22 November, 1893: Harley J. Earl is born in Hollywood, California

More than a century has gone by since then, and yet, the influence that this visionary man has had on the world of automobile design remains intact. His time travel machine came in the shape of a car; the most beautiful car imaginable.

Posterity tends to remember him as the father of the mythical Chevrolet Corvette; however, it is thanks to his first LaSalle that his name has become legendary …