It includes a Best of Show winner, a survivor, a driver with lots of patina and several others. We have a small collection that includes at least one car from each of the Big Three. Fortunately, my wife, Katriana, is also a gear head and many of our activities revolve around the cars. Few men are lucky enough to be able to share their passion for cars with the woman they love. (Check out our other web site at site) As long as it has four wheels and an engine I get excited. I don't have a brand loyalty although I do prefer American Muscle especially the 1969/1970 NASCAR Aero Cars. I have been into cars since I was old enough to remember. After 20+ years we now live outside Nashville Tennessee. I grew up and lived in Iowa for a good portion of my life before moving to Southern California. More futuristic as in predicting the future, the car had retractable seat belts and bucket seats with headrests. The top was a popular concept car of the day bubble top. It featured a rear-mounted camera and video screen. The Centurion XP-301 was a featured car at the 1956 GM Motorama. Four bucket seats were provided in the Buick concept at a time when only sports cars had bucket seats. You can see the camera in the center top of the rear. Remember, that this was 1956 and TV’s were not around but far from common in America’s living rooms! The idea of a TV-like screen in your car had to be a mind-blower for middle America. This small video screen provided a rear view from the camera mounted on the rear of the car. It is a gorgeous car and has features that have only shown up on production cars in recent years, 50 too 60 years later. Actually, I have seen it in person several times over the last few years and it blows me away more each time I see it. Honestly, I don’t remember this Buick concept car as well as others. It seemed to straddle the line between the distant future and the next generation of the automobile. The 1956 Buick Centurion ZP-301 Dream Car was radical but yet realistic.
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