1933 Cadillac Aerodynamic Coupe
Earl created the Aerodynamic Coupe for the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress. With its 165-horsepower V-16 and slippery good looks, Earl's creation proved a tremendous hit with showgoers—so popular, in fact, that coachbuilder Fleetwood offered the car in limited production (twenty were built).
1938 Buick Y-Job concept
Because there were no regular automobile shows in the United States in 1938, Harley Earl employed the astonishing Y-Job as his personal transport. He drove the car regularly until arrival of his even more outrageous Le Sabre Motorama car in 1951.
1951 Buick Le Sabre concept
Earl's fighter-jet-inspired Le Sabre show car, created for GM's 1951 Motorama, featured a dizzying array of technology, including a 335-horsepower supercharged hemi-head aluminum V-8 with a rear-mounted automatic transmission and a rain-sensing power retractible hardtop. Earl himself put some 45,000 miles on the car.
1953 Cadillac Eldorado
Perhaps the seminal Cadillac design of the era, the '53 Eldorado, which was unveiled at that year's Motorama, carried an astronomical $7750 sticker price. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that a mere 532 were built.
1953 Buick Skylark
Built on the Roadmaster chassis, Earl's Skylark convertible featured unique—and startlingly pretty—sheetmetal, as well as an equally startling $5000 sticker price. Created to commemorate the Buick brand's fiftieth anniversary, the Skylark found a mere 1690 well-heeled buyers in 1953.
1953 Chevrolet Corvette
Noting the popularity of the Jaguar XK120 roadster, Earl created the fiberglass-bodied Corvette with his two college-age sons in mind. Earl had offered the car as an $1800 American sports car on a production chassis, but, hurried into production that year, the six-cylinder Corvette ended up costing $3513.
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