Heirs to the Airflow
Chrysler’s ugly duckling inspired a lot of copycats. By Michael Lamm.
Camilo Pardo
Camilo Pardo and His Ford GT Go Full Circle.
1949 GM Styling Show for Fisher Body Winners
Historic photos from a GM Art & Colour presentation constructed for winners of the 1949 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild.
Styling the Motor Car—1949
Cool video from 1949. Glimpses inside several Art & Colour Studios. Bill Mitchell and Irv Rybicki are in the film.
Holden Hurricane, Part II
More details about the designers behind the scenes. Ed Welburn had a hand in resurrecting the Hurricane.
Holden Hurricane
An inspiring design from down under.
Vauxhall XVR Concept
A very cool design that was inspiration for a lot of designers.
Threewheelin’
“There is nothing wrong with a three wheel car that adding a fourth wheel wouldn’t fix.” Really?
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.
GM’s Far-Out ’59s
A few pages from Special Interest Autos #125, September/October 1991 and other stuff.
How GM‘s Radical 1959 Chevrolet Came to Be
No, Bruce McCall didn’t design these.
More Studio Art, George Barbaz
All sorts of cool renderings and photos found online.
Cyclops Royale
Personally approved by Ettore himself.
Change by Design—Ford Designers
Ford Design in 1973 as they grapple with government mandated safety guidelines. Homer LaGassey is featured in two scenes
Joe Oros, Ford Designer
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. Larry Wood of Mattel sent me a treasure trove of slides from the late ’40s in an ancient brown metal box with a built-in slide viewer.
Remembering Chuck Jordan
By Dick Ruzzin
2015 League of Retired Designers Project
New Cord, Dusenberg, and Auburn designs by the League of Retired Automotive Designers.
The Boston Model Recreation
Photos and text by by Milton J. Antonick.
2014 League of Retired Designers Project
The League of Retired Automotive Designer’s 2014 project: create new designs for Ford models no longer made.
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion, 2015
Photos from the 2015 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild reunion in Salt Lake City.
The Story of One Missing Model
This missing model turned up on eBay.
Mystery of the Missing Guild Models
If the models still exist, they are probably stored in their original shipping boxes.
American Dreaming Update
A documentary project about the golden age of American car design.
American Dreaming
A documentary project about the golden age of American car design.