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Author Archives: Gary Smith

Steve Small

George Prentice on Steve Small.

May 8, 201421 CommentsCar Design, GM Design Staff, Steve SmallBy Gary Smith

The Studio Art Collection of George Prentice

Artwork of Ken Okuyama, Allen Young, Glen Durmisevich, Walt Gershick, Chuck Stebbons, Norm Selnes, Glen Winterscheit, Dennis Burke, Joe Ponce, Bob Loyckx, Dennis Huguley, and Jerry Hirschberg.

April 30, 20143 CommentsCar Design, GM Design Staff, Vintage Studio ArtworkBy Gary Smith

Steam Speed

Stan Motts’ Les 24 Heures De Choo Choo come to life.

March 7, 20142 CommentsStan Mott, VideosBy Gary Smith

Stirling Moss

Patrick Stewart hosts this documentary with motor sports legend Sir Stirling Moss.

March 1, 2014Leave a commentRacing, VideosBy Gary Smith

Stingray Name Controversy

Sting Ray? Stingray? StingRay? Which is it?

February 21, 20147 CommentsBooks, CorvetteBy Gary Smith

Joe Boyer—A Man with a Dream

“Put that ship out front or burn it up!”

February 16, 20146 CommentsRacing, Really Old StuffBy Gary Smith

Motor Trend Classic Chuck Jordan Interview

“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.”

February 1, 20141 CommentCar Design, Chuck Jordan, Designers, Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, GM Design Staff, MotoramaBy Gary Smith

The King, the Cadillac, and the Cover-up

This has nothing to do with Elvis.

January 21, 20141 CommentStoriesBy Gary Smith

1965 Pontiac Banshee: The Story of the XP-833

“We were working up exterior styling with Ned Nichols’ design studio, and the Monza GT was our primary inspiration.”

January 8, 20148 CommentsCar Design, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

The Martini Mustang

“Everything else is just traffic.”

December 15, 20131 CommentVideosBy Gary Smith

George Krispinsky—Ford, AMC, and Chrysler Designer

An interview with George Krispinsky.

October 9, 20135 CommentsAmerican Motors, Car Design, Chrysler Design, George KrispinskyBy Gary Smith

Testing a Small Chevrolet

“It has that big car look, but only one of us was easily able to occupy it.”

October 2, 20139 CommentsArtwork and Books, Cartoons, Stan MottBy Gary Smith

Studio Art Collector Federic Sharf

Sharf now has thousands of car drawings, mostly from the 1930s through the 1960s.

September 12, 20133 CommentsArtwork and Books, Car Design, Vintage Studio ArtworkBy Gary Smith

Building the Corvette SS; Stingray Racer at Elkhart; Building the ’53 Corvette; Design Center Tour

Vintage GM video of Building the Experimental Corvette SS.

September 6, 20133 CommentsBill Mitchell, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith

Ford Racing Photo Archives

Carroll Shelby was one of the most prolific personalities in the automotive industry.

August 11, 2013Leave a commentPhotography, RacingBy Gary Smith

At age 72, Dave never really got the message.

“We have done so much, with so little, for so long, that we can now do anything with nothing.”

August 2, 201310 CommentsDave Marcis, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith

An Evening with Jim Hall

“I was shocked seeing the Chaparral launch itself over the top of Lothar Motschenbacher’s red McLaren.”

July 26, 20134 CommentsJim Hall, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith

Corvette Sting Ray: Genesis of an American Icon

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.

July 17, 20132 CommentsBooks, Corvette, GM Design Staff, Peter BrockBy Gary Smith

Stories from Baja—Got Kotex? and Hallucinations

Experiences from Baja written by John Thawley.

July 6, 20134 CommentsJohn Thawley Sr., Racing, StoriesBy Gary Smith

The Design Makers—Inside Ford Design

A late ’60s look inside Ford Design.

June 27, 201310 CommentsCar Design, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith

The Singer 911

The way you’d want to do one if you could.

June 20, 2013Leave a commentCar Design, Porsche, VideosBy Gary Smith

Ed Welburn Interviews

Amelia Island interviews.

June 13, 20132 CommentsEd Welburn, VideosBy Gary Smith

Stories from Baja—A Bike in the Bank

Experiences from Baja written by John Thawley.

June 5, 20131 CommentJohn Thawley Sr., Racing, StoriesBy Gary Smith

The Making of Le Mans

A 14-minute behind-the-scenes mini-doc on the making of the film Le Mans.

May 30, 20131 CommentPorsche 917, Racing, VideosBy Gary Smith
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