It is a bit shameful to be posting quite a lot of custom car models here in this blog without giving you guys a prima facie proof of the beginning of all this customizing bonanza. So, today, I am rewarding you a ride back to history—literally at that! Presenting the Buick Y-Job Concept, the first ever concept car.

The Y-Job was constructed in 1938 under the supervision of Harley J. Earl, GM’s first design chief. It showcases power-operated hidden lamps, wraparound bumpers…heck! Let us save the boring enumeration some time. Perhaps you can just do a Google search and satiate your specs-seeking self. For now, why don’t we just get consumed by the magnanimity of this wonder and revel in what the eyes can behold. You see, this is very much like seeing John Lennon in person. And when that happens, you do not stop and list the brand of coat he is wearing and the size of his boots and the shade of his skin, not even the length of his now-alive grin. Instead, you just shut up and get lost in the moment. So once more, here is the Buick Y-Job Concept.

(Yes, yes, I know. You need not point out that its wheels remind you of Oreos.)