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Hi Gang… For you Atlas / Allied Swallow owners out there… here’s a short one-page artic ...

Hi Gang… We’re always looking for the initial press release photos and captions for eac ...

Hi Gang… Late last year, I found the following comment posted on a story about the McCo ...

Note:  This is the third in a series of articles that appeared in Car Craft Magazine about ...

Hi Gang… I wish I could have been there – the last Petersen Motorama of the 1950s. T ...

Hi Gang… Last month we published part 1 of this series – an article by Robert Cumberfor ...

Hi Gang… That darn ‘ole Erich Schultz.  Every time I tell him about a car that needs “s ...

Hi Gang… Alden Jewell has done it again. What an amazing number of car shows he must ...

Hi Gang… Let’s work backwards in time. Today, good friend Bill Hebal and his wife Ka ...

Hi Gang… Small books were published throughout the 1950s by various automotive magazine ...

Hi Gang… Great news….we found another Victress employee – and a very special one at tha ...

Note:  This is the third in a series of stories about the fiberglass sports cars that appe ...

Hi Gang… So far, I’ve found this custom car - the Ogle-Orbed Olds - in two Trend public ...

Hi Gang… We’re building a community….a “fiberglass community" that is. Several years ...

Note:  This is the second in a series of articles that appeared in Car Craft Magazine abou ...

Hi Gang… What a year 2013 is turning out to be: * First, in March, 2013 we debuted o ...

Hi Gang… From time to time, you’ve heard me share many thanks for the help of Tony St. ...

Hi Gang… Come one, Come all….The Forgotten Fiberglass Gang is heading north in May, 201 ...

Hi Gang… This car has fascinated me since being turned on to it many years ago by Guy D ...

Hi Gang… I dedicate this story to a friend who recently joined us here at Forgotten Fib ...

Hi Gang… As I’ve mentioned before, I feel like one of the luckiest "car guys" around. ...

Note:  This is the first in a series of articles that appeared in Car Craft Magazine about ...

Hi Gang… Come one, Come all….The Forgotten Fiberglass Gang is heading north in May, 201 ...

Hi Gang… This is a beautiful brochure from Sterling Gladwin, the designer, creator, and ...

Note:  This is the second in a series of stories about the fiberglass sports cars that app ...

Hi Gang… Alden Jewell found this on the inside page of the Small Car Parade Magazine fr ...

Hi Gang… I’m lucky to have an absolutely wonderful car museum close to me and this is t ...

Hi Gang… Back in 2011, I posted a mystery car that was owned by Tom Pawlak who lives in ...

Note:  This is the first in a series of stories about the fiberglass sports cars that appe ...

Hi Gang… Another press release photo uncovered most likely circa 1965 – we’ll let Nick ...

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Hi Gang… Our ‘glass gang is going global and I’m honored to introduce you to one of our ...

Hi Gang… I have a real problem with cars.  I don’t see them as they are.  I see them as ...

Hi Gang… Alden Jewell’s collection continues to astound us here at Forgotten Fiberglass ...

Hi Gang… We are blessed with so many people participating in the research here at Forgo ...

Hi Gang… Great news!  Reports from my good friend Randy Baron who recently visited Arge ...

Hi Gang… I didn’t know there would be a “part 2” to this story.  Now I hope that I can ...

Hi Gang… Here’s one of the press release photos and captions we recently found concerni ...

Hi Gang… Back in 2008, I traveled to California to spend some time with Gene Winfield – ...

Hi Gang… My grandfather - Grandpa Morrie - told me the best car stories I ever heard – ...

Hi Gang… The Chicagoan is here!  The Chicagoan is here! That’s what the crowd cheere ...

Hi Gang… We always think of the first production fiberglass car in America as being the ...

Hi Gang… How could I resist? This photo was being offered with other press release p ...

Hi Gang… In February, 1957 John Bond of Road & Track Magazine thought highly enough ...

Hi Gang… At least we found "two" of the press release photos :-)   I’m sure the other o ...

Hi Gang… From time to time, you've heard me share many thanks for the help of Tony St. ...

Hi Gang… Research into the history of the early postwar fiberglass specials is a bit li ...

Hi Gang… I mentioned in an earlier article that if you wanted to get into the minds of ...

Hi Gang… “Plastics.”  That was the work we heard in the 1967 film “The Graduate.”  But ...

Hi Gang… Here’s another short article in the pursuit of placing all articles on fibergl ...

Hi Gang… So far we’ve found two magazines that heralded the announcement that a newly d ...

Hi Gang… Last Fall, Rik Hoving, Bob Cunningham, & David Greenles all sent in a link ...

Hi Gang… At Forgotten Fiberglass, we collect every bit of fiber-scrap of information.   ...

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Hi Gang… This car has always fascinated me for the history on why it was built, who des ...

Hi Gang… It’s rare we get to see a car in color “back in the day” but it does happen – ...

Hi Gang… The fantastic – and sometimes overdone – customs built by Spohn in the postwar ...

Hi Gang… One of the most famous Meteor SR1 sports cars ever completed was built in Oreg ...

Hi Gang… When we discuss Jim Byers cars we normally think of the car that John Bond, ow ...

Hi Gang… Here’s how Frank Kurtis opened up in the sales flyer in today’s story and intr ...

Hi Gang… Today is the latest installment of our series of stories on our quest to put a ...

Hi Gang… I love mystery cars!  These stories often show what was possible when hard wor ...

Hi Gang… Well…I’ve been looking for this car for 10 years and the trailer keeps getting ...

Hi Gang… If you remember from our previous story here on Forgotten Fiberglass about the ...

Hi Gang… Recently, I heard from a former Victress S1 owner, Jere Duke, and his story on ...

Hi Gang… Behind every unrestored fiberglass car lurks stories and possibilities – as cr ...

Hi Gang… As more of our limited production fiberglass sports cars get restored, they ar ...

Hi Gang... I know the automotive world is not all fiberglass.  However, there are times ...

Hi Gang… In the past few months, I’ve been pounding on eBay looking for more informatio ...

Hi Gang… Ok….I’m getting jealous of Alden Jewell’s collection so let me feature somethi ...

Hi Gang… Alden Jewell’s collection reveals yet another treasure – an original blueprint ...

Hi Gang… First I thought this was a Byers SR-100.  Then….a modified Meteor SR-1.  But…i ...

Hi Gang… For those of you who have been a part of LaDawri.com and Forgotten Fiberglass ...

Hi Gang… For the past several years, the fiberglass bodied Seagrave Compact Coupe has b ...

Hi Gang… When I first saw hints of the Hurricane Sports Car by Sports Car Engineering, ...

