{"id":14,"date":"2014-08-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/71A827C3-6A02-4355-9C0A-EF2A24231DED"},"modified":"2015-02-26T16:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T16:57:13","slug":"brian-kinkaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Brian Kinkaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1615\" title=\"Ferrari engine\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Ferrari-engine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Ferrari-engine-1.jpg 727w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Ferrari-engine-1-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The older Lancia world in the US was a wonderful collection of talented and thoughtful people who appreciated design and well made things. Mike Miller was one such person in New York, Brian Kinkaid was another in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>I met Brian years ago in a communal car storage\/workspace that exists in a low brick loft building in an industrial part of Chicago. Brian had been in charge of the graphic production for the Sears catalogs, but in the change to new technologies, had been let go. He had only a little money, a B20 and a very talented drawing hand. He did the Ferrari motor above, and then the B20 car below late in his life in 2000. Lovely work.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d go visit him on Saturday afternoons, where he\u2019d be putzing with something (for years he was trying to restore an Invicta), and we\u2019d share our affection for Aurelias with Italian opera in the background.<\/p>\n<p>His 6th series car was a lovely example, lightly worn, all original. When he was thinking of selling it, sadly he preferred it go out of town than to one of several people here who would have loved it to stay. It went to good hands on the east coast.<\/p>\n<p>Brian was known in Chicago for his skill, but never really was understood in the larger market. The drawing skill belies the complex character that was never far underneath, wondering about technology, art and beauty in a world that seemed to have moved on. Brian is no longer with us, but the drawings are &#8211; as are the memories of a glass of wine, a moment of reflection in the dusk of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>More of his work can be seen at <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briankinkaid.com\/\">Brian&#8217;s drawings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1616\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/B20-dwg-kinkaid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1616\" class=\"wp-image-1616 \" title=\"B20 dwg kinkaid\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/B20-dwg-kinkaid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/B20-dwg-kinkaid.jpg 1672w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/B20-dwg-kinkaid-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/B20-dwg-kinkaid-1024x734.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian&#8217;s 6th series B20<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The older Lancia world in the US was a wonderful collection of talented and thoughtful people who appreciated design and well made things. Mike Miller was one such person in New York, Brian Kinkaid was another in Chicago. 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