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Category Archives: Bill Mitchell

The Surveyor—Mitchell’s Ultimate Bike Racer Van

Bill Mitchell’s custom bike hauler.

November 11, 20226 CommentsBill MitchellBy 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

The First Stingray

An interesting account from 1977 of Mitchell’s Stingray racing effort with quotes by Mitchell and Kenny Eschenbach.

February 12, 20214 CommentsBill Mitchell, CorvetteBy Gary Smith

Mitchell’s 1977 Pontiac Phantom

I remember the seeing the Pontiac Phantom many times at Design Staff. Let’s just say it had mixed internal reviews.

October 29, 202013 CommentsBill MitchellBy Gary Smith

Mitchell’s Bikes, 1977

“Mitchell’s Latest” motorcycles, published in Car Styling, January 1977

October 9, 20206 CommentsBill Mitchell, MotorcyclesBy Gary Smith

Bill Mitchell’s Red Baron

Bill Mitchell’s Red Baron Custom BMW Motorcycle Mystery.

September 6, 20205 CommentsBill Mitchell, MotorcyclesBy Gary Smith

Bill Mitchell’s Fast Living on Two Wheels

Mitchell’s custom motorcycles, published in Car Styling, August 1974

September 1, 20208 CommentsBill Mitchell, MotorcyclesBy Gary Smith

Bill Mitchell’s Three Wheeler Time Trials

Graham Bell got the best time. By Bruce Brooks.

June 3, 20205 CommentsBill Mitchell, Bruce Brooks, Jerry HirschbergBy Gary Smith

Studio X: Bill Mitchell’s Secret Styling Studio

A brief history of Mitchell’s secret skunk works.

June 18, 201810 CommentsBill Mitchell, Roy LonbergerBy Gary Smith

Hiding Scale Models

Bill Porter relates a Dave Holls story.

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

Styling the Motor Car—1949

Cool video from 1949. Glimpses inside several Art & Colour Studios. Bill Mitchell and Irv Rybicki are in the film.

February 16, 20175 CommentsBill Mitchell, Car Design, Irv Rybicki, VideosBy 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

A Bill Mitchell Anecdote

The result was the side stand retracted and the bike tipped over.

April 25, 201313 CommentsBill Mitchell, Motorcycles, StoriesBy Gary Smith

Salute to William L. Mitchell

GM Design Staff Impact Magazine, July 1977.

October 7, 20101 CommentBill Mitchell, Car Design, GM Design StaffBy Gary Smith
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