Meet vice presidents Charles A. Chayne and Harley Earl as they tell the engineering and design story at General Motors for 1953. Continue reading
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Fiberglass Four-Seater: The 1953 Oldsmobile Starfire
Not all the fiberglass sports cars in the GM Motorama fleet were two-seaters. The Oldsmobile Starfire boasted room for four. Continue reading
The Flat Tops: GM’s 1959-60 Flying Wing Hardtops
The flat-top era at General Motors lasted only two years, but it left a memorable impression.on the automotive world. . 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: Styling the Motor Car at General Motors, 1949
In living color, here’s an original film with rare look inside the styling process at General Motors circa 1949. Continue reading
Rear-Engine Wonder: Harley Earl’s 1948 GM Corsair
In the late 1940s, the Motor City’s auto designers went far outside the box with their idea cars and prototypes. Here’s one intriguing example: the streamlined, rear-engine 1948 Corsair from Harley Earl and General Motors. Continue reading
Cadillac’s Luxury Two-Seater: The 1953 Le Mans
More than once, Cadillac has explored the idea of a luxury two-place sports car. In 1953 the notion took form as the fiberglass-bodied Le Mans, a memorable Motorama show car. Continue reading