Classic Hifi Care

Enjoy, I know at least one member will!

https://youtu.be/j2870LymXFA?si=alP_r9j6WM9qYm-b

Yes, thank you, that was fun!

Chris Campbell

I would love to have sat in with the design-ideas team
during the process.

Bill Mitchell came to Buick in 1959 or 1960 and designed the beautiful and hot selling 1962 Buicks. I need to Google who designed the 1961 Chevys.

The video named him, although I've already forgotten.

Chris Campbell

I like this guy's videos. He is a tad long-winded at times, but you can't argue with his knowledge. They give Bill Mitchell general credit for styling, with a man named Jenkins credited with designing the interior. I like the two-toned steering wheel. That black car has power windows and four-on-the-floor. Power windows would have been a fairly exotic option on a Chevrolet. Mr. Jenkins could have well spent some time "vacationing" at Buick......

Buick started offering bucket seats and Positraction in 1959. I have never seen a '59 or '60 Buick with Positraction. One would think it was more common on Chevy.

At 14:50, he credits Clare McKeegan (sp?), Chevy's design head since 1953.

Oops. Internet says it's Clare MacKichan.

https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/trim-ne ... -for-1961/

Chris Campbell

It's convertible weather in MI still. Travel, unsuitable weather, etc. have limited my driving time this summer, and storage season is approaching, so I made an effort to do some top-down today. The Chevy got lots of horn toots and waves today. Of course, this is in a city where half the population worked at "the Chevrolet" when I was a kid, or at the foundry over in Saginaw where the engine block was cast. Lets see if I can manage to add a photo.
Chris Campbell