Ed Welburn, 68, a designer, author and retired head of global design for General Motors, living in Bethlehem, Pa., and Detroit, on his 1957 Chevrolet Corvette, as told to A.J. Baime.
I call my 1957 Corvette the most expensive cappuccino I have ever purchased. It was 2016 and I went to a Starbucks in Monterey, Calif. I was walking out and I ran into the former baseball player Reggie Jackson, whom I had known for years. We decided to go back to his garage [which was nearby]. Reggie’s garage is full of muscle cars and baseball...