While we’re sorta on the topic of Brooks Stevens (then again, aren’t we always on the topic of Brooks Stevens around these parts?), let’s take a look at one of his lesser-known designs, a Cadillac station wagon from 1953. Stevens very well could have designed a normal station wagon roof, something like what GM offered […]
Most car people familiar with the Besasie clan of Milwaukee probably know of them in connection with designer Brooks Stevens. Ray Besasie Sr. had been Stevens’ personal mechanic since 1940, Joe Besasie designed a number of concepts for Stevens – including the Excalibur – and Ray Besasie Jr. built and raced cars for Stevens (as […]
David LaChance made my day recently when, digging through the SIA archive files, he came across these color photos of the Brooks Stevens-designed, Reutter-built, one-of-three Willys Jeep FC-150 minivans. We had previously shown these photos in black and white four years ago, so it’s far past time we post them again. We still haven’t heard […]