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Jul172012

Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary

Darth Vader, your Buick is ready.

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Jul122012

Alex Tremulis at Art Center School, Class of 1955/56

Need help identifying designers.

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Jul52012

Cars I’ve Loved and Hated—More from Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography (Part Three)

“Today’s automotive scene is much more commerce than pastime, more corporate than grassroots.”

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Jun302012

85 Year History of GM Design

What we have here is a 2:50 minute video snapshot of the history of GM Design.

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Jun192012

2013 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Reunion

It ended up at the Biltmore.

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Jun142012

Magic Highway USA, 1958

Witness an artifact from a time where the future was greeted with optimism.

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May312012

Poetry in Motion—300SL Gullwing

The amazing “Gullwing” is as shocking a sight to behold today as it was some six decades ago.

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May32012

GM Designer Paul Deesen, the Pontiac Strato Star, and Sebring 1957

When I was at GM, Paul was always great to be around. Encouraging and uplifting with a great sense of humor.

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Apr202012

GM Designer Elia Russinoff, Part 2

Russ had a stellar career with 40 years as a designer with General Motors Design from 1955-1995

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Apr112012

Ron Will’s Turbo Phantom

“I think in the back of every car designer’s mind there is this desire to build a car entirely of their own design with no constraints.”

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Apr42012

Cars I’ve Loved and Hated—More from Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography

“It was then that I noticed, for the first time, the wooden clothespin attached to the fuel line.”

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Mar302012

GM Designer Elia Russinoff

Elia ‘Russ’ Russinoff, has provided a portfolio of his work to feature on Dean’s Garage.

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Mar212012

Derelicts, Pagani Huayra, and the Inverted Bike Shop

Three inspiring, well-executed videos to spark the imagination.

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Mar12012

Déjá Vu—Pete Klain’s Corvette Resurrected

The car stood out was because no other competitor was foolhardy enough to spend so much effort on body decoration for a car likely as not to be damaged on the race course.

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Feb142012

Cars I’ve Loved and Hated; Michael Lamm’s Unauthorized Auto Biography, Chapter One

In an even more misguided quest to transform the coupe into a roadster, the Chevy’s roof also succumbed to the torch.

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Feb22012

Mesmerizing 1936 Assembly Line Video

Way cool video.

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Jan252012

Automotive Age Hotel

A monument to the automotive age in the middle of Las Vegas.

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Jan192012

1970-71 F-body Concept—Advanced Pontiac Studio

These photos were filed in a brown envelope since 1972.

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Jan162012

Chrysler Streamliner, Part Two

Could it be that somebody knows where the car actually is but is sworn to secrecy?

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Jan82012

Chrysler Streamliner Mystery Solved?

Was this Chrysler model the inspiration for the Falcon in the 1936 movie, Speed?

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Jan22012

Random images

All kinds of stuff.

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Dec132011

Cyclops Railcars

“I am not at liberty to say how fast the rail car was moving when it vaporized the station.”

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Dec62011

1999 GTO Concept

GM’s First All-math Model.

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Nov262011

Burn On: 1973 Drag Racing Documentary

Old school drag racing. Excellent video.

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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
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