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Author Archives: Gary Smith

Chasing the Future: Bunker Bradley, Part 3—The Australian Experience

The amazing career and designs of Bunker Bradley, Part 3.

May 24, 20185 CommentsBunker Bradley, DesignersBy Gary Smith

Crayon to Cad

A seriously complete and well researched history of Post-War Automotive Design in Australia. Book review.

May 18, 20182 CommentsBooksBy Gary Smith

Chasing the Future: Bunker Bradley, Part 2—Leaving America

The amazing career and designs of Bunker Bradley, Part 2.

May 11, 20181 CommentBunker Bradley, DesignersBy Gary Smith

Who’s Waldo?

GM Design Staff shots from the ’60s and ’70s. Lots of unknown faces.

May 7, 201813 CommentsGM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

Chasing the Future: Bunker Hill Bradley, Part 1

The amazing career and designs of Bunker Bradley.

April 24, 201813 CommentsBunker Bradley, DesignersBy Gary Smith

How the Vega Kammback Came to Be

An amazing story by John Houlihan.

April 5, 201828 CommentsCar Design, GM Design Staff, John HoulihanBy Gary Smith

Solitude

A really short story.

April 1, 20188 CommentsStories, fictionBy Gary Smith

Hiding Scale Models

Bill Porter relates a Dave Holls story.

March 7, 201810 CommentsBill Mitchell, Bill Porter, Dave HollsBy Gary Smith

Final Assembly

A behind the scenes look at the creation of the Holden Hurricane. Cartoons by Don DaHarsh.

February 25, 20183 CommentsCartoonsBy Gary Smith

Second Generation F-Car Windshield

Bill Porter describes the windshield form for the second generation Firebird and Camaro.

February 6, 20187 CommentsBill PorterBy Gary Smith

1967 Spa 1000Km and the Chaparral 2F

Chaparral challenges Ford, Ferrari, and Porsche in Europe. Technical insights of the 2F. Cool photos. If only…

February 3, 20185 CommentsJim Hall, RacingBy Gary Smith

Damsels of Design

Zounds. Have things ever changed.

January 16, 20183 CommentsCar Design, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

Steve McQueen—The Life

Excellent biography of the King of Cool. Book review.

December 22, 20172 CommentsBooksBy Gary Smith

Day One

Marty Schorr wrote about muscle cars he drove and compared for Cars Magazine during the ’60s. Not all were what they claimed to be. Some were far more. Book review.

December 10, 2017Leave a commentBooksBy Gary Smith

Ephemera Now

Cool collection of period advertising photos.

November 28, 20176 CommentsPhotographyBy Gary Smith

Mickey Thompson First to Race Big Block Z06 in 1963

First appearance of the Big Block Chevy. Great collection of historic photos.

November 24, 20175 CommentsCorvette, RacingBy Gary Smith

David Brown • Aston Martin • 70 Years

“Bond. James Bond.” Book Review.

November 24, 20173 CommentsBooksBy Gary Smith

Chevrolet Trucks 100 Years

The 1,000-foot overview of the history of Chevy trucks. Book Review.

November 7, 20173 CommentsBooksBy Gary Smith

Holden-Powered Corvette XP-85

Not seen this one before.

November 1, 201717 CommentsCorvette, Peter RobinsonBy Gary Smith

Porsche • 70 Years

There is no substitute. Book Review.

October 30, 20171 CommentBooksBy Gary Smith

Shelby American—Up Close and Behind the Scenes

Shelby’s staff photographer shares his first hand experiences and many never before published photos.

October 27, 20171 CommentBooks, RacingBy Gary Smith

The Complete Book of Chevrolet Camaro

A concise Camaro historical overview.

October 25, 2017Leave a commentBooksBy Gary Smith

TASC4GT

History of GM’s Total Automotive System Concept Program (TASC) and creation of the TASC4GT

October 16, 201713 CommentsDick Ruzzin, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

Penske’s ’69 Trans Am Camaro

Ever want to know how Penske and Donohue prepared the Trans Am Camaros?

October 4, 20175 CommentsMark Donohue, RacingBy Gary Smith
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