Never-built Virgil Exner concept car Metalshaper Wray Schelin says he can teach an absolute beginner in metalshaping how to form a car fender in just a week, and he’s decided to back that claim up by assigning his metalshaping students… Read More ›
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That Exner design is great and all, but when it comes to building never-built vehicles… – Daniel Strohl @Hemmings
Building never-built vehicles First off, props to Wray Schelin for taking on a circa-1945 Virgil Exner design as the inspiration for one of his student metalshaping projects. We’ve seen other such projects in the past – for instance, Rob Ida’s work on the… Read More ›
5 MINUTES WITH STEVE STANFORD – Ashley Majeski Smissen @FuelCurve
Steve Stanford has played a major part in hundreds of hot rod and custom car projects – without ever picking up a hammer or wrench. As one of the most-respected and well-known custom car designers and automotive artists, Stanford has… Read More ›
You may be cool, but are you ‘Studebaker Cool?’ – Kurt Ernst @Hemmings
Brooks Stevens’s Sceptre concept, designed for Studebaker. Photo courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum. From its start as a manufacturer of horse-drawn wagons to its demise as an independent automaker competing head-to-head with Detroit’s Big Three, Studebaker enjoyed over a century of… Read More ›
Richard Sias’s 1968 Dodge Charger design both defined and ended his career at Chrysler – Daniel Strohl @Hemmings
Richard Sias should, by many of his contemporaries’ accounts, be as widely hailed an automotive designer today as any of those contemporaries themselves. Instead, he exited the auto design world not long after getting bypassed for recognition for his work… Read More ›
Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell Corvettes offered as single lot at Kissimmee auction Jan 2019 – Larry Edsall @Classiccar.com Journal
’63 coupe and ’64 convertible created by and for GM styling leaders The 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray convertible built for Harley Earl and the ’64 Corvette Sting Ray coupe created for his successor, Bill Mitchell, will be offered as… Read More ›
AACA Museum to present Mustang designer Gale Halderman with its Automotive Heritage Award – Daniel Strohl @Hemmings
Despite not hitting the jackpot with his name suggestion for the Mustang (which was Cougar:)), his design changed history. Read Daniel Strohl’s article at Hemmings
Abstract: The Art of Design Ralph Gilles: Automotive Design on Netflix
Really inpiring and interesting documentary on Ralph Gilles FCA Global Head of Design and his philosophies around design and life in general. As you would expect from a design documentary it’s beautifully shot and well worth a look. here