Dean’s GarageDean’s Garage
Dean’s Garage
Yesterday’s Look at Tomorrow
  • Donations
  • Links
  • About Dean’s Garage
  • Dean’s Garage Book Ordering
Menu back  
Aug62017

Harley Earl Audio Interview

MstrErl speaks. Plus bonus feature: GM Damsels of Design video.

10 Comments
Aug52017

The Art of the Classic Sports Car

This book features a concise, well-written history of the manufacturers, with superbly photographed examples chosen to represent the marque.—Book Review

1 Comment
Jul302017

History of Donohue’s Porsche 917/10 Turbo

Donohue’s account of initial testing in Germany.

9 Comments
Jul232017

Fiberfab Centurion

Did GM influence Fiberfab to stop production?

3 Comments
Jul192017

Ford Tough

100 Years of Ford Trucks—Book Review

1 Comment
Jul82017

2017 League of Retired Designers Project

Rear engine cars is the focus this year.

9 Comments
Jun162017

David Holls-designed 1932 Model KB Boattail Speedster

I saw this car at the Pavillions car show in Scottsdale a few years ago. It stopped me cold. Monumentally impressive.

13 Comments
Jun132017

The Story of Manuel Lopez

“I simply want the world to know that men like Manuel Lopez still exist.”—Michael Lamm

7 Comments
May262017

Chevrolet Musclecars

A great collection of engine shots and cutaway engine artwork.

1 Comment
May192017

History of Tanks

Leave it to historian Stan Mott to uncover the little known history of tanks.

9 Comments
May122017

CARS AS ART Exhibit

Two hundred pieces of original concept car art representing the 1950s up through today’s designs will be on display.

4 Comments
May52017

Who designed the Monza GT?

Phil Hill, Bill Mitchell, and the Monza GT. By Paul Deesen.

6 Comments
Apr282017

Bella Mangusta

The complete story of Dick Ruzzin’s Chevy powered Mangusta. Book Review.

4 Comments
Apr222017

2016 League of Retired Designers Packard Project

The latest in Packard proposals.

4 Comments
Apr62017

Styling—The Look of Things

Original 76-page GM brochure from 1955 describing design and the styling process.

12 Comments
Mar312017

Russian “Chrysler Aeroflot” Carplane

Stalin’s secret weapons designer, Igor Sokerov, to the resuce.

3 Comments
Mar262017

Pontiac Firebird 50 Years

I about had a heart attack when the ’70 Trans Am hit the streets. Book Review.

Leave a comment
Mar172017

John Krsteski Interview

Design Manager at Hyundai North America and a very inspiring digital artist.

Leave a comment
Mar152017

McQueen’s Motorcycles

Steve McQueen was the real deal. An authentic enthusiast. Book review.

2 Comments
Mar92017

Heirs to the Airflow

Chrysler’s ugly duckling inspired a lot of copycats. By Michael Lamm.

11 Comments
Mar62017

Camilo Pardo

Camilo Pardo and His Ford GT Go Full Circle.

7 Comments
Mar22017

Deuce

The original hot rod condensed to pictorial essays of 32 iconic examples.

2 Comments
Feb232017

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.

2 Comments
Feb162017

Styling the Motor Car—1949

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

5 Comments
1
234567
…89101112…
1314151617181920212223
24
prevnext
Search
Subscribe for post notifications


 

DMCA protected against copyright infringement.
DMCA.com Protection Status
Available!
Dean’s Garage Book Praise
  • 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
Available!
Available!
Recent Comments
  • Rich Dixon on Don Schwarz, 1929–2023
  • Ed Anderson on Don Schwarz, 1929–2023
  • James E. (Jed) Duvall on Don Schwarz, 1929–2023
  • David Heller on A Tribute to Harry Bradley
  • Peter Davis on A Tribute to Harry Bradley
  • Franz on Design of the 1961 Lincoln, Part 1
  • Joyce Bradley on A Tribute to Harry Bradley
  • TJ WOOD on 1999 GTO Concept
  • Norman Gaines Jr. on Design of the 1961 Lincoln, Part 1
  • Norman Gaines Jr. on Design of the 1961 Lincoln, Part 1
Visits since 3/12/16
How to be Free from the Fear of Death, by Ray Comfort
The Choice, by Ray Comfort
How deep is the rabbit hole?
No Small Thing

“This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can’t be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won’t be done. The Founders’ Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.”—Mike Vanderboegh

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.—John Adams to Massachusetts Militia, October 11, 1798.

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When government fears the people, there is liberty.—Thomas Jefferson.

Copyright Notice

©DeansGarage.com, 2009–2023. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or the original copyright owner(s) is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to DeansGarage.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”—John 5:24

Dean’s Garage
©2023 Performance Design
error: Content is protected !!