Hi Gang… The best part of being part of the “Forgotten Fiberglass Faction of Friends” i ...

Hi Gang… Alden Jewell’s dedication for collecting automotive history and literature isn ...

Hi Gang… Well here’s an interesting sports car I haven’t seen in person yet.  I’ve seen ...

Hi Gang… Nick Whitlow is the “king” of all things CRV.  He’s been collecting informatio ...

Hi Gang… Well….we did it.  We made it with the Shark to Amelia with a gaggle of glass g ...

Hi Gang… As I write this, we have 168 hours until our 1962 Shark Roadster is presented ...

Hi Gang… We keep looking and looking and looking but so far in the “Geoff vs Vale Sport ...

Hi Gang… Bill Berry and your Falcon…..where are you???  Read on to learn more…. What ...

Hi Gang… Here’s your reading assignment for this weekend – something to do to celebrate ...

Hi Gang… Photos without captions are like finding Indian arrowheads at the flea market. ...

Hi Gang… Many of you know my passion for vintage cars started with my grandfather, Morr ...

Hi Gang… Here’s another interesting publicity photo I found recently – and I had to loo ...

Hi Gang… The quest for information continues on all fronts.  Most recently, “press rele ...

Hi Gang… This past year I was honored to present our 1947 Kurtis-Omohundro Comet at the ...

Hi Gang… I like to go the extra mile – confirm beyond a reasonable doubt what we’ve hea ...

Hi Gang… In the past few years, more and more publicity shots that were distributed to ...

Hi Gang… So you thought we may have disappeared from the ‘glass scene on the net.  Surp ...

Hi Gang… Merrill Powell, parner and co-owner of Victress Manufacturing  with Doc Boyce- ...

Hi Gang… We try and keep a full head of fiber-steam going here at Forgotten Fiberglass. ...

Hi Gang… This is one special article! First, it was written by the man himself – Joh ...

Hi Gang… If you love the vintage fiberglass cars of the early ‘50s – the 1954 movie “Jo ...

Hi Gang… I keep searching and searching and searching….but I’ve only ever found one ad ...

Hi Gang… We’ve come to a point at Forgotten Fiberglass where we need to step back and a ...

Hi Gang… Not to be confused with the Campbell Fiberglass Company which produced fibergl ...

Hi Gang… I’ve heard about this car for years – “The Gardner Studebaker Special” – and h ...

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Hi Gang… We’ve not been idle here at Forgotten Fiberglass, of late.  In fact, today mar ...

Hi Gang… There’s not many of these Devin Jr’s around, and what fun it would be to have ...

Hi Gang… Blame the title of this story on good friend Jon Greuel – founder of LaDawri.c ...

Hi Gang… Guy Dirkin is leading the effort on challenging us at “Forgotten Fiberglass” t ...

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Hi Gang… What a great story and fantastic fiber car of yesteryear – and it survives tod ...

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Hi Gang… Recently, we had the honor of presenting our 1957 LaDawri Conquest at the 2012 ...

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Hi Gang… I’m sure that Doc Boyce-Smith, founder of the Boyce-Smith Company which produc ...

Hi Gang… It’s neat to see that Road & Track Magazine – and others too – were road t ...

Hi Gang… We think about Bill Devin offering the greatest amount of bodies for any fiber ...

Hi Gang… Missing pieces of history....thought lost to time....uncovered by auto archeol ...

Hi Gang… Buy it, build it, or something in between. That’s what John Mays and John B ...

Hi Gang… More great fiber news! Thanks to the efforts of Bill Sigworth, retired Chem ...

Hi Gang… Recently, we had the honor of presenting our 1957 LaDawri Conquest at the 2012 ...

Hi Gang… Ask lots of questions – and come up with more whenever possible. When I was ...

Hi Gang… There are many nicely designed fiberglass bodied sports cars that make it over ...

Hi Gang… I was first contacted by Lanny Word about a year ago when he found our Forgott ...

Hi Gang… If you were going to build a chassis for your fiberglass bodied sports car bac ...

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Hi Gang… Let’s talk Victress Dragsters! Recently, we discussed the Victress Dragster ...

Hi Gang… Haven't we all been to “mecca” as children and driven sports cars before the a ...

Hi Gang… I first reported on the “James McDaniel Special” – a half midge sized fibergla ...

Hi Gang… Today’s article is compliments of our friend of fiberglass - Bob Peterson.  Bo ...

Hi Gang… I love stories about fiberglass cars built “back when” that were carefully cra ...

Hi Gang… When good friend Will Silk contacted me about a show that benefits our four le ...

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Hi Gang… Sports Cars Illustrated published annual “Directories” from 1958 thru 1961.  I ...

Hi Gang… When I first started researching the McCormack sports / custom car, I found a ...

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Hi Gang… I’m honored to have another article to share with you about a rare fiberglass ...

Hi Gang… Rodney Packwood, Glasspar G2 historian and fiberglass finder extraordinaire, f ...

Hi Gang… Today’s story features a catalog from Allied – formerly known as “Astra” – whi ...

Hi Gang… The clamor to share more of the history of John Furlow’s “Salem GMC Kurtis Bye ...

Hi Gang… Well here’s an interesting fiber car from the mid ‘50s.  Rick D’Louhy and I lo ...

----------- Motor Trend Magazine was so impressed by the success of fiberglass sports c ...

Hi Gang… Some people go the extra mile in the restoration of their vintage fiberglass c ...

Hi Gang… Here at Forgotten Fiberglass we are always looking for “the smoking gun” – the ...

Hi Gang… Sports Car Illustrated started out with their first issue in July of ’55 and m ...

Hi Gang… This is another in an series of ongoing articles and designs from the talented ...

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Hi Gang… This is our eleventh and final in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Bu ...

Hi Gang… Today I’m honored to share the story of Roger Adam and his first sports car – ...

Hi Gang… Another missing Sport Custom from the early ‘50s - the '51 Doray Sport Custom. ...

Hi Gang… I love the "promise of plastic" in postwar America - and clear tops seemed to ...

Hi Gang… The world of Forgotten Fiberglass is expanding like catalyzed resin…. Recen ...

Hi Gang… Did you know that the first two fiberglass sports cars produced by Glasspar we ...

Hi Gang… Many of you know that I have long been fascinated with the cars that influence ...

Hi Gang… We have some excellent researchers in our group, and the story today is relaye ...

Hi Gang… I’m honored to share an article with you today written by automotive historian ...

Hi Gang… Chicken or egg?  The 94” wheelbase Cisitalia Roadster or the Allied Falcon Roa ...

Hi Gang… This is our tenth in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Guide f ...

