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Teague was a noted automobile historian who collected classic and rare vehicles and other auto memorabilia. He restored old cars as a hobby, including a 1904 Packard, one of the first produced, and had already owned 285 vehicles by 1970. Teague was a four-wheel-drive enthusiast even before AMC bought Jeep. He owned several World War II models.
- Developing the concept of interchangeable body panels for use among different models
- 1948–1983
- Industrial designer
- ArtCenter College of Design
Oct 4, 2021 · A fictional story imagines how Dick Teague, the famed American Motors designer, met with Roy D. Chapin, the CEO of AMC, to present his wagon design based on a joke. The story reveals the absurdity of the decision to abandon the sedan and wagon for a NASCAR-inspired coupe that was a flop in the 1970s.
Mar 5, 2024 · Facing Disaster with a Smile: The Dick Teague I Knew. 5 March 2024 2 Comments. First published as “The Teague I Knew” in The Packard Cormorant, 2023. A longer version was published in The Automobile (UK), January 2024. The quote below is from “Horatius at the Bridge” in Lays of Ancient Rome, by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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Mar 17, 2020 · Mar 17, 2020. Richard A. “Dick” Teague grew up a hot-rodding teenager in Southern California before turning his attention to designing new cars. Even then, his cars often had sport to their style, usually being designed as two-seaters — much like the hopped-up roadsters he would have been surrounded by in sunny So-Cal.
Mar 13, 2018 · Mar 13, 2018 at 9:26am ET. By: Richard Heseltine. Published by: Angel Sergeev. Some would argue that all true artists give outward form to internal issues. A quick glance at Dick Teague’s...
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Sep 16, 2020 · Dick Teague, head of styling at Packard, who would later helm design at American Motors and create the AMX and Javelin muscle cars, had done a masterful job of turning the stodgy body of the early ’50s Packard into something that doesn’t look out of place next to a ’56 Chevy.
Sep 23, 2018 · The Jeep lineup survived the acquisition, but not much else. Lots of enthusiasts still mourn the passing of the last independent, and not a few of them show respect for a guy named Dick Teague for getting the company to hang on for as long as it did.
