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Re: GTE 208
« Reply #50 on: November 22, 2019, 05:21:24 AM »
Was one of these designers involved in the design of some Corvette ?
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Re: GTE 208
« Reply #51 on: November 22, 2019, 05:35:48 AM »
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Re: GTE 208
« Reply #52 on: November 22, 2019, 05:54:33 AM »
Pete Brock
That's the car: 1960 'Mustang' concept by IDEA (Industrial Design Engineering Associates), a newly-formed Los Angeles firm consisting of ex-GM designers Pete Brock (Corvette Stingray, Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe and others), Gene Garfinkle (C3 Corvette Stingray and Coco Chinetti's Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake) and Norm Neuman, along with engineer Don Nichols.

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Re: Solved: GTE 208 - 1960 'Mustang' concept by IDEA
« Reply #53 on: November 22, 2019, 05:59:04 AM »
Fascinating. I didn't know that there was an IDEA before the Italian I.DE.A. was founded in the late 1970s   :).
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Re: Solved: GTE 208 - 1960 'Mustang' concept by IDEA
« Reply #54 on: November 22, 2019, 06:01:54 AM »
Fascinating. I didn't know that there was an IDEA before the Italian I.DE.A. was founded in the late 1970s   :).
Yes, and an American Mustang before the Ford Mustang! Obviously, this entire project was short-lived.