Hi Gang… What a great group of folks we have here at Forgotten Fiberglass.  I’m lucky t ...

Hi Gang… I keep finding more information about Kellison Sports Cars, but in catalogs fr ...

Hi Gang… The guys at Victress were always thinking, and in this case they were changing ...

----------- Motor Trend Magazine was so impressed by the success of fiberglass sports c ...

Hi Gang… From 1960 thru the year 2000, the story of Jim Byers and his sports cars – the ...

Hi Gang… Think about what it takes to produce a Mysterion…. First…someone has to hav ...

Hi Gang… What a great story this is today – and it represents another “Cover Story” whe ...

Hi Gang… I’ve had too much coffee this morning – but the title is right on target. M ...

Hi Gang… Today I have the honor of introducing you to another author, friend of fibergl ...

Hi Gang… This is our ninth in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Guide f ...

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Hi Gang… I can’t get enough of this cute little car. We’ve found quite a bit of docu ...

Hi Gang… What fun it is to share the fiberglass designs of the Midwest.  Recently, I wr ...

Hi Gang… This is our eighth in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Guide ...

Hi Gang… My first fiberglass car was a Shark – a convertible Shark at that.  Little did ...

----------- Motor Trend Magazine was so impressed by the success of fiberglass sports c ...

Hi Gang… We’ve talked about Howard “Dutch” Darrin and his repeated use of fiberglass to ...

——————– “Some of the facts pertinently revealed here may shock the reader….”   Automobi ...

Hi Gang… How did our favorite ‘glass companies get new business? Was it thru articl ...

Hi Gang… This is one of my favorite titles for the larger and more powerful sports cars ...

Hi Gang… What a great name for a sports car – the Townsend Typhoon. Frank Townsend b ...

Hi Gang… This is our seventh in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Guide ...

Hi Gang… One of the first folks I met when I started researching topics in Forgotten Fi ...

Hi Gang… Today’s story is a result of an e-mail I received from Don Anderson (click her ...

----------- Motor Trend Magazine was so impressed by the success of fiberglass sports c ...

Hi Gang… The Multiplex lineage of cars starts back at the turn of the 20th century – ta ...

-------------- "When all is said and done, where else but in America can you find the t ...

Hi Gang… We’ve seen electric powered cars in the ‘50s use some of the fiberglass bodies ...

Hi Gang… I have been searching for the original copy of this ad for 5+ years.  And one ...

Hi Gang… I’ve asked Bob Peterson, resident Kellison Aficionado and Kellison owner, to k ...

----------- Motor Trend Magazine was so impressed by the success of fiberglass sports c ...

Hi Gang… I believe we’re going to witness the second birth of this Glasspar G2 –  and I ...

Hi Gang… You just can’t stop an entrepreneur and his passion for success. Woody Wood ...

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Hi Gang… What fun it is to learn about cars from knowledgeable folks within our group - ...

Hi Gang… I like stories like these… Back in September 2011, I received the following ...

Hi Gang… This article was a very important article for John Bond – new owner of Road an ...

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Hi Gang… Doc Boyce-Smith was busy putting together the materials people needed so that ...

Hi Gang… Bill Fester of Houston, Texas wanted an Allied Swallow Coupe.  The Allied look ...

Hi Gang… Today’s article is from intrepid Singer Motor Car Historian, author, and write ...

Hi Gang… Here it was in ’55 and Victress Manufacturing was doing great.  The new coupe ...

Hi Gang… Where have all the streamliners gone??? Good friend and automobile historia ...

Hi Gang… The Commons Crusader, built by William G. Commons, appeared in several magazin ...

Hi Gang… Here’s another great article about a beautifully built Spohn custom car.  Ther ...

Hi Gang… Imagine how excited the automotive world was with the introduction of fibergla ...

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Hi Gang… This is one of the earliest references to the debut of Clearfield Plastics we’ ...

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Hi Gang… The saga of a nearly 60 year old unfinished fiberglass body continues.   Y ...

Hi Gang… Actually, Doc and Ted were going to show you how to build any fiberglass body ...

Hi Gang… Until recently, I thought that a significant gap existed between Bill Devin’s ...

——————– “Some of the facts pertinently revealed here may shock the reader….”   Automobi ...

Hi Gang… We’ve established in previous stories what happened to Victress and Byers in t ...

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Hi Gang… I’ve taken U.S. Mark II research as far as I can go. With the help of good ...

Hi Gang… Have I got a gem of a book to share with you – and a new “friend of fiberglass ...

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Hi Gang… I have the honor of introducing you to another new contributor here on Forgott ...

----------------- Editor’s Note: So often in researching our favorite fabulous fiber ...

——————– “Some of the facts pertinently revealed here may shock the reader….”   Automobi ...

Hi Gang… By now most of you know how I spent my holiday last year... While you were ...

Hi Gang… “I’d rather be lucky than good…” That’s what I’ve always said, and fortune ...

Hi Gang… So many people are part of the “Forgotten Fiberglass Phenomenon.” Allow me ...

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Hi Gang… What’s a car guy to do? There are so many directions to take the hobby we l ...

Hi Gang… What a fun article this must have been to write back in the day. Building y ...

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Hi Gang… Another fiberglass sports car on the front cover of a major automotive magazin ...

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Hi Gang… Recently we introduced Plasticar’s ’53 brochure which featured the Marquis tha ...

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Hi Gang… We have the greatest folks that I’ve met thru their mutual interest in Forgott ...

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Hi Gang… Let’s talk Kellison. What an aggressive looking car.  It looks like you’re ...

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Hi Gang… Back in the ‘50s, you could build your own sports car with a fiberglass body p ...

Hi Gang… Well now I’ve gone and done it. I’ve been searching for articles on automot ...

Hi Gang… We’re off and running for 2012 and Forgotten Fiberglass – and it’s only 11 day ...

-------------------- “Some of the facts revealed here may shock the reader….”   How To ...

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Hi Gang… Be still my heart... I hope we have enough restored ‘glass out there to fil ...

Hi Gang… LeMans Coupes and their history are springing out all over the country! Fin ...

Hi Gang… Another Midwest built fiberglass sports car from the 50’s.  How fun and exciti ...

Hi Gang… Here’s another great article on a special car introduced in ’55 by Noel Banger ...

Hi Gang… I love first person accounts of history – and this one’s an early review of th ...

Hi Gang… I love the “overview” articles sprinkled throughout the automobile enthusiast ...

Hi Gang… I first met Pat Amendolia back in 2006.  He had a wonderful website where ...

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Hi Gang… In response to many questions I’ve had about the McCormack Sports Car, I’ve be ...

