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Author Archives: Gary Smith

Threewheelin’

“There is nothing wrong with a three wheel car that adding a fourth wheel wouldn’t fix.” Really?

December 16, 20166 CommentsCartoons, Stan MottBy Gary Smith

There are no rules.

CAN-AM 50th Anniversary. Run-what-you-brung unlimited racing. Book Review.

December 11, 20166 CommentsBooks, RacingBy Gary Smith

The Los Angeles Connection

What happens when the customer is always right?

November 27, 20164 CommentsStories, fictionBy Gary Smith

Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion, October 2016

Ron Will and John Jacobus report from the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild October reunion held at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

November 19, 201619 CommentsFisher Body Craftsman’s GuildBy Gary Smith

Route 66 Barn Find Road Trip

Lost Collector Cars Along the Mother Road. Book Review.

November 17, 20162 CommentsBooksBy Gary Smith

Cuba’s Car Culture

Fangio Kidnapped! and other stories from embargoed Cuba. Book Review.

November 11, 20163 CommentsBooksBy Gary Smith

Porsche—The Classic Era

Book Review—The definitive history of Porsche’s Classic Era

November 6, 20165 CommentsBooks, PorscheBy Gary Smith

The Way It Is—Appreciating Jim Hall and his Chaparrals

“There’s a lot of junk out there today. If you want it straight, read Kirby.”—Paul Newman

October 28, 20163 CommentsGordon Kirby, Jim Hall, RacingBy Gary Smith

XP777 Monza GT Chassis 3 at RIR

Very interesting video of GM’s secret Monza GT testing at Riverside International Raceway.

October 16, 201612 CommentsCorvair, VideosBy Gary Smith

Dave’s Self-Driving Car

A possibly prophetic near-future dialog between a customer and Buick Customer Service. By Gary Smith.

September 28, 201611 CommentsStories, fictionBy Gary Smith

What a Car Designer Drives

Great car. Cool video.

September 9, 20167 CommentsVideosBy Gary Smith

Camaro 2016

Book review. This is how they do cars at GM Design these days.

September 2, 20161 CommentBooksBy Gary Smith

2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America

Ford, BMW, Porsche, Corvette, and Ferrari mix it up. The last six minutes.

August 16, 2016Leave a commentRacingBy Gary Smith

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.

July 28, 20165 CommentsDesigners, Larry BrinkerBy Gary Smith

Airstream, America’s World Traveler

The story of Wally Byam’s trailer.

July 1, 2016Leave a commentArtwork and BooksBy Gary Smith

The Great Airstream Office Debacle

Just because I can dream something up doesn’t mean that I should try it.

June 24, 201628 CommentsStories, TrailersBy Gary Smith

Gentlemen, Light Your Tires

Last hurrah for the 3.8 Turbo Buick V6.

June 17, 20161 CommentBuick Indy Pace Cars, RacingBy Gary Smith

1967 Can-Am at Road America (Elkhart Lake)

When that many Can-Am cars rolled by on the pace lap, the ground shook.

June 10, 20162 CommentsRacing, VideosBy Gary Smith

GM’s Far-Out ’59s

A few pages from Special Interest Autos #125, September/October 1991 and other stuff.

June 5, 20164 CommentsGM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

How GM‘s Radical 1959 Chevrolet Came to Be

No, Bruce McCall didn’t design these.

June 3, 201624 CommentsGM Design StaffBy Gary Smith

Wide Open Muscle

The rarest of the rare. New book review.

May 27, 20163 CommentsArtwork and BooksBy Gary Smith

1986 Buick LaSabre

Inside Buick magazine interviews Bill Porter on the design of the 1986 Buick LeSabre.

April 29, 20162 CommentsBill Porter, Buick, Gary SmithBy Gary Smith

1967 Times Grand Prix at RIR

Where Bruce McLaren and Jim Hall put on quite a show. I was there.

April 17, 20163 CommentsRacing, VideosBy Gary Smith

More Studio Art, George Barbaz

All sorts of cool renderings and photos found online.

April 15, 20165 CommentsRescued from the Studio TrashBy Gary Smith
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