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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (1/23)
8/17/11 7:41am

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Yesterday, I visited the Auburn/Cord Dusenberg Museum in Auburn, IN (again, highly recommended) and found more than one Corvette Connection.

Besides the '73 I parked next to in the parking lot, what is the connection of the following cars and the C3 Corvette?

I'll try to offer hints if needed, but I'm willing to bet someone will get at least one of these very quickly!!

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (2/23)
8/17/11 8:07am

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CLASS! MAN, CLASS.

1. Extended wheel wells

2. LOOONG Beautiful front end

3. Two seats and low slung

Just a guess, but still nice. One of the Auburns comes to our car show in June. A VERY stunning automobile.

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (3/23)
8/17/11 9:02am

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Yeah, I was going to say long hood, short deck and large fenders.

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8/17/11 9:16am

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There is a much more specific connection.

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (5/23)
8/17/11 9:19am

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Same designer?

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (6/23)
8/17/11 9:25am

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Pop up/ hideaway headlights??

Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (7/23)
8/17/11 1:04pm

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Harley Earl...

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (8/23)
8/17/11 1:57pm

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I'll 2nd Joel ... got to be Harley Earl.

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (9/23)
8/17/11 2:37pm

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Barry's on the right track, but Joel and Tom are not... HOWEVER...

I did see something VERY interesting today at the GM Heritage Center that makes me understand (outside of Earl being a great designer) why his name would be suggested.

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8/17/11 2:45pm

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This one WAS designed by Harley Earl. It is in the GM Heritage Center as the very first "Concept Car." I hate to say it, but it sure looks like a very similar rip off to Car 1 above. Sorry I didn't get a better shot of the same angle as Car 1

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (11/23)
8/17/11 3:22pm

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Bill Mitchell?

Larry Shinoda?

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (12/23)
8/17/11 4:08pm

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They were traded in for Corvette's

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (13/23)
8/17/11 5:28pm

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The same man did design all three.

I beleive Car 1 was the first time pop up headlights were used, but they were crank operated, not vacuum

Car 2 has a "first" for a feature - T-Tops. It was patented and then, when used on the C3, GM was sued and the designer won (or so I heard) $100K plus royalties on each C3 with T-Tops

Car 3 is (if you look closer) built on a C3 body. I have some closer pictures I'll post later.

Still interested in someone getting the name. None of the guesses so far have been correct.

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8/17/11 6:39pm

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Gordon M. Buehrig creator of what became the T-top....

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (15/23)
8/17/11 6:47pm

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Car 1 hide away headlights

Car 2 Glass tops

Car3 t-top roof (and original color of Barrys car LOL )

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (16/23)
8/17/11 6:50pm

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Opps sorry I see I was late on the draw....

I'm in Wes Desmoine Iowa this week doing another Kaikaku working long hours, and 1 hr. diff mess's you up.

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (17/23)
8/17/11 6:56pm

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Well.... I think the connection is (or should be)

All of these cars look like they are going 100 mph..... just sittin' there!

Just like my Baby!

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (18/23)
8/17/11 9:32pm

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Before I read everyone's comments, I said to Frank they might have the same designer (Mitchell), but I specifically pointed out to him that the third car looked like it was built on a C3 platform - at least I got that one right. Smile

So jealous - I would love to go to that museum....my all time FAV car is the Auburn Boattail Speedster. What a beautiful piece of machinery......... Ok - I'll stop day dreaming now Embarrassed

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Pop Quiz - What's the connection?! (19/23)
8/17/11 10:47pm

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And The Rook takes the prize! (Although Barb made a good call too!)

Car1 is a (I believe) a 1936 Cord. Designer: Gordon Buehrig

Car2 is a 1948 TASCO (The American Sports Car COmpany). Designer: Gordon Buehrig

here are a couple more shots (look at the back under glass - looks like a C2 or C3 back window to me!

https://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/9201_9300/9258/DSC02286.JPG

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Car3 (here are a few more shots)

http://www.C3VR.com/member_uploads/9201_9300/9258/DSC02279.JPG

http://www.C3VR.com/member_uploads/9201_9300/9258/DSC02281.JPG

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is a 1979 Buehrig. A Detroit businessman hired Buehrig to design a new car based on the Corvette. It was the last car Buehrig designed. The plan was to build about 50 of these, but only four were built. This is the first of those four and it cost about $130K to build. The blue and yellow (interior) were to mimic the colors of the Swedish flag. Buehrig's wife was Swedish.

Thanks for playing!!!

Oh, and I still think Harley Earl's 1937 Buick "Y" concept car looks suspiciously like the Cord. I mentioned this to the woman at the Heritage Center and she said she had heard that before, but had never seen the Cord. I showed her the pictures and she agreed. If Auburn/Cord/Deusy had not gone under in 1937, I wonder if they might have fought for copyright infringement. Alas, much like how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of the Tootsie Pop, the world may never know

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8/17/11 10:49pm

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Oh, and I really wasn't too much of a fan of the TASCO - at least not the T-Tops - they looked horrible!

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8/18/11 6:47pm

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I also understand that in 1968 he sued GM for copying his patened T-tops on the vette.

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8/18/11 9:13pm

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Dan, you didn't see Marshall said that above? Anyway, how did you know the designer?????

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Way to know your stuff Dan! Clap

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