Hi Gang… As part of Forgotten Fiberglass, I’m honored to meet the most interesting peop ...

Hi Gang… In our last story on this Dutch-built, American-based special, we reviewed the ...

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Hi Gang… Today’s story is a result of the generosity of two friends:  Bob Murray and Ha ...

Hi Gang… In Italian, “La Saetta” translates to "The Lightning” or “Lightning Bolt” and ...

Hi Gang… During my recent trip to the Northeast, I pulled back home a McCormack Sports ...

Hi Gang… Back about two years ago, I introduced you to a car in progress at the home of ...

Hi Gang… Vintage fiberglass bodies are springing up across the United States, and the l ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I aren’t just out there gathering information on the vintage ...

Hi Gang… Today’s article is a result of a recent magazine find from Ray Wise – owner of ...

Hi Gang... Just got home from my Forgotten Fiberglass "jaunt" into the Northeast this h ...

Hi Gang… Back in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, a series of books was released by “Sport ...

Hi Gang… Thanks goes to Harold Pace, noted author and great friend, for directing me to ...

Hi Gang… When publishing companies like Motor Trend, Fawcett, and others had too mu ...

Hi Gang… Plastic bodies… Built-in radio telephones… Power by solid fuel…. Ai ...

Hi Gang… This is an interesting book because of it’s date – 1956.  It gives us a window ...

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Hi Gang… There were some fantastic fiberglass sports cars built here – and across the p ...

-------------------- “Some of the facts revealed here may shock the reader….”   How To ...

Hi Gang… Recently I was lucky enough to be contacted by another relative of James F ...

Hi Gang… Erich Schultz and I think Richard Arbib’s designs were way over the top – and ...

Hi Gang… Do any of you watch “History Detectives” out there? This is a PBS TV pr ...

Hi Gang… Here’s what a Classic Glasspar G2 Sports Car was – in every way, shape, and fo ...

Hi Gang… Questions, Questions, Questions.....I love questions :-) What was the firs ...

Hi Gang… Now we’re talking! A Sorrell SR-100 with a powerful GMC six cylinder….Kurti ...

Hi Gang… What a long article this is – but worth the read in every way :-) I’ve been ...

Hi Gang… When’s the last time you visited a Smorgasbord?  I grew up in the ‘60s and it ...

Hi Gang… I love finding new fiberglass sports cars.... That is, information about ne ...

Hi Gang… This is another in an series of ongoing articles and designs from the talented ...

Hi Gang… Where did each of our fiberglass sports cars come from?  Here at Forgotten ...

Hi Gang… What’s the first vehicle that comes to mind that runs on air? For me, I’m a ...

Hi Gang… As we explore the history of early fiberglass sports cars, time and time again ...

-------------------- “Some of the facts revealed here may shock the reader….”   How To ...

Hi Gang… I’ve been resisting writing about quarter-midgets for quite some time – for se ...

Hi Gang… Egads!  How many American specials with American motive power could have been ...

Hi Gang… I wish I could have had a chance to meet Eric Irwin.  I've been a fortunate re ...

Hi Gang… I recently found a press photo and caption discussing the debut of the product ...

Hi Gang… Boa sports cars are coming out of the woodwork! Erich Schultz has one.  Guy ...

Hi Gang… Car designers are artists – sculptors as you would say - creative down to the ...

Hi Gang… We’re in search of detail and history here at Forgotten Fiberglass.  Either di ...

Hi Gang… I have the honor of again welcoming Jim Simpson of “Simpson Design” to our ...

Hi Gang… Here at Forgotten Fiberglass we look high and low for information concerning v ...

Hi Gang… In a recent story here at Forgotten Fiberglass, we reviewed the debut date of ...

Hi Gang… What an exciting year it must have been for 33 year old Jim Byers in 1957…. ...

Hi Gang… The automotive story of “Multiplex” is one of the most interesting stories ...

Hi Gang… This is the second in a series of stories rolling out the new Fabulous Forgott ...

Hi Gang… Glenn Brummer strikes again.  He sends me the neatest links on magazines of in ...

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Hi Gang… What a great name: "Fabulous Forgotten Fiberglass Flyer..." There was treme ...

Hi Gang… What an interesting week this has been around a car called the Hirsch Sports c ...

Hi Gang… I love finding Victress articles.  I can’t get enough of them.  And when I can ...

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Hi Gang… Consider what it must have been like at the start of building of your own spor ...

Hi Gang… I’ve asked Jim Simpson of “Simpson Design” if he would be willing to tell us a ...

Hi Gang… Experimental motive power, world-class designer, innovating disappearing / sli ...

Hi Gang… Over a period of many years, I was fortunate to get to know Dick Jones, design ...

Hi Gang… Victress Manufacturing started as a dream by Doc Boyce-Smith and his good frie ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Establishing specific dates for the entry of a new car into the market is esse ...

Hi Gang… What do you do if you “invent” the market for a new type of product like B ...

Hi Gang… If you want to understand the heritage of American fiberglass cars, you have t ...

Hi Gang… We’re going to have some exciting information to share about the Shamrock spor ...

Hi Gang… Back in May 2011 (was it that long ago?) Daniel Strohl of Hemmings Motor News ...

Hi Gang… The more we push the envelope with research, the more we find.  And it keeps p ...

Hi Gang… This is our sixth in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Gui ...

--------------------------------------- Car Craft Magazine, February '54, commenting ...

Hi Gang… This is another in a series articles on the 1949 Edwards R26 sports car.  You ...

Hi Gang… As we’ve discussed in earlier stories, the Victress S1 body became available t ...

Hi Gang… Appreciation of cars knows no boundaries.  And that has led to a great fri ...

Hi Gang… The history of fiberglass is covered in stories, magazines, newspapers, an ...

Hi Gang… Recently we reviewed a Devin Sportscar Special in the process of being built.  ...

Hi Gang… “King of the Coachbuilders” That’s what Motor Trend called Howard “Dutch” D ...

Hi Gang… I love hearing from new people every day here at Forgotten Fiberglass.  Back i ...

Hi Gang… We’re burning up rubber here in the depths of Forgotten Fiberglass…..bringing ...

Hi Gang… This is another in a series of articles on the 1949 Edwards R26 sports car.  Y ...

Hi Gang… Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite named cars – the ’59 Shamrock. ...

Hi Gang… The Skorpion was designed by Ralph Roberts of LeBaron Coachworks fame, and bui ...

Hi Gang… Back in late 2008, I heard from car aficionado Kit Foster concerning a car tha ...

Hi Gang… We’re burning up rubber here in the depths of Forgotten Fiberglass…..bringing ...

