Who Am I?

[DEEPNHOCK]

WHO AM I?
To guess his secret identity, read the following clues!

1) He was raised in Southern California and always seemed to have a flair for he artistic.
2) He got his first break as a designer with Ford. He moved to Studebaker/ Packard and then to General Motors.
3) He worked on the 1963 "split-window" Corvette coupe and, back with Ford, the Boss Mustang.
4) Later, he became an independent stylist, working on automotive and industrial designs.
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STILL STUMPED?
His name is Larry Shinoda, and he worked almost exclusively with styling wizard Bill Mitchell to pull off the '63 Corvette.

[starliner62]

I knew that.....you didn't give me a chance to answer. Remember, I used to be a Ford guy.

[Chris Pile]

Heck... I knew all that stuff when I was in high school.... read about all Larrys' exploits in HOT ROD back in the 70's.
Did you know he and his brother ran a roadster on the dry lakes?

[kmac530]

I wonder if he is related to the singer/rapper/guitarist/other stuff guy named Mike Shinoda from the band Linkin Park

[8E45E]

My favorite Larry Shinoda design is the 1972 Discoverer motorhome by Rectrans. It looked a good 10-15 years ahead of it's time for aerodynamics.

Craig

[Chris Pile]

I wonder if he is related to the singer/rapper/guitarist/other stuff guy named Mike Shinoda from the band Linkin Park

No. Mike's dad is still alive.

[Guido]

WHO AM I?

This jog your memory?

[klifton1]

Larry Shinoda wasn't always into Corvettes and motor homes. I have a photo of him in his 28-29 Ford roadster pickup, flathead V8 power, as a youngster.
Klif

[1962larksedan]

Larry was one of those unfortunate souls who was interned during WW II due to his ancestral ethnicity; his parents were from Japan.

[Corvanti]

i'm a little "behind" in reading my mags - i always put stude related material on the top shelf in my, ahem, "library". while waiting for my TW last week, i read an article in "hemmings motor news", august 2011, pg 40, re: Mr. Shinoda's 1932 furd 3-window coupe. aka: "chopsticks special". he built it in 1953...

cool read!