Dean’s Garage Book Ordering

After 18 months of development including a trip to GM Archives, Dean’s Garage—The Future is Back was released at the end of January, 2020.

To preview the book, click here.

ISBN: 78-1-7334493-0-4
Softcover, 8-1/2 x 11, 294 Pages;
334 Grayscale and Color images
Includes the 1988 Design Staff Directory
Fully indexed

To order a book:

1. Check (USA Only)
Use the request form below, and I will email you the address to send your check.

2. Amazon
Dean’s Garage is available on Amazon (Expensive!).

International buyers: Please contact me.

How to Order:

Dean’s Garage, The Future is Back is a Print On Demand book, meaning they are printed one at a time and sent directly from the printer (Ingram). Please allow two to three weeks to receive your copy.

Printing costs have increased considerably (nearly doubled) since the book was released in January, 2000.

Cost: $65 by check including USPS shipping and tax (USA Only).

Cost after July 8, 2022: $70 including USPS shipping and tax (USA Only).

If you want to order more than two copies, contact me.

To Pay by check (USA Only): Fill in the form below, and I will email the address to send your check.

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Book is excellent reading. I like all the practical jokes that you played on each other. Haven’t put it down yet.

Paul Alflen
Gary, Just received your book and read part of it, and can’t wait to finish it! EXCELLENT BOOK WOW! Thanks!

Carl Kofron
It’s a book whose pages you’ll return to again and again…sometimes just to look, other times to read and learn and to laugh!

Helen Hutchings
It brought back so many memories. The book captures some of the antics that took place. I recommend Gary’s book for anyone that has an interest to get a glimpse of an era long gone.

John Manoogian II
Very impressed with the emphasis on the “people stories.” Most people think of GM in terms of the cars, whereas you focused on the designers that created the cars. Congratulations on your excellent and personable narrative.

Roy Lonberger
Great book! It will provide many hours of interesting reading. Thank you for writing and publishing it!

Charles Pieier
All the wonderful anecdotes and photos bring laughter and smiles of recollection of the years at GM Design. The other content is equally entertaining, too! One can keep returning to its pages, finding a new topic of interest each time.

George Camp
Gary’s book focuses on the people who drove designs and events at GM Design. It is always informative, sometimes funny and sometimes sad. Picture are breathtaking. Extremely well done.

James Rice
Thank you Gary for this wonderful publication vicariously delivering the human condition nectar recalled from the good old days at GM Design.

Bill Boudreau
Closest thing to an actual time machine I have experienced! The photos, quotes and artwork really transported me back to what was a fabulous time at GM Design.

Len Casillo
I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed The Future is Back. Great stories and wonderful comments! Excellent selection of illustrations and photos!

Peter Brock
The book is providing lots of interesting reading along with so many great photos, illustrations and renderings.

Sheldon Payne
It’s like going to a family reunion and meeting all your old friends, the studios and the models all over again. I can almost smell the fresh clay reading your book.

Ron Will
Reading the stories and anecdotes of designers who shared their experiences in this book allowed me to vicariously imagine what it would have actually been like to have worked in a studio. Thumbs Up Gary!!

Steve Sicklick
Great book Gary. It’s like taking a trip down memory lane!

Dennis Burke
I’ve enjoyed the Dean’s Garage book. I know a lot of the designers and places you mention; it’s like a reunion or old-home week.Thank you very much for putting everything together in such a beautifully organized, fun, illuminating way.

Michael Lamm