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Author Archives: Gary Smith

Bill Mitchell’s Super Bikes

Bill Mitchell’s Harley Davidson Stingray and Ducati 750SF featured in Car Styling, 1975

October 21, 20223 CommentsBill MitchellBy Gary Smith

Strother MacMinn, A Man of Wit and Genius

A very interesting interview with Strother MacMinn published in Car Styling No. 56, Autumn, 1986.

October 14, 20229 CommentsStrother MacMinnBy Gary Smith

Ron Will’s Phantom Restored!

Ron Will’s Turbo Phantom Restoration Saga.

October 7, 202220 CommentsRon WillBy Gary Smith

Car Craft’s Dream Roadster

Artwork by Bob Hubbach, published in Car Craft Magazine, 1961.

September 30, 20228 CommentsBob HubbachBy Gary Smith

Ford Unitron

Abandoned efforts: Ford’s 1961 Unitron RV/Mobile Office and Ford’s 5th Wheel, T-Bird-towed Trailer.

September 23, 20223 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Ford’s Mini Max Proposal

Fords Mini Van turned Chrysler.

September 16, 202210 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The 1958 Ford—An Indirect Casualty Of The Edsel

V=SxO once again proven to be true.

September 4, 202217 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Ford Designers Al Mueller and John Orfe

What would 1950s unrestrained creativity be without at least one reactor loader?

August 27, 20225 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Car Designs of the 1937 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild

The story of the 1937 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, by Ron Will.

August 2, 202214 CommentsFisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, Ron WillBy Gary Smith

Threesome

Harry Bradley’s Sports Rod concept from Street Rodder magazine, September, 2000

August 1, 20227 CommentsHarry BradleyBy Gary Smith

Cap’n Stan’s Pencil Saver

New & Improved! Fantabulous! Cheap-O! Easy-To-Use!

July 20, 20225 CommentsMott's SpotsBy Gary Smith

Before The Mustang

Ford’s reaction to the success of the 1960 Corvair Monza.

July 10, 20228 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

The Continental Mark IV—A Contest Of Wills

Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen versus Lee Iacocca

June 29, 202210 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Stylerama—Ford’s Answer to GM’s Motorama (Almost)

Perhaps it was a good thing that the program was cancelled.

June 17, 20227 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Strother MacMinn’s LeMans Coupe at Eyes on Design

Strother MacMinn’s LeMans Coupe Makes First Public Debut in 60 Years.

June 14, 202214 CommentsGeoff Hacker, Strother MacMinnBy Gary Smith

Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman

Art Fitzpatrick’s and Van Kaufman’s illustrations inspired us all.

June 2, 202214 CommentsArt FitzpatrickBy Gary Smith

Influential Designs by Virgil Exner

Chrysler concept cars by Virgil Exner and Virgil Exner Jr.

May 20, 20226 CommentsVirgil M. ExnerBy Gary Smith

Lincolns That Never Were

The ebb and flow of Continental proposals that never saw production.

May 18, 20224 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Continental Mark II—End Game

Axe the Continental. Full steam on the Edsel.

May 6, 20224 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Henry Ford’s Plastic Car

Henry Ford’s soy bean, lightweight, $400 car. Concrete molds. Didn’t smell so good.

April 22, 20225 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

A Re-Think on the Origins of Wedge Car Design

Ray Cannara’s built this wedge design while a student of Strother MacMinn at Art Center School in the ’60s.

April 16, 202211 CommentsGeoff HackerBy Gary Smith

A Tale of Two Mercurys—Turnpike Cruiser and the XM-800

That these cars represented an opposite design philosophy from Harley Earl’s show cars from the same era would be an understatement.

April 6, 20225 CommentsJim FarrellBy Gary Smith

Why Cars Are So Bad

Brief summaries of Karl Ludvigsen’s stories on his new website.

April 1, 20221 CommentKarl LudvigsenBy Gary Smith

Stan Mott’s Autobiography

Stan Mott is gone. He wrote this autobiography in 2019 especially for the Dean’s Garage book.

March 27, 202219 CommentsStan MottBy Gary Smith
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