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- Harley Jefferson Earl (born November 22, 1893, Hollywood, California, U.S.—died April 10, 1969, West Palm Beach, Florida) was an industrial designer best known as the leading automotive stylist in the 20th-century United States.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Harley Jefferson Earl was an industrial designer best known as the leading automotive stylist in the 20th-century United States. Earl studied at Stanford University but left school to work with his father in the Earl Automotive Works, a custom shop catering to Hollywood clients such as film.
Sep 1, 1998 · November 22, 1893 – April 10, 1969. Harley Earl is the father of the Corvette. The Corvette was his idea pure and simple. He was influenced after World War II watching Jaguars and MG’s run road-racing courses like Watkins Glen. He felt America needed its own sports car and he convinced GM to develop its own, inexpensive two-seater.
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Nov 15, 2023 · Harley J. Earl was born in 1893 in Hollywood, Calif. While he began his education at Stanford University, he left there to work with and learn from his father at the Earl Automobile Works that was founded in 1908. The company rapidly expanded and became a popular source for custom-designed vehicles for many Hollywood stars.
Nov 11, 2022 · By the time Harley was born on November 22nd, 1893, his father hadn't yet earned the rank of one of the most skilled carriage fabricators in the family's native Southern California. After a brief...
Jun 2, 2017 · Posted: 02.06.2017. When you look back at the remarkable automotive design history for General Motors, the first person that comes to mind is the late Mr. Harley Earl (November 22, 1893-April 10, 1969). Some people have called him the man who brought automotive styling out of the custom-car body age.
Oct 18, 2018 · Harley Earl Put The Style In American Cars. Harley Earl takes the wheel in his Buick Y-Job concept car, created in 1938. Among its now-standard features: a power convertible roof, power...
The Earl automotive story didn’t begin with Harley, but rather with his father, Jacob W. (J.W.) Earl, a late 19th Century coach builder, who started the family’s auto heritage in 1889 — seven years before Henry Ford built his first car in 1896; see a four-part online series on the Earl's "California Years” at theoldmotor.com.
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