Dean’s Garage – Page 13 – Yesterday’s Look at Tomorrow

Apr12016

Cyclops Royale

Personally approved by Ettore himself.

Mar252016

Change by Design—Ford Designers

Ford Design in 1973 as they grapple with government mandated safety guidelines. Homer LaGassey is featured in two scenes

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Mar182016

1964 Road America 500

Cool video. Driver interviews. Racing action. And a trip around Road America in a Corvette light weight (Grand Sport) driven and narrated by Roger Penske.

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Mar112016

Outtakes

This posts features a sampling of the hundreds of exterior shots that were not published in Chevy Tri-Five Custom Interiors and Ford Roadster Custom Interiors.

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Mar42016

1917 Ford Plant Postcards

A fascinating set of color postcards from 1917 showing Model T production.

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Feb262016

Cars and Cameras

Uncle Harry used to give me his hand-me-down 8mm and Super 8 movie cameras.

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Feb182016

Corvette News, 1958–1966

Only Corvette owners could get Corvette News and I didn’t own a Corvette, or know anybody that had one.

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Jan302016

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.

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Jan242016

A Study in Steel—The Building of a Locomotive

This is way off topic but too cool not to share. From 1935.

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Dec102015

Ford Total Performance Book Review

Ford performance history by Martyn Schorr.

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Nov212015

Allan Flowers, NDI Designer

Allan Flowers design work from NDI and later.

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Nov142015

David McIntosh, GM Designer

David McIntosh’s career at General Motors Design spanned nearly forty years, from 1964 to 2003.

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Oct222015

Clark Lincoln, GM Designer

Clark Lincoln’s jaw-dropping designs and illustrations from GM.

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Oct82015

Remembering Chuck Jordan

By Dick Ruzzin

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Oct42015

1963 Corvette Pilot Build Photos

118 photos show how the 1963 Corvette was assembled on the pilot line at the St. Louis plant.

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Sep142015

Maestro: Bill Mitchell and the Iconic Cars of GM Styling

The untold story behind GM’s most iconic cars.

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Sep92015

Allan Flowers, GM Designer

By Allan Flowers. “Design is a long, messy process involving many people, most of whom are never ever given the least bit of publicity.”

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Aug162015

2015 League of Retired Designers Project

New Cord, Dusenberg, and Auburn designs by the League of Retired Automotive Designers.

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Aug22015

Nice Pass!

This short clip captures some of the Corvette C7R drama at the 2015 LeMans.

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Jul192015

The Boston Model Recreation

Photos and text by by Milton J. Antonick.

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Jul122015

2014 League of Retired Designers Project

The League of Retired Automotive Designer’s 2014 project: create new designs for Ford models no longer made.

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Jul42015

Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion, 2015

Photos from the 2015 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild reunion in Salt Lake City.

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Jun252015

1968 Dow

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Jun152015

The Story of One Missing Model

This missing model turned up on eBay.

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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