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Richard Arthur "Dick" Teague [2] (December 26, 1923 – May 5, 1991) was an American industrial designer in the North American automotive industry. He held automotive design positions at General Motors, Packard, and Chrysler before becoming Vice President of Design for American Motors Corporation (AMC), and designed several notable show cars ...
Mar 5, 2024 · Dick Teague restored the beautiful 1904 Packard Model L at the Ford Museum. (Joe Ross, Creative Commons) Dick was a Packard stylist from 1951 to the consolidation at South Bend in 1956.
Oct 4, 2021 · The untold story of how Dick Teague designed the 1974 AMC Matador coupe. October 4, 2021SteveSatire3. Dick Teague nervously checked his fly and centered his tie as he heard the entourage of AMC executives march down the hallway toward his design studio. He’d made many presentations over two decades but had never felt such a sense of unease.
Sep 16, 2020 · The Predictor was hardly Packard’s first concept vehicle. The production Caribbean was based on the 1952 Pan American, styled by Richard Arbib, and Dick Teague’s 1953 Balboa had a reverse slant rear window that may have been borrowed by Lincoln and Mercury stylists later in that decade. Ronnie Schreiber
Mar 13, 2018 · Teague wanted lightweight materials, front-wheel drive and Wankel rotary power. Instead, he was obliged to use the existing 88-hp inline-six (and later V8) in what he himself described as a ...
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Mar 19, 2021 · Richard Teague’s styling helped to kill American Motors. March 19, 2021 Steve History 22. Richard Teague may have been a talented car designer and a nice guy, but he wasn’t the ideal match for what was needed at American Motors. Indeed, the cars developed under his tenure as head of design went a long ways toward killing the independent ...
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Ed Schmidt, Teague left Chrysler and went to work for Schmidt's independent design firm. There, he worked mostly on non- automotive assignments. In 1959, American Motors hired Dick Teague, and he would work there for the remainder of his professional life. He first held the job of chief stylist under his old GM boss, Ed Anderson.
