On Nov 19, 11:30am, Shane F. Ingate wrote:
> Subject: Corvettes [was: your mail]
[Corvette stuff snipped]
> One final note. I read in the paper that Larry Shinoda died yesterday.
> Larry was one of the main designers for the Corvette in the 60s.
> Those were the days when MEN designed cars, not computers or marketing
> people.
>
> Shane Ingate, novice historian in San Diego
>-- End of excerpt from Shane F. Ingate
Shane,
I hadn't seen the obit in the Detroit papers, but I just did a search
of the Detroit Free Press. Larry actually passed away on Thursday,
November 13.
He was a great designer, working for both GM and Ford at various times.
His Obit can be read at:
http://www.freep.com/news/obituaries/qlarry15.htm
Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ford.com
dmitchel@ismi.net
'73 Spitfire 1500
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