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Cisitalia Specs For Allied Swallow Owners – Motor: February 1949
Posted on May 15, 2013 | 2 CommentsHi Gang… For you Atlas / Allied Swallow owners out there… here’s a short one-page article from Motor Magazine in February, 1949. It’s nice to see how they presented the... -
Atlas / Allied Owners Take Notice! The “Latest Cisitalia Speedster:” Auto Sport Review, March 1953
Posted on February 9, 2012 | 1 CommentHi Gang… Chicken or egg? The 94” wheelbase Cisitalia Roadster or the Allied Falcon Roadster? Let’s talk fiberglass! Bill Burke, Roy Kinch, and Mickey Thompson introduced the 94” Swallow Coupe... -
America’s Boulevard Sports Cars: Jim Potter’s Thoughts – Motor Life, July 1956
Posted on January 31, 2012 | 4 CommentsHi Gang… This is one of my favorite titles for the larger and more powerful sports cars – most of which were fiberglass by ’56 – built in America. Jim... -
The Multiplex 186 “The Biggest Little Car In The World” Berwick, Pennsylvania (1953-1955+)
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 3 CommentsHi Gang… The Multiplex lineage of cars starts back at the turn of the 20th century – takes a near 50 year hiatus – and then starts again in ’53. ... -
John Bond From Road & Track Shares: “How To Build A Fiberglass Body…” January, 1953
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 3 CommentsHi Gang… This article was a very important article for John Bond – new owner of Road and Track Magazine as of November 1952 – just three months prior to... -
The Jud Phillips Allied Swallow Coupe – Nearly an Offenhauser Special!
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 3 CommentsHi Gang… Bill Fester of Houston, Texas wanted an Allied Swallow Coupe. The Allied looked just like the car he saw – a Multiplex Sports Car – shown in John Gunnell’s... -
The Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company: The Details Are In The Diagrams – Brochure #4
Posted on January 20, 2012 | 4 Comments————————— Note: The next series of stories here on Forgotten Fiberglass are going to focus on the brochures and associated customer communication of the Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company. ... -
The Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company: The Allied Falcon Fiber-Glass Body Brochure #3
Posted on January 15, 2012 | 4 Comments————————— Note: The next series of stories here on Forgotten Fiberglass are going to focus on the brochures and associated customer communication of the Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company. ... -
The Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company: The Allied Swallow Fiber-Glass Body Brochure #2
Posted on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments————————— Note: The next series of stories here on Forgotten Fiberglass are going to focus on the brochures and associated customer communication of the Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company. ... -
The Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company: America’s First Production Fiberglass Coupe Body – Brochure #1
Posted on January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment————————— Note: The next series of stories here on Forgotten Fiberglass are going to focus on the brochures and associated customer communication of the Atlas / Allied Fiber Glass Company. ... -
Fiberglass State of the Industry – 1953: Hop Up Magazine, April 1953
Posted on November 27, 2011 | 3 CommentsHi Gang… What a long article this is – but worth the read in every way I’ve been putting off sharing this article with you not because it wasn’t important... -
The Birth Of The Allied / Atlas Swallow – The Cisitalia: Auto Speed and Sport, September 1952
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 3 CommentsHi Gang… Where did each of our fiberglass sports cars come from? Here at Forgotten Fiberglass, we are discussing the design heritage of the cars we’ve come to love. We’ve... -
Fiberglass Explodes On The Scene – Petersen Motorama November 1953
Posted on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment————————————— Car Craft Magazine, February ’54, commenting on the Petersen Motorama held in November, ’53: “One of the most interesting bits in the show was the heavy sprinkling of Fiberglass creations. ... -
Bill Burke Answers Road & Track’s Challenge To Build The “American Cisitalia”
Posted on October 19, 2011 | No CommentsHi Gang… Ah the glory of research…much of what you find is questionable or useless. Still other bits of info can be insightful, remarkable, or even intriguing in every way. ... -
Bill Burke Weighs In On Hot Rods vs Sports Cars: “The Vanguard of Hot Rod Thought”
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 1 CommentHi Gang… No surprises here. The more magazines I collect, the more information I find. Sometimes the best stuff doesn’t appear in the main articles. Instead, it often appears in...