Dean’s Garage Book Released

Started by djunod · Sat 2026-11-07 (34 minutes ago) · in Memorabilia

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Sat 2026-11-07 (34 minutes ago) · edited

DEAN’S GARAGEDean’s Garage Book ReleasedAfter 18 months of development including a trip to the GM Archives at Design Center, Dean's Garage, The Future Is Back is finally finished!

I don't know why he has selection turned off... couldn't copy & paste the ISBN etc.

David

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