The San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com Annual International Auto Show, running Nov. 22?26 at Moscone Center, will feature one of the largest displays of classic cars in the show?s 55-year history. Among them will be cars selected from the Academy of Art University Automobile Museum by Tom Matano, director of the university?s School of Industrial Design.
Matano, a designer at Mazda for 20 years before joining the faculty at the Academy, has assembled a selection of 30-plus autos from the 1930s?1950s that represent the elegance, style, craftsmanship, technology and innovative spirit of the era.
The university?s auto collection, used for reference by Industrial Design students and open by appointment for public tours, is housed in a museum on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. The cars were collected by Richard A. Stephens, son of the late Richard S. Stevens, who founded the University in 1929 and served as its president until 1951. Richard A. Stephens served as president until 1992, when he was succeeded by his daughter, Elisa Stephens.
Although the university?s Industrial Design school has one of the youngest automotive design programs in the country (in existence for just 12 years) the list of companies that have hired graduates is impressive: BMW DesignWorks, GM, Mazda, Toyota, Fox Racing, Black & Decker, Hasbro, Mattel, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Nike, NVIDIA, Palm, Samsung, Tony, Sketchers, North Face and Timbuk2.
The cars from the university?s collection that are expected to be displayed include:
? 1930 Duesenberg J Convertible Sedan
? 1930 Isotta-Fraschini Cabriolet
? 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow
? 1933 Packard Twelve Dietrich Dual Cowl Phaeton
? 1934 Cadillac Aero Coupe
? 1937 Squire Roadster
? 1938 Lincoln-Zephyr Coupe
? 1953 Jaguar XK120 SE Roadster
? 1953 Nash-Healey Roadster
? 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe
Learn more about the 55th Annual San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate.com International Auto Show here.
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