Buehrig patents "T-top"

Chris Summers wrote: I have to agree with him--I saw it at the ACD Museum in 2003 and, well, if it was the 1800s and that thing was a horse, I'd shoot it!

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Awe.... when you're in town, I was going to suggest that I take your picture in front of the Tasco. Because it's one of my FAVORITE caorses. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

I'm surprised he WANTED anybody to remember his creation of the T-top...if memory serves me right the first thing he used it on was the Tasco, which he once referred to as his own personal Edsel.

I have to agree with him--I saw it at the ACD Museum in 2003 and, well, if it was the 1800s and that thing was a horse, I'd shoot it!

Well, he then worked for Ford for years after that, so maybe Ford should have had the rights to the T-tops?

By the way, we're all glad he quit GM in 33! I would hate to be showing off a Chevy instead of a Cord!

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Buehrig quit GM in 1933. He patented the T-top in 1951. Do the math.

Wasn't Buehrig working for GM at the time? If so, then the rights to the product should have belonged to GM.

On this date in 1951 Gordon M. Buehrig was issued a United States patent for his ?vehicle top with removable panels?. This idea appeared on the 1968 Chevrolet Corvette as the "T-top". Buehrig claimed that GM paid him a small amount for it, after his lawyer complained about the patent violation.