Bill Mitchell was the Head of Design at GM as well as GM's Vice President. He was Harley J. Earl's successor and had a tremendous influence on the design of the Corvette...
You can read an interview here...
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/his ... chell.html

COACHBUILD.COM ENCYCLOPEDIA: http://www.coachbuild.com/2/index.php/encyclopedia/designers/item/mitchell-bill

You can post his work here.

This is Chevrolet Corvette XP-700 of 1958

1964 Pontiac Banshee goes up for auction at Monterey...





TG

I know that many people view a lot of the Bill Mitchell-inspired cars with distaste, and many others love them (and quite possibly 1950s Science Fiction films). Personally, Larry Shinoda's Mako Shark II developed in the Mitchell years is one of my favourite designs of all time, but it always amuses me that Mitchell is quoted as saying that he did not like "Modern Art", particularly citing Picasso. That would be the Picasso that was perpetrating this "modern" art thirty years before Mr Mitchell ever set foot in a GM design studio...

Just an observation.

Clive

Bill Mitchell "Firearri", based on Pontiac Firebird with Ferrari V 12 engine, 1971

Bill Michell Pontiac Phantom, 1973