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First of the Dream Cars: Buick’s Y-Job

First of the Dream Cars: Buick’s Y-Job

The first of the fabled GM dream cars sparked a Buick success story and changed the face of all the cars in the world. It also confirmed the eminence in the GM boardroom of styling chief Harley Earl.

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Mar 31, 2022
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That’s when it all began. We were climbing out of a depression and digging our way into a war in the late 1930s. Enrico Fermi was uncovering the mysteries of the atom; Gone With the Wind had just been made into a film and F.D.R. was well into his second Presidential term. In Roswell, New Mexico a college professor named Robert Goddard was experimenting …

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