--------------------------- “No one is stirred more than (Henry) Ford at the prospe ...

Hi Gang… Some research starts at the beginning…..some at the end.  This particular stor ...

Hi gang.. "Consider….the Edwards R-26 Special wasn’t an obscure, little known sport ...

Hi Gang… Spohn, Spohn, Spohn…why so much about this German coachbuilders Spohn??? ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Anyone want to go vintage racing???  What a car this would be to blast dow ...

Hi Gang… Ah the glory of research…much of what you find is questionable or useless.  St ...

Hi Gang… I’ve recently been calling Howard “Dutch” Darrin the “Rock Star” of fiberg ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Darn that Glenn Brummer!  He finds the best stuff across the internet and then ...

Hi Gang… This is the second in a series of articles on the 1949 Edwards R26 sports ...

Hi Gang… This is the first time I’ve written about the nicely designed “Fibersport” spo ...

Hi Gang… As you’ll learn in his story below, Dave Petersen has been a fan of vintag ...

Hi Gang… Alden Jewell’s eagle eyes recently spotted this short article on the Maver ...

Hi Gang… Sports cars and postwar America go hand-in-hand.  Which is ironic becau ...

Hi Gang… Wayne Graefen and I are on a mission - to find out “all things Spohn.”  ...

Hi Gang… We touch on foreign fiberglass from time to time, and we’ll do this ...

Hi Gang… This is the first in a series of articles on the design, construction, bui ...

Hi Gang… John Bond, editor and owner of Road & Track Magazine was on the cuttin ...

Hi Gang… Believe it not….there were fiberglass sports cars built outside of Califor ...

Hi Gang… Look at how the CRV was introduced to the public in 1965 on the inside of thei ...

Hi Gang… This is the first in a series of stories on the Rollie Langston Byers SR100.  ...

Hi Gang… This is another of a multi-part story on the “Mota” electric car by Banning El ...

Hi Gang… As I mentioned recently gang….we’ve not been idle here at Forgotten Fiberglass ...

Hi Gang… No surprises here.  The more magazines I collect, the more information ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… I think the "Chicagoan" wins.  That is, the number of different names the same ...

Hi Gang… Recently, I've begun to realize we have a new celebrity in the world of fi ...

Hi Gang… The Grantham Stardust is one of my all-time favorite American Boulevard Cruise ...

Hi Gang… Fiberglass, plastic, Plexiglas, Lucite, plastic….let me count the non-metal wa ...

Hi Gang… We’ve not been idle here at Forgotten Fiberglass, of late.  In fact, today mar ...

Hi Gang… This is the first of a multi-part story on the “Mota” electric car by Banning ...

Hi Gang… A picture speaks a thousand words… Not all hardtops are equal, and the one ...

Hi Gang… Who were the “rock stars” of the automotive world in the early 1950’s? Fibe ...

Hi Gang… I love dinosaurs.  I mean, who couldn’t?  I seek them out wherever I go, and u ...

Hi Gang… It’s not fiberglass - but it should be.   As you know, fiberglass was the “ ...

Hi Gang… Who doesn’t like futuristic cars?   Ever since I found the “Shark” when ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… This is the first in a series of short articles about the introduction of the ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Cliff-diving Glasspar G2 body???  Who would have done such a thing?  Why do su ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… We always think of Henry Ford being the first in fiberglass with his 1939 Ford ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

-----------------------Note:  This is a multi-part story on the 1952 Tobin BMW 328 Spe ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Let's go "forward to the future" - to today.  Right now. What happened ...

Hi Gang… Here’s a brochure you probably haven’t seen before.  This is one of the earlie ...

Hi Gang… All hail Bob Cunningham and Glenn Brummer.  Two eagle-eyed scouts that ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Who built the “mystery” Byers SR100 that appeared on the February 1957 cov ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Let’s talk Renault!  Did you know that rear engined Renault automobiles ne ...

Hi Gang… What an interesting time it must have been back in the 1950’s with the bir ...

Hi Gang… I live vicariously thru my good friend Javier Munoz and his growing Alken coll ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… Did you know concept cars back in the 1950’s were made out of fiberglass?? ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’louhy and I can’t stand ambiguity. Smoke and mirrors are not our fri ...

Hi Gang… This is a question I’ve asked over and over.  That is, when does a sports ...

Hi Gang… Look at how early the date of this magazine is gang…..February 18th, 1952.  Th ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars t ...

Hi Gang… I found my first “Shark” years and years and years ago.  Click here to read th ...

Hi Gang… Well we did it – and we owe it to all of you who made this happen.  The vis ...

Hi Gang… We’re getting “two-for-one” with this article today.  At first, I thought ...

Hi Gang… This article's for you “Forgotten Fiberglass Ford Flathead Fanatics” out t ...

Hi Gang… I recently heard from Jim Collins – he was referred to our website by Phil Fle ...

Hi Gang… I’ve known Rocky for a several years now, and recently he shared some phot ...

Hi Gang… I have the greatest respect for people who can create, build, style, desig ...

Hi Gang… What grabbed you and your fiberglass car interest?  For me….it’s all about ...

Hi Gang… We’ve talked about Strother MacMinn, Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, Hugh Jorgensen ...

Hi Gang… More neat stuff to share about the debut of the Kaiser Darrin…. Darren ...

Hi Gang… It’s 1957 and you’ve just turned 24 years old.  What do you want to do? Why ...

Hi Gang… Who doesn’t love dramatic and sweeping curves on any type of sports car bu ...

Hi Gang… We’ve been talking about Howard “Dutch” Darrin of late, so why stop now?  How ...

Hi Gang… It’s all about the history. We see a great looking car, we recognize ho ...

Hi Gang… Let’s talk Kurtis. Frank Kurtis worked for Don Lee, a famous and successful ...

Hi Gang… From time to time, you read articles here at Forgotten Fiberglass that in ...

Hi Gang… The earliest known replica of a Cord that I’m aware of was done by - who else ...

Hi Gang… Finally….after more than three years of searching, my copy of the British ...

Hi Gang… Editor’s Note:  Not a lot of pictures with this story gang – so you’ll have to ...

Hi Gang… And now….for something completely different…. Some, most, all, none of ...

Hi Gang… We're on a quest.  A Kaiser-Darrin history quest.  When did the Darrin spo ...

Hi Gang… Recently I was honored to get a call from Todd Ruel who runs a great website c ...

Hi Gang… Let no one say that vintage fiberglass is long gone and forgotten.  Act ...

Hi Gang…. As Mark Twain said so many years ago….”Reports of my early demise are greatly ...

