1977 General Motors GM Phantom Concept Car at The Sloan Museum on My Car Story with Lou Costabile
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On "My Car Story" we're in Flint MI on 6-27-15 at the Sloan Museum 43rd Annual Auto Fair.
We're looking at a 1977 General Motors GM Phantom Concept Car.
We’re talking with Jeremy Dimick, the Curator of Collections at The Sloan Longway Musuem.
According to the details shared on the Sloan Museums website regarding the 1977 General Motors GM Phantom Concept Car:
The General Motors Phantom is the creation of Bill Mitchell, one of the automobile industry's best known designers. He designed the 1938 Cadillac Sixty Special and put tail fins on the 1948 Cadillac's. Mitchell also designed the 1963 and 1968 Chevrolet Corvettes. He retired in 1977 as the director of General Motors Styling Division.
Mitchell's last project at GM was the Phantom. Unlike most experimental cars that flaunt new styling, the Phantom is simply a personal expression of Mitchell. "This is the kind of car I'd like to drive," Mitchell later stated.
As a prototype, this car is merely a fiberglass shell and therefore inoperable.
Quick Facts
Year: 1977
Make: Buick
Model: Phantom
Engine: none
Units Produced: 1
If you’re interested in seeing the cars, the Museum is located at 303 Walnut Street. Flint, MI 48503. Or go to www.sloanlongwa... and view their cars.
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It looks like it would be released in the year 2050.. absolutely gorgeous.. and timeless.
Hi Truth Betold65, Happy to read you appreciate the design of this one :-) Lou
I think they could change a couple details and sell this as Cadillac's large coupe! It looks great- Thanks for the video Lou!
Hi Moses Berkowitz, Would be cool to see this in production :-) I like the way you think. You're welcome, Lou
That thing is friggin sweet!! the only shame is that the beautiful rear end of the car is tucked back in a corner :( that baby definitely got back. Sir Mix-A-Lot would approve!
Happy to read you appreciate this car :-)
That ass could be appreciated on a turntable 👍
Well, there you go GM . Take notes from your Damn Past, bring back this Model and I’m pretty sure you’ll make Millions all over again.
Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts ivanthegreat1 :-)
Cars these days, which are mostly SUVs, all look the same. You don't see anything "head-turning" like this! Fascinating!
Hi Steffy, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
awesome
Hi Timothy, Happy to read you appreciate this "awesome" car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
@@loucostabile Thank you. Yes I appreciate the cars and I did subscribe •
I see some of this in the 79 firebird so it wasnt completely lost
Hi Nicky Poundtown, Thank you for viewing and sharing what you see. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
So cool
Happy to read you enjoy this car :-)
Appreciation is appreciated! That's sweet!
:-)
Bill Mitchells last masterpiece before he went into retreat 1977.
Hi Benny, Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Very Cool.
Redesign the lights and the hubcaps and you could probably sell that design as a modern super car.
Hi Robert Swift, Glad you like this one :-) Thank you for sharing details on the points of the car I might have missed like the lights and hubcaps, Lou
The lights and hubcaps look good for that era, but they are to plane and square for my taste. Classy sedan looking, but too 70s.
Could be a nice replacement for the out going Vipers.
My wife loves the car but she doesn't always has the best tastes. 😂
Hi Ricky, Happy to read you wife appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
@@loucostabile no doubt. We are both car fanatics
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Hi ObiTrev, Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
I met Bill Mitchell in 1979 and knew about this car as the Pontiac Phantom. He described it as " the next generation of Grand Prix" and foresaw this as the style leader for the 1980s. Unfortunately what we got from GM instead was a generation of cheaply built econoboxes which car guys call the "Malaise" era of lack of style or imagination by American car companies.
Hi Dejael, Happy to read this car brings back memories of meeting with Bill Mitchell :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
@@loucostabile Thanks! You can tell this car was intended to be a Pontiac with the Arrow emblem in the front nose design. I did not know this was not a fully functional car. It was a prototype that never got to a roadworthy car. Thanks for sharing, Lou.
Great video. I can small the Paco Rabanne and Halston Z-14 all over this thing,
Hi Rob, Happy to read you appreciate this video :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
I can't be the only one that sees a Riviera with a modified trans am front clip....
Hmmm, 1st person to say that, maybe you are.
No, not the only one, saw it too-very buick sweeps on side. I wish it had a boat tail back glass like the riv.
Gorgeous
Happy to read you appreciate the design of this car :-)
G'day lou. Am seeing the lines of the SR71 "Blackbird" cockpit canopy in that windshield of this concept car.
G'day Professor Pat Pending. Thank you for sharing. Lou
you could probably build something like this out of a '73 Grand Am and some sheet metal but that windshield would be a trick.
Hi Cymon Cyrado, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
Would buy one of those today.
Nice :-)
Love it! I've got to plan a trip to sloan
Hi tvention, Glad you "love it! :-) Hope you have an opportunity to go to the Sloan Museum, and hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
You’d love it there it’s very fun to visit I used to go there once or twice a year
Bill Mitchel design cues all over this car.
Hi Seth, Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
That has many styling points from the Can-AM, and later Firebirds. But Wow!
Hi kyle wolfe, Glad you enjoyed this one :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many more cars you'll get a "Wow!" from on the Channel, Lou
Looks like that one year Grand Am. If I retire, I want. Real Car free....
Lol
Hi TruthOldSchoolStyle, Hope you're behind the wheel of the right car for you. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Has a lot of styling similar to 77 Pontiac Grand Am.
Hi List Media, Inc., Glad you enjoyed this one :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
Does anybody know the exterior dimensions of this concept? Thanks!
Hi Alexandre, In the description of this video "If you’re interested in seeing the cars, the Museum is located at 303 Walnut Street. Flint, MI 48503. Or go to www.sloanlongway.org/sloan-museum/collections-of-sloan-longway/automotive-collection and view their cars." they might be able to help you. Lou
It's about the size of a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville.
Looks like a customized Olds Toronado
I can see why you'd say that :-)
The only sad thing about the car is that it's a mock up... and maybe those headlights.
Yes you're right. Would have been nice to see one produced.
Imagine if Detroit made vehicles customers want instead of submitting to tyrannical bureaucracy
...welcome to Cars from 1955 - 1959 :-)
It’s a Corvette
Hi Festguy, Thank you for viewing and sharing what you see. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Looks like a Pontiac
I can see why you'd say that.
@@loucostabile 5 STARS AS ALWAYS
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If I was Bill Gates this will be my driver
Hi gerard cousineau, Classy :-) Thank you for sharing, Lou
it's cool but it's still copying Pontiac Banshee along with a lot of other cars
Glad you think this one is cool Lee Baker :-) Lou
Looks like a bad design of a 1965-1966 Riviera. The Riviera was the greatest designed car of the mid 1960's. This car looks like crap. If there was one car I could afford to buy it would be a 1965 Riviera. This car is crap on a pancake.
Hi Hoodoo Man, Clearly this one is not for you :-( Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you'll enjoy :-) Lou