GM designer Bill Mitchell
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Harley Earl successor Bill Mitchell had a very different take on design, ushering GM into the 1960s where its style continued to dominate.
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Vintage vehicles, Automotive history and stories from motoring's past.
Virgil Exner: Chrysler's fintastic wizard of design
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Chrysler’s standout 1950s cars were the vision of designer Virgil Exner who rocked the auto industry and set Chrysler apart even from the outlandish 1950s designs.
Read More1936 William Stout Scarab
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Using proven aircraft design principles, Aircraft designer William Stout decided to rethink the automobile from the wheels up. Preceding from plan to metal, he created a fascinating collection of innovations on wheels he called the Stout Scarab.
Read MoreMercury D-524 1955
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Concept cars are usually created to dazzle the public with things-to-come that often fail to arrive. But others, like Ford’s D-524, are meant for internal scrutiny only, built to develop new engineering advances behind closed doors. Ironically, the D-524 later rose to quite public fame as a movie and television star.
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