Hi Gang… Ever hear the quote: “The Light At The End Of The Tunnel….Is A Train.” ...

Hi Gang… Meteor SR 1 articles are coming out of the woodwork!  Dick Jones, Meteor S ...

Hi Gang… Let’s talk Jomar.  I’ve not written about these before, and they were p ...

Hi Gang… I always remember a quote that helps me measure the strength of friendship ...

Hi Gang… Howard “Dutch” Darrin was a designer bar none.  He’s remembered for styles ...

Hi Gang… I’ve been exploring the early years of Devin’s “car life” lately on Forgot ...

Hi Gang… Glasspar made hardtops for sports cars – in a greater quantity and variety tha ...

Hi Gang… Two cars in one?  How could you resist???  And it’s a great looking car to ...

Hi Gang… Thanks to the courage of Geordie Prodis, Byers SR100 owner, and the confidence ...

Hi Gang… Is it possible?  Could it be?  Was there a Duesenberg powered Allied special b ...

Hi Gang… As we continue the “march” of our specials…how ‘bout one that appeared in ...

Hi Gang… One of the most celebrated fiberglass specials of the 1950’s was built by Rich ...

Note:  This is the second installment of multi-part series of articles on: The “ ...

Hi Gang… Did we find it?  A fiberglass or plastic car built before Henry Ford’s 194 ...

Hi Gang… Here’s a great article on one of Dean Moon’s best known race cars – his De ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I are trying to paint a picture – a fiberglass picture - ...

Hi Gang… Specials are coming out of the woodwork!  Every where you look in the 50’s ...

Hi Gang… The Meteor SR 100 is simply a beautiful sports car.   Although the init ...

Hi Gang… There’s so much to share about vintage fiberglass cars.  One of the rea ...

Hi Gang… I was born in 1962 – on the last day of May.  And I was born to love cars. ...

Hi Gang… I’ve written about Beau Hickory before – and I’ll write about him again.   The ...

Hi Gang… Here it was October 1961 and the magazines were already calling Glasspar G ...

Caption: Larry Eave (seated) and Chuck Rich Spent Two Years Putting The Car Together. ...

Hi Gang… Recently I wrote about the Dr. Richards Allied Special now owned by the Kunick ...

Hi Gang… Sometimes I don’t know what to think.  But as we started to move cars all ...

Hi Gang…   The 1960’s were a wild time.   I mean in fiberglass sports cars, of course! ...

Hi Gang… Ok…the thumbnail picture of Hemmings Motor News Magazine with a 1954 Venus on ...

Hi Gang… Let’s celebrate the Ford Times Magazines of the 1950’s.   Why?  Their secti ...

Hi Gang… Noel Bangert was one special guy – and a talented designer too.  I’ll shar ...

Hi Gang… Forgotten Fiberglass is evolving.  We’re expanding our authorship to in ...

Note:  This is the second installment of a 2 part series of articles on: Chicago ...

Hi Gang… In earlier stories here at Forgotten Fiberglass, I've had the honor of int ...

Hi Gang… This is quite a story gang – it started nearly 60 years ago with Elwood Ca ...

Hi Gang… The"Vale Sports Car" is one beautiful automobile. Vale Wright was inspi ...

Hi Gang...  I know the automotive world is not all fiberglass.  However, there are ...

Hi Gang… I thought I would “spice it up a bit” and start talking about some of the othe ...

Hi Gang… Dick Morgensen was a man of many talents.  His first “Morgensen Special ...

Editor’s Note:  Rollie Langston….this story’s for you!  (maybe Guy Dirkin too and inte ...

Hi Gang… First….a “welcome home” to fiberglass friend Guy Dirkin who just returned ...

Hi Gang… Who were the heavyweights for fiberglass supply in the 1950’s? You’ve hea ...

Hi Gang… Who can’t show a bit of affection for a fiberglass car called an “Imp?” ...

Hi Gang… There’s no way Forgotten Fiberglass is the work of just one or two car guys.  ...

Hi Gang… I got a phone call this weekend, and just like Paul Revere, Don Anderson procl ...

Hi Gang… I meet the coolest people at Forgotten Fiberglass headquarters here in Tampa, ...

Hi Gang… After years of searching, the long lost Bill Tritt interview from 1993 was ...

Hi Gang… Here’s another beautiful fiberglass roadster from the 1950’s – it’s missing an ...

Note:  This is the second installment of a 2 part series of articles on: Woody’s ...

Hi Gang… Beau Hickory is one cool guy.  Rick D’Louhy and I tracked him down in Ariz ...

Note:  This is the first installment of a multi-part series of articles on: Chic ...

Hi Gang… Think back to how early this article is gang….July 1952. Fiberglass car ...

Hi Gang… Ah….the “smoking gun.” Isn’t that what we’re always looking for?  For me, ...

Hi Gang… Those of you who are faithful readers of Forgotten Fiberglass, know how mu ...

Note:  This is the first installment of a 2 part series of articles on: Woody’s ...

Hi Gang… This is the beginning of a series of articles on the “Bill Disbrow Glasspar G2 S ...

Hi Gang… I love turning over the reins of more and more stories to talented researc ...

Hi Gang… I’ve had the honor of knowing Brandon Kunicki for several years, and for sever ...

Hi Gang… I know what you were thinking when you woke up this morning.   You were wonder ...

Hi Gang… Before you start reading any more, click on the following link below - it' ...

Hi Gang… Harold Pace probably rues the day that I tracked him down and forced him t ...

Hi Gang… How many times do you get to talk to the original builder of one of our ea ...

Note: This is the second in a series of articles on the Glasspar Racecar, built by ...

Hi Gang… I wish I could have met John Christy.  Based on what I’ve read by him, he w ...

Hi Gang… How many different Atlas / Allied ads are there????  Let the counting begin. ...

Note: This is the third in a series of articles on Bill Tritt, his legacy, and his impa ...

Hi Gang… How many Victress S5’s have you seen?  Ok….let’s back up….what is a Victre ...

Hi Gang… Oh for the cars that almost were – or just might have been. Woody Woodi ...

Hi Gang… There are so many cool fiberglass sports car brochures out there.  Wait ‘till yo ...

----------------------- Note:  This is a multi-part story on the 1952 Tobin BMW 328 ...

Hi Gang..  Thanks to the efforts of Tom Householder, a fine friend of fiberglass fo ...

Hi Gang… There’s nothing better in this world than making new friends – and that’s ...

Hi Gang… As I've mentioned to you before, I’m tracking down the programs for all major ca ...

Hi Gang… Bill Tritt of Glasspar was one busy guy!  Just think of what he accomplished i ...

