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During his tenure as General Motors’ Vice President of Styling, Bill Mitchell built a reputation as a sports- and muscle-car enthusiast, in part because the man oversaw the design of the second- and third-generation Corvettes.

But there’s more to Mitchell than sporty cars and racy roadsters. Mitchell’s father was a Buick dealer in Pennsylvania, and it’s obvious GM’s premium marque made quite the impression on him from a young age. His fondness for the tri-shield brand was perhaps earliest made apparent when, after being appointed GM Director of Styling in 1954, he made one of his first design concepts the 1956X Buick Century.

The 1956X is based on a production Buick Century convertible, but was treated to some 225 or so tweaks by GM stylists, making “special order 90022” something of a factory custom. Most of these subtle changes eventually made their way to mass-market General Motors vehicle lines — the 1956X Century just got ’em first.

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