Adam Icenogle

In the summer of 1962, George Lucas was 18, an American boy, enjoying what he calls a Midwestern adolescence in rural Modesto, California.
Two inventions that have changed our lives profoundly are the automobile and the motion picture. This is especially true for George Barris.
Buick has not been in the truck building business since 1923. But in 2001, the Rendezvous will be Buick’s first truck in nearly eighty years, and it was designed by General Motors’ first female Vehicle Chief Designer, Elizabeth Wetzel.
He had big shoes to fill. His father, Henry had made automobile production practical with his Model T. Through hard work and stubbornness, Ford had become a household name.
Car culture is so full of colorful people and interesting stories, that I never expected to repeat a topic.
Before there were Buick automobiles, he was known for his bathtubs. As a young man, David Dunbar Buick owned a lucrative plumbing business.
In 1961, three brothers, Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine became pop music pioneers.