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John Ford - Ford Publishing 5/05/03 johnford@2fords.net |
1938 Buick-Y-Job
"My name's Harley Earl." So says the nattily dressed man appearing in the new television advertisements for Buick cars. Buick, the ads proclaim, represents the "Spirit of American Style." Just who was Harley Earl? He's certainly not the actor in these commercials; the real Harley Earl died in 1969. But during his three decades at General Motors, Earl changed the shape of the American car. Earl's first concept car (called a "dream car" at the time) was the 1938 Buick Y-Job, which Earl himself drove. To look at the car today is to realize how far-sighted Earl was. A two-seat sports car that featured hidden headlights, power steering, flush door handles, and electric windows, the Y-Job looks more like a car from the 1950s than a Depression-era vehicle.
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