Garage Book Released
After 18 months of development including a trip to the GM Archives at Design Center, Dean’s Garage, The Future Is Back is finally finished!
The Camaro Kammback Story
Bob Ackerman’s account of the Camaro Kammback.
Pontiac’s Chief Designer, Jack Humbert
Jack Humbert was responsible for many of Pontiac’s styling icons. By Jeff Denison.
TASC4GT
History of GM’s Total Automotive System Concept Program (TASC) and creation of the TASC4GT
Who designed the Monza GT?
Phil Hill, Bill Mitchell, and the Monza GT. By Paul Deesen.
Larry Brinker, Sculptor
Larry is a tremendous sculpturing and design talent. He has been a good friend over the years, and it gives me a lot of pleasure to present this brief overview of is professional career.
GM Designer Gray Counts
I sat next to Gray in Buick Studio. He’s a good friend.
The 1979 Opel Bitter Story
Dick Ruzzin’s first hand account of the development of the Open Bitter.
An Interview with Roy Lonberger, Part 2
Ahh, Mitchell.
Exclusive 2006 Interview with Charles M. (Chuck) Jordan
“I consider myself one of the luckiest guys alive. All my life I’ve been able to do the thing I love most—design automobiles.”
GM Designer Paul Deesen, the Pontiac Strato Star, and Sebring 1957
When I was at GM, Paul was always great to be around. Encouraging and uplifting with a great sense of humor.
1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech
The Oldsmobile Aerotechs were a series of experimental high-speed vehicles created between 1987 and 1992.
A Century of Automotive Style
It’s no big secret that a lot of early motorcars took their body design from carriages. But it’s less obvious that carriage design evolved from shipbuilding.