Buick Y-Job

Buick Y-Job
Buick
Year	1938
Production	One-off Concept car
Class	Fullsize Convertible
Body Style	2-Door Converitble
Length	208.4 inches (5,293mm)
Width	74.4 inches (1,890mm)
Height	58.1 inches (1,476mm)
Wheelbase	125.7 inches (3,193mm)
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Engine	5.2 liter (5245cc) I-8
Power	141 hp (105.1 kW)
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Designers	Harley Earl

The Buick Y-Job is considered by many to be the first concept car and was built by Buick under the direction of Harley Earl in 1938. Unlike later concept cars, the Y-Job was fully operational and Earl frequently drove it around Detroit. After the car had finished its duties on the auto show circuit and as Earl's driver, it was stored away in a warehouse and then placed in the Sloan Museum in Flint, Michigan. Many years later it was placed in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Finally, in 1993, it was brought back to the GM Design Center in Warren, Michigan and has remained there since.

See Wikicars' comprehensive Buick_Y-Job Review.

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