[Site News] Interview With Larry Shinoda Added to History Center

[Rob]

<p><img src="/history/shinoda.jpg" width="194" height="242" border="2" alt="Larry Shinoda" align="right" />Wayne Ellwood from Shark Quarterly magazine was gracious enough to allow us to include a fantastic interview that he conducted with famed Corvette Designer, Larry Shinoda back in 1995.</p><p>As Wayne states:</p><p>I met with Larry Shinoda at his offices in Livonia in March of this year (1995). Larry had been kind enough to give me a few hours of his time as I passed through town on my way to the Chicago Chevy/VetteFest event. We talked about his career as a designer and especially the shark years for Corvette.</p><p>I had prepared myself with some of the basic research using information I had collected over a period of time, but Larry cautioned me about taking too many of the earlier articles too literally. It seems that even the most diligent of authors sometimes get things out of context. Larry prefers the article written by Mike Antonick in "Corvette; The Sensuous American" and another article by Don Sherman ("SharkSkinner", Sports Car International, March 1995) as the best overviews of his career.</p><p>For the entire article, please see <a href="/history/shinoda1.html">Larry Shinoda</a>.</p>

 

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Rob,

I knew Wayne many years ago through the Canadian Council of Corvette Clubs (E). This is a well-written, informative article about a great automotive legend. Well done Wayne.

 

[Rob]

Rob,

I knew Wayne many years ago through the Canadian Council of Corvette Clubs (E). This is a well-written, informative article about a great automotive legend. Well done Wayne.

I've been in contact with Wayne the last couple of days and he's been very kind in providing several articles on Larry and various Corvette prototypes that I'll be including here on the site. I'm awaiting a CD from him with various images to use in the articles.