After a distinguished career at General Motors that culminated in his being appointed only the fifth vice president of design in the company�s history, he decided to build a concept car of his own. Wayne Cherry has always loved concept cars. Then you take a close look at Cherry�s VSR street rod, at the hardware, the workmanship, and, most of all, the design, and you realize it could easily take center stage as a concept car on the GM stand at the next international auto show.
He makes it sound like a winter garage project that got a little out of control, which at a basic level perhaps isn�t a million miles from the truth. He joined GM in 1962, straight out of California�s Art Center design school, and was assigned to the advanced design studio at the Tech Center, where, among his first assignments, he assisted on a project that became the first Oldsmobile Toronado, one of the high watermarks of Bill Mitchell�s stint as GM design chief.
His wild, mid-engine SRV, shown at the 1970 Earls Court Motor Show in London, was a four-door, four-seater that stood just 41 inches tall.
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