Hi Gang… Working with good friend Darren Swanson, we’ve gone from a mysterion (mystery car), to a one-off Kaiser concept sports car, to a limited production sports car with up to ten bodies and sports cars being completed. Not a … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Hi Gang… Today’s story comes from the depths of the “Frank Cornell Archives” – materials Frank amassed while studying Woodill Wildfire and related cars for more than 30 years. Frank had these materials for a good reason – he’s our … Continue reading
Hi Gang… We search long and wide for detailed information about the vintage handcrafted car builds of yesterday, and recently we hit paydirt – video (actually film) from the 1951 Petersen Motorama. Wow! It’s hard to believe that it survived … Continue reading
Designed to last a lifetime, these cars will be hand-built at a 500 a year rate – chassis in the U.S.. body in Italy. Seven models include two sedans, two sports cars, coupe, convertible, and limousine. Hi Gang… We’ve gathered … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As I continue to get magazines and articles from across the world – including many from you too – I inquisitively leaf through each and every page looking for the next “adventure in research.” And voila! Our next … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Let this be a warning to any of you who want to visit ground zero of fiberglass research in Tampa, Florida. You are welcome any time, and you can crash at the ‘Glass House, have free food…..wine, women, … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Forgotten Fiberglass research takes us to all ends of the earth – and to little known magazines too. Several years ago good fiber-friend Glenn Brummer alerted me to a magazine I’d not heard of before – “CLUES.” It … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Recently we wrote about the Tornado cars here at Forgotten Fiberglass – click here to review that story – and comments came in from all ‘round in the Forgotten Fiberglass world. It’s great that the story attracted so … Continue reading
This is the most promising to date of the several electric cars being engineered in various cities. George Lippincott, the founder and president of Nic-L-Silver, hopes to have ten cars a day rolling off the assembly line now being tooled. … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As we continue to dig into the magazines of the 1950s and 1960s searching for cars, stories, and information about the era where anything seemed possible, we find photos and articles that show no end to the creativity and … Continue reading
Hi Gang… So when did each of the cars we study become available for sale to the public? That’s a question we ask often here at Forgotten Fiberglass, and today’s story shows you how sometimes it’s fairly simple to determine. … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I started out this morning wanting to write a short story that was just part of what you’ll read today – the adventure of getting a 1953 Cadillac body off its chassis for our Maverick restoration. But…so many … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Anything was possible in the 1950s concerning car design. It was early in 1958 when 17 year old Jim Webb showed his completed design – a custom sports car that debuted at the Oakland Roadster show, and won a top … Continue reading
Hi Gang… If you’re here at Forgotten Fiberglass, then you HAVE to see this 1954 movie starring Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie and Don Taylor. It’s manna from heaven if you like the handcrafted sports cars of the 1950s and includes … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I often equate researching the history of lost American sports cars of the 50s as akin to trying to get a drink of water by running around the room with an empty glass and gathering as much water … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Fifteen to twenty years ago, Glasspar Historian Emeritus (also a legendary car finder) Jean Poirier and his brother Emile went on a trek to see a long lost Devin racecar. It was being sold by a private owner in … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Recently shared the exciting news in a story last week revealing two significant “finds:” The Jim Potter collection of Woodill Wildfire photos– unseen for nearly 60 years and stewarded by his son Jim North The story of Ed and … Continue reading
Opening Statement From Road & Track Magazine: Virgil Exner, Jr., has an understandable interest in automotive styling. But the fins-with-a-purpose that dominate his car could be misinterpreted as slavish duplication of those on his father’s ’57 Chryslers. This they are … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Have camera….will travel. In this case to Amelia Island in 2010 and later the following week to Fiberglass Farms. Back in 2010 we had a class of Forgotten Fiberglass cars at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Click here to review the cars … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Someday I hope to see this car in person. It must be the most traveled and owned and shown and celebrated Woodill Wildfire in the last 50 years. But we have to find it first – and the … Continue reading