Renowned GM stylist Harley Earl wanted to incorporate design elements inspired from post-war jet aircraft into the design language at...
The Detroit Concours d’Elegance is a celebration of both the city and the automotive culture that has defined it for...
The two Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Styling Cars—a 1963 convertible and 1964 coupe known respectively as the Harley J. Earl and Bill Mitchell Corvettes—will be offered together as one lot, at the 2019 Mecum Kissimmee Auction. Born on November 22, 1893, in Hollywood, California, Harley J. Earl began his career...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs...
In 1903, Henry M. Leland began selling a $750, single-cylinder, automobile under the name Cadillac. Later touted as the “Standard...
The Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor the extraordinary contributions to automotive styling and design by GM’s — and the industry’s — first styling chief, Harley Earl. A special class of the cars he created during his four-decade reign as Vice President of GM styling will feature the designs...
Back in 1982, I bought a 1940 Packard coupe and spent the next couple of years restoring it. Once I...
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle...
The Corvette SR2 competition car was created by the design team of GM styling boss Harley Earl, and made for Earl’s son to race. It had 230 horsepower, and was raced through 1956 and 1957 with some sucess. Only three SR2s were ever made, and Corvette guru Zora Arkus-Duntov took his...
Considered today, to be the first “Concept Car”, Harley Earl’s 1938 Buick Y-Job was built on a 1937 Buick chassis. Earl...