GM Design Legend Harley Earl’s Son Passes Away
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Harley Earl, responsible for the creation of automotive design as we know it, left a lasting mark on the world. His mark was also something passed onto his son, Jerome Earl, who sadly passed away at the age of 86 while in hospice on October 2, 2016, according to The Detroit Free Press.
Earl, born in 1930, was surrounded by automotive culture his entire life, as his father transformed General Motors and created the art and color department. Earl recalled his father bringing home countless automotive experiments, in which he commented, “my favorite car then was any car with the keys in it.”
Jerome, or Jerry to those he was close with, became an avid racer in his earlier years and purchased a Ferrari. Harley Earl was not happy, to say the least, stating he wouldn’t have his son in any other brand. This ultimately led to the creation of the SR-2 Corvette, a unique racer.
Jerome Earl is survived by four children, all residing in Palm Beach county.
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Is there another reason we need to know this other than his father was important.
He actually played a small but significant part in the history of GM.
The SR-2 lead to some major changes in the Corvette that went production. He owned one of the Three SR-2 and he was the reason it got built .
Having three Corvettes made just for one person is just as bad when Donald Trump had Cadillac make three special models for him and his father. Trump backed out and only bought one for his father.
Look it up here at GM Authority!
Well if you get the story accurate on the SR-2 the one car made for Jerry was his. The other two were for others. One was for Curtis Harlow the head of GM and the other was for Jerry’s Father who drove it and used it for GM promotion and racing.
Not really the same thing.