Car of the Week: 1951 Buick XP-300 concept

Mark Wein

Grand Poobah
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http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of...ck-xp-300-concept?et_mid=698956&rid=241966444

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pretty cool.....and when you consider the shape of most cars in 1951....this one looks much more like it was built in 1959 or 1960. ahead of it's time.
 
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I see a lot of Thunderbird styling in there, but, frankly, it works better on this car than on the T-bird.
 
+1 to all the above
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The XP-300’s beauty and innovation went beneath its aluminum skin. Four hydraulic jacks were hidden under the body work and elevated either the driver or passenger side of the car. Upon shutting the doors, steel bars hydraulically slid out so that the car was more rigid, as these bars completed the rollcage-like framework within the body.

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