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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Homebrew cars of 1954

The March, 1954 edition of Popular Science carried a great article about homebrew car builders and their killer creations. I love this "Manta Ray" car!

MATE A MANTA RAY with a jet plane and this is what you get. Builders V. F. Antoine and G. K. Hire, of Whittier, Calif., work on guided missiles for a living. Shout is a chromed aluminum casting. Bumpers were fabricated from Hudson parts.

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Update: Coop sez, "That car was patterned after the 1951 Buick Le Sabre concept car, designed by legendary GM design god Harley J. Earl."

Update 2: Todd sez, "The Harley Earl show car was the 1951 GM LeSabre, not a Buick. General Motors didn't badge the car for a specific division, but it's often mistaken for a Buick because the LeSabre name was used for a Buick model beginning in the 1959 model year."

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