Automotive designer who was best known for his work on the Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Mustang.
He attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles (before it moved to Pasadena)and went to work first for Ford Motor Company in 1955, then briefly with Packard, then General Motors in late-1956. Working with GM design chief Bill Mitchell and Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, he refined work on concept cars that eventually translated into the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray and the 1968 version, patterned after Shinoda's Mako Shark show car and earlier XP 819.
In 1968 Henry Ford II hired former GM executive Bunkie Knudsen to be president of Ford. Knudsen recruited Shinoda to come to Ford in hopes of improving the styling and sales of Ford's lineup. Shinoda's first project at Ford was a high-performance Mustang known as the Boss 302 Mustang. He led design for the Mustang models for 1970-1973 as well, late in 1969 Shinoda left Ford.
Shinoda later opened an independent design firm and did work for GM, Ford, and aftermarket companies.
Shinoda began to have kidney problems in 1996. Before a transplant took place he died in 1997 at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan of heart failure.
He attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles (before it moved to Pasadena)and went to work first for Ford Motor Company in 1955, then briefly with Packard, then General Motors in late-1956. Working with GM design chief Bill Mitchell and Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, he refined work on concept cars that eventually translated into the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray and the 1968 version, patterned after Shinoda's Mako Shark show car and earlier XP 819.
In 1968 Henry Ford II hired former GM executive Bunkie Knudsen to be president of Ford. Knudsen recruited Shinoda to come to Ford in hopes of improving the styling and sales of Ford's lineup. Shinoda's first project at Ford was a high-performance Mustang known as the Boss 302 Mustang. He led design for the Mustang models for 1970-1973 as well, late in 1969 Shinoda left Ford.
Shinoda later opened an independent design firm and did work for GM, Ford, and aftermarket companies.
Shinoda began to have kidney problems in 1996. Before a transplant took place he died in 1997 at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan of heart failure.
Automotive designer who was best known for his work on the Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Mustang.
He attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles (before it moved to Pasadena)and went to work first for Ford Motor Company in 1955, then briefly with Packard, then General Motors in late-1956. Working with GM design chief Bill Mitchell and Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, he refined work on concept cars that eventually translated into the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray and the 1968 version, patterned after Shinoda's Mako Shark show car and earlier XP 819.
In 1968 Henry Ford II hired former GM executive Bunkie Knudsen to be president of Ford. Knudsen recruited Shinoda to come to Ford in hopes of improving the styling and sales of Ford's lineup. Shinoda's first project at Ford was a high-performance Mustang known as the Boss 302 Mustang. He led design for the Mustang models for 1970-1973 as well, late in 1969 Shinoda left Ford.
Shinoda later opened an independent design firm and did work for GM, Ford, and aftermarket companies.
Shinoda began to have kidney problems in 1996. Before a transplant took place he died in 1997 at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan of heart failure.
He attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles (before it moved to Pasadena)and went to work first for Ford Motor Company in 1955, then briefly with Packard, then General Motors in late-1956. Working with GM design chief Bill Mitchell and Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, he refined work on concept cars that eventually translated into the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray and the 1968 version, patterned after Shinoda's Mako Shark show car and earlier XP 819.
In 1968 Henry Ford II hired former GM executive Bunkie Knudsen to be president of Ford. Knudsen recruited Shinoda to come to Ford in hopes of improving the styling and sales of Ford's lineup. Shinoda's first project at Ford was a high-performance Mustang known as the Boss 302 Mustang. He led design for the Mustang models for 1970-1973 as well, late in 1969 Shinoda left Ford.
Shinoda later opened an independent design firm and did work for GM, Ford, and aftermarket companies.
Shinoda began to have kidney problems in 1996. Before a transplant took place he died in 1997 at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan of heart failure.
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