Chuck Jordan's cars?

Sven said:

Hi... is there a site where I can read all about this guy? he aparently designed the GT, Manta, Kadett, and even later Rekords.. was head of design at GM.. I searched, and searched but only found very little about him, I'm especialy interested in all the other cars that he's done.
Is he even still alive?

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I hate to throw a spanner in the works but can I put two more names in the equation......Claire MacKichan and Erhard Schnell.

As far as I was always aware Chuck Jordan was the Director of Styling but MacKichan sowed the seeds in designing the Monza GT of 1962 and Schnell created the first drafts of, Project 1484 and that became the Opel GT.

Ultimately Jordan provided lead the team but Schnell is possibly the man we should thank.

Slightly off-topic, but those 'Impact' bumpers are aweful, they really spoil the lines of the 'A' series......have any of you seen the photos of the GT's that had them incorperated in attempt to see the GT in production post '73?

Sven said:

Soo.. did they design the 70' Camaro too? I'm trying to find another car (preferebly american) that might have some simillarities to the manta due to its common designers.

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Might sound daft but have you thought of the Corvette. MacKinchan was heavily involved in the design of the Vette that lead to the Macko-Shark shape which ran until about 1980ish....hence the great number of styling similarities between the Vette and the GT.

This also comes across if you have access to a copy of Project 1484 as in the background of the design house there is a silhouette of a car that looks vey much like the Mako Vette. These pictures are taken as the GT was coming close to production, late 67-early 68, and as the GT was shown as a concept in 65 the question to ask is which came first the Mako concept or the GT Experimental (also refered to as the Opel Rekord GT).....chicken and egg