Stan Mott’s Autobiography
Stan Mott is gone. He wrote this autobiography in 2019 especially for the Dean’s Garage book.
Herb Adams: FBCG Entries and His Vivant
Herb’s six FBCG entries included one made from a block of Plexiglas, and another from cast in aluminum!
Ed Mertz
A tribute to the life of Ed Mertz by Helen V. Hutchings.
Clasiq Designer Series-Elia ‘Russ’ Russinoff
Video interviews with GM designer Elia Russinoff by Clasiq.
2019 League Project: Stutz
Stutz Bearcat—A memorable and significant car in American automobile history was this year’s focus for the League of Retired Designers.
Designer Dennis Little
Dennis is an outstanding designer and good friend. This is one of several stories he wrote for the upcoming book, Dean’s Garage.
2018 League Pierce-Arrow Project
2018 League project. NEW Renderings.
TASC4GT
History of GM’s Total Automotive System Concept Program (TASC) and creation of the TASC4GT
2017 League of Retired Designers Project
Rear engine cars is the focus this year.
2016 League of Retired Designers Packard Project
The latest in Packard proposals.
How GM‘s Radical 1959 Chevrolet Came to Be
No, Bruce McCall didn’t design these.
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.”
2015 League of Retired Designers Project
New Cord, Dusenberg, and Auburn designs by the League of Retired Automotive Designers.
The Boston Model Recreation
Photos and text by by Milton J. Antonick.
2014 League of Retired Designers Project
The League of Retired Automotive Designer’s 2014 project: create new designs for Ford models no longer made.
The Story of One Missing Model
This missing model turned up on eBay.
Mystery of the Missing Guild Models
If the models still exist, they are probably stored in their original shipping boxes.
Harry Bradley’s Mitchell GP
Text and photos complements of the car’s owner and builder, Dave Crook.
Motor Trend Classic Chuck Jordan Interview
“A car has to make you feel something. If a buyer looks at a car and says, ‘I don’t like it,’ all the other stuff doesn’t matter.”
Studio Art Collector Federic Sharf
Sharf now has thousands of car drawings, mostly from the 1930s through the 1960s.
GM Designer Bill Michalak
“I guess I just can’t get cars and art out of my system.”
Geza Loczi
I had the privilege of working with Geza in my first studio when I first started at General Motors.