Hi Gang… As promised, here’s another fiberglass special showcased in a Ford Times magaz ...

Hi Gang… The golden age of building your own fiberglass bodied sports car was 1951-1956 ...

Hi Gang… I’m a voracious reader.  Or collector of magazines.  Maybe both. I love ...

Hi Gang… Great news gang!  The new issue of “Hemmings Muscle Machines” for May 2 ...

Hi Gang… Another mystery for you – and this one’s from New Jersey – a place that we’ll ...

Hi Gang… I wish all research into fiberglass sports cars of the 1950’s was so easy.  To ...

Hi Gang… Here’s another mystery car for you…. I recently received an e-mail from Bil ...

Hi Gang… This is the first in a series of articles I’ll publish in the next few days on ...

Hi Gang… Back in the 1950’s, sports cars were all the rage.  That’s not news to most of ...

Hi Gang… What in the world is an “IMP?” I’ve often seen mention of this car in autom ...

Note: This is the second in a series of articles on Bill Tritt, his legacy, and his imp ...

Hi Gang… This is our fifth in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Gui ...

Hi Gang… The more you study the fiberglass sports car history of the 1950’s, the mo ...

Hi Gang… I love little known fiberglass sports cars.   Those are the ones that c ...

Hi Gang… Wow!  Full pages ads for fiberglass sports cars?  Simply amazing. By 1960, ...

Hi Gang... I feel fortunate to be blessed with so many good friends - even outside ...

Hi Gang… This is our fourth in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Gu ...

Hi Gang… I like Fox Mulder from the X-Files TV Show.  The poster on the wall in his off ...

Hi Gang… B. R. "Woody" Woodill was a visionary, promoter, and entrepreneur.  He had ...

Hi Gang… Holy Toledo! What made this city “ground zero” for the debut of the fan ...

Hi Gang… This is our third in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Guide f ...

Note: This is the first in a series of articles on Bill Tritt, his legacy, and his impa ...

Hi Gang… How many of you have seen a Kellison before? It’s one of the better kno ...

Hi Gang… Back in the day, which Victress received more top prizes than any known fi ...

Hi Gang… This is our second in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Gu ...

Hi Gang… One of my best Glasspar friends is Pat Hoover.  He is currently finishing ...

Hi Gang… This is our first in a series of “spotlights” on sections of a Buyer’s Gui ...

Hi Gang… I first wrote about Jerry Sutton’s Victress C3 coupe back in January of th ...

Hi Gang… So many questions to answer.... What fiberglass sports car bodies were bei ...

The Rear Of the Sabyan Special Sure Looks Like Fiberglass To Me. But Maybe It's A Bit Of ...

Hi Gang… Remember the song that Sinatra made famous back in the early 1960’s?  It w ...

Hi Gang… Let’s try a short story today – and maybe another story later today.  I just c ...

Here The Yankee Clipper Appears On The Cover of the December 5th, 1952 Issue of Motor Spo ...

Note: This is the third installment of a 3 part series of articles on “Designs That ...

Hi Gang… “We’re not alone…......The Truth is Out There….” These are some of the ...

Hi Gang… I bet all of you have been waiting for a story on Vale Wright’s 1952 sport ...

Hi Gang… I love mysteries.  In fact, good fiberglass friend Jack Molleur of Florida com ...

Hi Gang… It was 1955 and Bill Tritt and Glasspar were getting ready for their next ...

Hi Gang… I scream, you scream, we all scream for….fiberglass mysteries. Or at le ...

Hi Gang… The first Woodill Wildfire debuted during the November 1952 Peterson Motor ...

Hi Gang… Here’s a short article on the first fiberglass car Bill Devin offered to t ...

Hi Gang… From looking at the picture above, I’m sure you thought to yourself…”Jagua ...

Hi Gang… I love searching through old magazines.  That’s where all the “good stuff” ...

Note:  This is the second installment of a 3 part series of articles on “Designs Th ...

Note:  This is the first installment of a 3 part series of articles on “Designs Tha ...

Hi Gang… This story is for my good friends John Gulow and Javier Munoz – both who a ...

Hi Gang… Here’s one of my favorite cars of all time - the Grantham Stardust – built ...

Hi Gang… I’ve been fortunate to have excellent help from all corners of our planet ...

Note:  This is the second installment of a 2 part series of articles on John Gunnel ...

Hi Gang… As Rick and I have canvassed thru reams of 1950’s magazines, we’ve found many ...

Hi Gang… How many people customized their C2 coupes?  Who was the first to do so?  ...

Hi Gang… In order to introduce you to the topic of the article that will be touched ...

Hi Gang… Checkout the first photo posted in our story.  It shows the unveiling o ...

Hi Gang... New discoveries are being made all the time in the land of "vintage fiberglass ...

Hi Gang… I’ve talked about Noel Bangert (later in life he changed his name to Noel  ...

Hi Gang… I love “Mysterions.”  Doesn’t everyone?  “Mysterions” are a class of ca ...

Great Shot Near The Water In St. Petersburg, Florida. Think Of How This Looked On The Roa ...

The Name Of The Club Started By Bill Craddock In 1993 Was The "Vintage Kit & Custom C ...

Hi Gang... When Rick D’Louhy and I first located information about the BMC sports c ...

-------- Note:  This is the first in a series of articles on the Robert Jackson spo ...

Hi Gang… Another research story for you gang – and a car for you “Los Angeles” guys ...

Hi Gang… As Rick and I have canvassed thru reams of 1950’s magazines, we’ve found many ...

Hi Gang… Back in 1960 – perhaps even in 1959 (still researching here gang…) Bill De ...

Hi Gang… It’s Superbowl Sunday February 2011 and Dennis Blietz stopped over at my h ...

Noel Bangert And I Met In June 2007 in Orlando Florida. Marshall Foxworthy Attended The M ...

Here's A Simple Side Profile Of A Sakhnoffsky Design That Utilizes A "Bubble" Windshield. ...

Hi Gang… Who was the first author to critically review and research American postwa ...

Hi Gang… As you know by now, our big event for this year will be a “Fabulous Fiberg ...

Here's The Front Shot Of The Victress Roadster Prototype. Mel Keys, Victress Employee, Po ...

Note:  This is the second installment of  a 2 part series of articles on the 1975 M ...

Hi Gang… Fiberglass cars were introduced to the public at the November 1951 Peterse ...

Hi Gang… When do you celebrate a birthday?  How ‘bout now!  I’m actually about 2 ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I have a special affinity for the history around Eric Irw ...

Hi Gang… Fiberglass aficionado Erich Schultz sent in some information about an intr ...

