Gordon Miller Buehrig was an American automobile designer.
13 Facts About Gordon Buehrig
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Gordon Miller Buehrig was born in Mason City, Illinois on June 18,1904 to a banker.
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Gordon Buehrig attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, but did not graduate.
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Gordon Buehrig had early design experience with Packard, General Motors and Stutz.
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In 1949, Buehrig joined Ford, where his projects included the 1951 Victoria Coupe, the 1952 station wagon, and the 1956 Continental Mark II.
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Gordon Buehrig invented the removable T-top, patented 5 June 1951, which was used in the aborted TASCO sports car.
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Gordon Buehrig died at his home in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, on January 22,1990, at the age of 85.
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Gordon Buehrig's cremated remains are buried in Roselawn Cemetery in Auburn.
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Gordon Buehrig was honored by the Scarab Club in Detroit, an artists' club with a show of his work and asking him to sign the beam in the banquet hall.
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Gordon Buehrig had read Le Corbusier's Toward an Architecture and was deeply inspired by it.
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Gordon Buehrig's work led to front-wheel-drive Oldsmobile cars and inspired a Chrysler vehicle with its hood design.
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Gordon Buehrig was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in October 1989.
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Gordon Buehrig was one of 25 candidates for Car Designer of the Century, an international award given in 1999 to honor the most influential automobile designer of the 20th century.