Here’s an excellent film study of the process that created the all-new 1949 Ford, the company’s most important new product in decades. Continue reading
Category Archives: Design
Video: Inside the GM Firebird II Turbine Car
Here’s a detailed look at the engineering that produced the 1956 Firebird II, the second car in the General Motors gas-turbine dream-car series. Continue reading
Gremlin With a Drawer: The 1972 Voyager Concept
Always trying harder, little American Motors never ran out of crazy and creative ideas. Here’s one from 1972: the Gremlin Voyager, the car with a drawer. Continue reading
Video: Harley Earl Creates the Buick Y-Job
General Motors produced this video tribute to the company’s first concept car, the Buick Y-Job, and its first vice-president of styling, Harley J. Earl. The creative vision starts here and it continues today. Continue reading
Video: Engineering the 1956 Continental Mark II
From the Ford Motor Company in 1956, Here’s a detailed film history of the creation of the Continental Mark II. Continue reading
Secrets of the Studebaker Wagonaire
By the early 1960s, Studebaker was rapidly fading from the automotive scene, but the car maker continued to offer distinctive and memorable features, including the convertible-roof Wagonaire. Continue reading
Video: Inside the Ford Design Studios, 1964
Here’s a rare look inside the Ford styling studios in the early ’60s with an original company film called Styling and the Experimental Car.