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AMX/4 clay model finished
We mentioned many moons ago that Jeff Teague, the son of Dick Teague, had begun designing an AMX/4, a modern update of his father’s ultimate AMX, the AMX/3. More than just a pen-on-paper design (or,...
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Hershey 2010: Clay’d out
Could somebody with some design experience help me pinpoint exactly what it is about this clay model I spotted at Hershey that makes me question the owner’s assertion that it emerged from the GM...
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Jav-olution: the Seventies Javelin that never was
After we published the photos of the four AMC Project IV concept cars a couple of weeks ago, we realized that we had earlier received a small collection of photos from David Greenlees documenting a...
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Two-seater Mustangs, take 2
Image courtesy Ford Media. As noted in last week’s story about the two-seater Mustang designed by Vince Gardner, the idea of such a configuration for Ford’s pony car had indeed been tossed around at...
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Four-Links – Cords in clay, Mazda and the bomb, Disneyland Autocade, South...
* Clay modeling was a state-of-the-art practice when Gordon Buehrig introduced it to the design staff at Auburn and Cord in the 1930s, so it’s fascinating to see how exactly they implemented it in...
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New Marlins, Metropolitans, and Machines on the way? Well, not exactly…
Photos courtesy Vince Geraci, Frank Pascoe, Bill St. Clair. Sometimes it’s just enough to retire, head south to a warmer place, and soak up the sun. For a handful of retired Detroit designers, though,...
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