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First Production Fiberglass Cars: The Brooks Boxer (Glasspar G2) was exhibited at the 1951 Los Angeles Motorama with three other plastic cars, i.e., Eric Irwins Lancer, Jack Wills and Ralph Roberts Skorpion and the Wasp, pioneers of todays plastic cars.
— Robert Lee Behme: Manual of Building Plastic Cars, Motor Trend Book No. 12, 1954Story Categories (Drop Down to Display)
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Allied / Atlas Archive
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1953 Petersen Motorama: The Fiberglass Invasion! Glasspar, Atlas/Allied, Woodill Wildfire, Edwards, and Victress
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Stan Crawford’s Allied / Atlas Swallow – A Mid-Restoration Man’s Dream
Hi Gang… I recently received the restoration pictures that Stan Crawford sent of his Atlas Swallow. This is going... -
Modern Plastics February 1952 – A “Gaggle” of Glass For You to Review
Hi Gang… “Watch 1953…..Plastic bodies are not only the coming thing – they have come, and they are too... -
1951 MOMA Exhibit – 8 Automobiles: Celebrating the Design of the 1946 Cisitalia 202 Coupe – Part 2
Hi Gang.. A few weeks ago I shared with you the theme of the 1951 Museum of Modern Art... -
8 Automobiles – 1951 Museum of Modern Art Exhibition (Celebrating the Design of the 1946 Cisitalia 202 Coupe)
Hi Gang… I love design and styling. Even if this exhibition wasn’t related to our appreciation of fiberglass cars in significant... -
Allied Swallow vs 1946 Cisitalia 202GT – The 94″ WB Amelia Island Duel
Hi Gang… For years I’ve searched for comparison photos of the 1946 Cisitalia 202 GT Coupe along side of Bill... -
Win a “Fabulous Woodill Wildfire Sportscar” – The 1953 Petersen Motorama
Hi Gang… One of the best kept secrets of the 1950′s is that there were actually two different Motorama’s... -
Vintage Glass On The Dry Lakes – and More (Glasspar, Victress, Allied, and More)
Hi Gang… Thanks to Alan Emory who owns one of the neatest Victress S1A’s out there, we have found... -
Attack of the Clones…
Hi Gang… Seeing the Vale in Hemmings reminded me (again) of just how beautiful these cars were. We tend...
