the designs that didn't get shredded

Some design concepts were beyond the imagination of the top executives. Wary of competitors stealing concepts, companies prohibited the art from leaving the studios. …The artwork was destroyed to keep it out of the hands of the competition.

But some of them made their way out of Ford, GM and Chrysler, as well as now defunct Studebaker, Packard and AMC. According to one designer, they were smuggled out in boxes with false bottoms. One employee famously hid his sketches inside the liner of his trench coat. “As an artist, you would hate to see your artwork destroyed,” Edwards said.

Now they exist in attics and garages in the homes of the artists and their relatives. That’s where Edwards finds them. He’s been collecting these “bootleg” sketches for years, buying them from estate sales all over Michigan.

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found on http://www.core77.com/posts/36989/The-Mid-Century-Car-Design-Documentary-We-Were-Never-Meant-to-See

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/golden-age-american-car/