Harry Bentley Bradley, Part 2
He inspires us to start sketching again just for the joy of it.
Jim Ray’s 1965 Corvette 396 4-speed Coupe
Nothing turns heads like that anymore. Nothing.
Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan
Jordan likened this to “letting a tiger out of the cage—saying go!”
League of Retired Automotive Designers—Ferrari Design Exhibit
Recapturing the Magic—Visions of the Future American Automotive Design.
Harry Bentley Bradley, Part One
His illustration style is original and unmatched.
GM Styling Advanced Design and Pre-production Photos
From the collection of Tom Falconer.
Modes and Motors
Nice illustrations.
Design Staff Directory, January, 1988
Design Staff Directory from January, 1988.
Larry Shinoda Interview Video
He had quite a career.
’73 GTO/Grand AM Development
Great artwork.
More Saved Studio Sketches
Tom Semple and I almost killed each other.
Sports Cars of the Future by Strother MacMinn
This rare, out-of-print book was loaned to me by Richard Nesbitt.
Larry Shinoda, Part 2
Larry Shinoda brought to Ford a sense of no-nonsense car-guy cool.
Larry Shinoda, Part 1
Shinoda was outspoken, candid, humorous, and firmly believes in what he is doing.
More Studio Cartoons. And a Few Stories. And some Quotes.
“Paint won’t save it.”
’80s GM Image Cars
“GM Teamwork and Technology for Today and Tomorrow.”
Fords of the Fifties, by Mike Parris
Collections of historic information about Ford’s 1950 and 1960 decades.
GM Wind Tunnel and Brochure
“Too bad aero had to go that way.” Mitchell.
Studio Cartoons
For one reason or another sometimes that creativity needed to vent in the form of cartoons.
Ted Youngkin
I remember he ordered a new blue Chevy pickup, and when it was delivered he realized that the instrument cluster had a blank where a gage could have been. He called it his humility gage, because it reminded him he didn’t have everything.
Mike Parris with Otis Chandler’s Porsche 917s at Riverside
By lap four, Thomas was bringing it hard through the esses, down to first in turn six and on the throttle to the off-camber turn seven. He was laughing out of seven and kept both of us grinning from ear to ear, just hearing the big twelve rev.
Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile
This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the 1960s and 70s
GM Studio Group Photos
Thanks to George Camp and Charlie Stewart with help identifying people in the photos.
Riverside International Raceway Photos from the ’80s
Can Am, Trans Am and NASCAR photos from the ’80s by Mike Parris.