On this day…

On this day in 1960, Bill Mitchell received the Industrial Designers Institute Award for the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair. The Corvair design has inspired countless other car designs over the years both European and Domestic.

HERE is a great read about Bill Mitchell’s Secret Styling Studio at GM from MotorTrend Magazine.

Photos below are of Bill Mitchell with the 1962 Corvair Monza GT prototype and a publicity photo of a lady with her 1960 Corvair sedan in front of the now demolished Stanford Medical Building in Palo Alto, California.