John Ebstein skill

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What particular talent related specifically to design did John Ebstein have that played a major part in Raymond Loewy hiring him into Raymond Loewy and Associates?

[Dwight FitzSimons]

He was a skilled clay modeler?

--Dwight

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3 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said:

He was a skilled clay modeler?

--Dwight

Good thought, but that's not the talent/skill

[mfg]

He was quite the administrator… Raymond Loewy’s ‘ Right Arm’!

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21 hours ago, mfg said:

He was quite the administrator… Raymond Loewy’s ‘ Right Arm’!

He was a team leader, and of course the on-site leader in charge of the Avanti design team....But that was not his design-specific skill that made him so valuable to Raymond Loewy..

[mfg]

I think he came up with the design of what was supposed to be the ‘every man’s’ bread and butter Avanti-like sedan … The concept car was built in France, and Mr. Ebstein’s ability to speak French certainly helped this endeavor!

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1 hour ago, mfg said:

I think he came up with the design of what was supposed to be the ‘every man’s’ bread and butter Avanti-like sedan … The concept car was built in France, and Mr. Ebstein’s ability to speak French certainly helped this endeavor!

The story of building of the prototype by Pichon-Parat was quite a story as relayed by John.....and his French definitely made things a lot easier....still looking for his specific talent/skill related to industrial design...he was an early pioneer in the use of this...