The Days Of Future Past... [PIC]

GM's Motorama concept cars of the 1950s were to give the public a glimpse of things to come in the far out future of the 1960s. Bubble tops were high on the list of what we'd be driving. Well, outside of the revamped Lincoln Future (AKA: the Batmobile) and maybe the AMC Pacer, bubble tops didn't survive the next decade. Glare, hot house interiors as well as privacy and security concerns proved bubble tops to be impractical. But, boy, they sure looked cool. In 1956, GM, under the Buick marque, debuted the one-off "Centurion". Not just a rolling body, the Centurion was ready to ply the interstates. It was more than adequately powered by a 325 HP 348 cid V8. The trim package featured the classic Buick "Sweep Spear" and horizontal tail fins that would reappear on production Buicks in 1959. One  of the features on the Centurion was a TV camera on the trunk lid that displayed a rear view from the dash mounted CRT. The speedometer featured a fixed indicator with a revolving dial. The Centurion now resides at the Sloan Museum in Detroit.

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