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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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