The Styling Section Music Committee
The Styling Section Music Committee by Stan Mott Upon moving into the new Tech Center Styling building in 1955 our ears were assailed by demented Musak background noise pumped into studios. It was...
View ArticleHow A Body Design Is Developed at General Motors
How A Body is Developed At General Motors From Stan Mott: Digging through my files, I found this one. It’s the first published satire I did on GM Styling, running in something like 1955 or 1956 in...
View ArticleThe Matterhorn Proposal
The Matterhorn Proposal by Stan Mott (Yes, the same Stan Mott who drove a go-kart around the world.) I was going through my old files and found this notable letter I had received in 1967 when living...
View ArticleCyclops Cut Out
Build Your Own Cyclops! In response to the worldwide wave of medical uncertainty, I think it’s time to accent the positive—with the Cyclops Cut Out. A nice young lady is driving accompanied by her...
View ArticleThe Ford Mustang Was Conceived By…Shhhh…
The Ford Mustang Was Conceived By…Shhhh… by Trebor Crunchog & T. Tom Meshingear Yes, the most successful new car of all time, the Mustang, was thought up, preliminarily dimensioned, presented to...
View ArticleHistory of Tanks
Many thanks to Stan Mott. The feature was titled The History of Tanks and printed in the 1979 National Lampoon “Potpourri Issue”. The First Recorded Fighting Tank (circa 1400 B.C.). This battle...
View ArticleRussian “Chrysler Aeroflot” Carplane
Thanks to Stan Mott. The post Russian “Chrysler Aeroflot” Carplane appeared first on Dean’s Garage.
View ArticleThreewheelin’
by Stan Mott (published by permission) “There is nothing wrong with a three wheel car that adding a fourth wheel wouldn’t fix.” Don’t tell the builder of the vehicle in the video. (We tried to locate...
View ArticleHow Cars Are Really Designed in Detroit
Satire by Bob Cumberford and Stan Mott Published August 1958 in Motor Trend magazine Many thanks to Stan Mott and Bob Cumberford. “How are cars really designed in Detroit? Few people know. Those...
View ArticleLes 24 Heures De Choo Choo
by Stan Mott This outrageous cartoon was first published in Road & Track magazine, November, 1981. Reprinted in Dean’s Garage by permission. Like I said before, I saved the cartoon all of these...
View ArticleCyclops’ Night Out
Featuring Cyclops, the Bongo family, and quite a number of other oddities. By Stan Mott. Published in Road & Track, June, 1978. Reprinted by permission. Start at the first panel in the gallery....
View ArticleStan Mott—Modern Mechanics
Stan Mott kept us going with his outrageous cartoons and great artwork. I’m appreciative of being able to post some of his artwork on Dean’s Garage from time to time. So that we don’t take life too...
View ArticleSteam Speed
I ran across this amazing animation and immediately thought that there was an uncanny resemblance to Stan Mott’s Les 24 Heures De Choo Choo. So I emailed Stan. From Stan Mott: Russian enthusiast Роман...
View ArticleTesting a Small Chevrolet
by Stan Mott “Robert (Cumberford) and I produced it for Road & Track in 1958. But John Bond wouldn’t buy because he thought we were making fun of his Road Test scratch board illustrations. (He...
View ArticleAutomotive Age Hotel
Illustrations and Captions by Stan Mott The Cadillac Interior Restaurant will surely become one of the city’s top places to dine. “The Brief was simple—a monument to the automotive age in the middle...
View ArticleCyclops Railcars
Printed in Road & Track, November, 1985. Courtesy of Stan Mott. Speed, power, cool artwork—what’s not to like? “I am not at liberty to say how fast the rail car was moving when it vaporized the...
View ArticleProwler Retro Kit
This kit features a full complement of those quaint old car parts that hot rodders love to tear off! Build your own hot rod in a matter of hours! Thanks to Stan Mott. Click on the image for a larger...
View ArticleThe Maharajah’s Silver Daimler
By Stan Mott “This magnificent machine is absolutely authentic, with a minor modification of the elephant head lever and the addition of the ‘wiper ward.’ The serpent horn was copied verbatim, right...
View ArticleCyclops Safety Car Press Release
This just in from Automobili Cyclops SpA. Thanks to Stan Mott.
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