"Name that car game"
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OK guys try this one and I made sure not to leave the description embedded in the photo.
This isn't a customized car. It was actually designed this was from the get go. There is a cool story behind the design of this care however.
This isn't a customized car. It was actually designed this was from the get go. There is a cool story behind the design of this care however.
Last edited by harleysshhr; Aug 24, 2010 at 04:02 PM.
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Geez ... let's all take a chill pill! This has been fun and highly enjoyable for us. Let's not take it so seriously. You've all done a great job of coming up with great, unusual vehicles ... and equally great guesses and answers.
Kudos to all of you taking the time to do this.
Kudos to all of you taking the time to do this.
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Harley ... that's a '38 Buick, isn't it? One of the first (or maybe the first) to have an electric drop top? It had a weird name. Y something? My mother loved this car, that's how I remember it.
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Yeap, that's it. cool car huh? looks like a 50's custom or something.
It's a 1938 Buick Y-Job is generally considered the industry's first concept car. CrazyCarKid this is right up your alley, it's a wonder you didn't get it first. Created by General Motors Styling and Buick Engineering, it was designed by Harley J. Earl, GM's first design chief, and built on a production Buick chassis modified by Charlie Chayne, then Buick's chief engineer. Power was supplied by a Buick 320 cubic inch straight 8.
Buick called it "Y" because so many makers dubbed experimental cars "X." Styling and mechanical features of the "Y Job" showed up on GM products, particularly Buick and Cadillac, throughout the '40s. Particularly noteworthy is the introduction of a wide horizontal grille with thin vertical bars, which remains a Buick styling feature to this day.
The car served as Harley's Earl personal transportation for many years, until he replaced it with the 1951 General Motors LeSabre dream car.
Tim_Tenn It's your turn..........You're Up! We'll wait.
It's a 1938 Buick Y-Job is generally considered the industry's first concept car. CrazyCarKid this is right up your alley, it's a wonder you didn't get it first. Created by General Motors Styling and Buick Engineering, it was designed by Harley J. Earl, GM's first design chief, and built on a production Buick chassis modified by Charlie Chayne, then Buick's chief engineer. Power was supplied by a Buick 320 cubic inch straight 8.
Buick called it "Y" because so many makers dubbed experimental cars "X." Styling and mechanical features of the "Y Job" showed up on GM products, particularly Buick and Cadillac, throughout the '40s. Particularly noteworthy is the introduction of a wide horizontal grille with thin vertical bars, which remains a Buick styling feature to this day.
The car served as Harley's Earl personal transportation for many years, until he replaced it with the 1951 General Motors LeSabre dream car.
Tim_Tenn It's your turn..........You're Up! We'll wait.
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