Miss Berwyn-Cicero (Marjorie Needham, age 21), posed with the Buick XP-300 dream car. The XP-300 was one of the first concept vehicle created by General Motors, and featured an aluminum body, wraparound windshield, bumper/concave grille combo, and headlight bezels similar to those that appeared on 1953 Buicks. Using an experimental 330 horsepower, 215 cubic inch aluminum V-8, the XP-300’s engine was capable of operating on gasoline or methanol fuels.

Miss Berwyn-Cicero (Marjorie Needham, age 21), posed with the Buick XP-300 dream car. The XP-300 was one of the first concept vehicle created by General Motors, and featured an aluminum body, wraparound windshield, bumper/concave grille combo, and headlight bezels similar to those that appeared on 1953 Buicks. Using an experimental 330 horsepower, 215 cubic inch aluminum V-8, the XP-300’s engine was capable of operating on gasoline or methanol fuels.