Note:  This is the first installment of  a 2 part series of articles on the 1975 Me ...

Hi Gang… The story of the LeMans Coupe is one of the most exciting to share about a ...

Hi Gang… Where O where is Jim Webb of Berkeley? I’ve been searching for him and ...

Hi Gang… You gotta love the Maverick Sportster from 1952…. It’s a good looking, ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I continue our search thru all automotive magazines of th ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I have found many a riddle during our research into the h ...

Note: 3/28/2011 I've just published another story on Jerry Sutton and his Victress ...

Hi Gang… Harold Pace, noted author and fiberglass sports car historian (click here ...

This Is The Body Found By Guy Dirkin In Detroit Michigan. We're Getting Closer To The Car ...

Hi Gang… In celebration of the “Fabulous Fiberglass” class that will be featured at the ...

Hi Gang… Each one of us steps up to the plate, from time to time, and helps cement ...

Hi Gang...  I know the automotive world is not all fiberglass.  However, there are ...

Hi Gang… Building a fiberglass sports car early in one’s life usually has long-term ...

Here's A Picture of a Happy Rick D'Louhy Driving the Finished California Sports Special a ...

Hi Gang… Rumors, Rumors, Rumors… That’s what I’ve heard for years about a turbin ...

Hi Gang… As most of you know, the movie “Johnny Dark” is an important piece of hist ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy’s 1955 California Sports Special is finished and on the road. ...

What a Surprise When I Saw The Article Tony St. Clair Posted in our Forgotten Fiberglass ...

Hi Gang… “Treat yourself to the terrific pride, prestige and satisfaction of owning ...

Hi Gang… Did you know we have over 100 stories about vintage “Forgotten Fiberglass” ...

I First Learned About the Designs of Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky When I Saw His 1947 Laba ...

Hi Gang… We’re honored to have not one but two Woodill Wildfires being restored in ...

Hi Gang... I have exciting news to share! Just on the heels of 2010 where cars o ...

Hi Gang… The opening picture shows Bill Burke in his 1946 Belly Tank Streamliner.   ...

Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I continue to ferret out little known publications and bo ...

Hi Gang… The best article focusing on a Bangert bodied car, no doubt, appears in th ...

Hi Gang… Paul Sable has been a strong supporter of vintage fiberglass sports cars o ...

Note: This is the final installment of  a 3 part series of articles on the Johnny D ...

Hi Gang… Happy New Year!  Let’s talk LaDawri ! And why not?  After all, finding ...

Hi Gang… As you know, I’ve been collecting more stories from each person who either has ...

Note: This is the second installment of  a 3 part series of articles on the Johnny ...

Here's The Best Close-Up I Could Get of the Donald Jones Special From the 1953 Pebble Bea ...

Hi gang… Rick and I are always on the search for new information and new ways to un ...

Hi gang…  How many specials were made in the 1950’s?   In my recent trip to Kett ...

Hi Gang… That’s right.  You too can help Glasspar win a race, but rather than on th ...

Note: This is the first installment of  a 3 part series of articles on the Johnny D ...

Hi gang… Well…. it’s starting to happen.  More people are noticing the “Forgotte ...

Hi Gang… How many Victress Models were there???  Let me count the ways…. When I ...

Hi Gang… Recently, Fiberglass Friend Tom Householder sent me a link to a website kn ...

Note: This is the first in a series of articles on the Glasspar Racecar, built by B ...

Hi Gang…  I love research…and who doesn’t love a mystery too!  That’s what landed i ...

Hi Gang… Today I’m pleased to present part 3 of “Fiberglass Day” which was held at ...

Hi Gang…  From time to time, I hear (and welcome) new people to our website and int ...

Hi Gang… How many automobile designs do you know are patented / copyrighted?  Well… ...

Hi Gang… I love the drawings that appeared back in the day in automotive magazines. ...

Hi Gang… As you learn more about the fiberglass sports cars of the 1950’s, you’ll f ...

Hi Gang... This is part 2 of  a series of stories showcasing "Fiberglass Day" which ...

Hi Gang… Where did ideas come from when designing sports cars and custom cars back ...

Hi Gang.. Back on June 26th, the Petersen Automotive Museum scheduled a "mid-exhibi ...

Hi Gang.. It’s with great excitement that I share with you the recent publication o ...

Hi Gang... Film from the 1950's showing how to build a fiberglass sports car is eve ...

Hi Gang… Some of our favorite fiberglass cars are just now emerging from years of r ...

Hi Gang… Let’s review some of the greatest (recent) mysteries of vintage fiberglass spo ...

Roger Barlow Hi Gang.. Back in May, I introduced the controversy that raged across ...

Hi Gang… As Rick D’Louhy and I continue our pursuit of documenting the “Forgotten F ...

Hi Gang…. I’m back from the California Petersen Museum trip and have returned with ...

Hi Gang... Sorry I've not been posting more stories of late.  But I've had a great ...

Hi Gang... The best solutions come from teamwork.  That's how we found the history ...

Hi Gang...  If only we could go back in time....I know exactly where I would go.   ...

Hi Gang.. A short story today...about a beautiful Glasspar G2, lost in time... T ...

Hi Gang... Just how old are kit cars or sports cars that you can build?  The Glassp ...

Hi Gang... Lots of great stories to share with you "Glassheads" out there.  This on ...

Hi Gang.. I met Boyd Lindberg because he found me - I didn't find him.  Boyd had fo ...

When You Open Up the Sports Car Hood....You Get a Tiny Little Sports Car Engine. That Was ...

Hi Gang... A fair number of Sports Specials have been surfacing in the past few yea ...

Hi Gang... What's that?!?! Faster than any car with a steel body!   More flexibl ...

Hi Gang... You're beginning to see a pattern to our stories.  One pattern we' ...

Hi Gang... I recently received the restoration pictures that Stan Crawford sent ...

Hi Gang...  I know the automotive world is not all fiberglass.  However, there are time ...

Hi Gang… In honor of the HBO Miniseries honoring those who fought in WWII – "The Pa ...

Perfect Fit for Dynamo - Right Up Front and Properly Located for a Ford Flathead V8 -- ...

Hi Gang… “Watch 1953…..Plastic bodies are not only the coming thing – they have come, ...

Hi Gang... I met Tom Chandler several years ago thru my friendship with Pat Hoover. ...

Hi Gang.. And you Victress owners out there thought you had everything... ...

Hi Gang... Rick and I are continuing to share information across each of the fiberg ...

The Cisitalis 202 Coupe Shown in the 1951 MOMA Exhibit - Lighted and by the Window Hi ...

Hi Gang..   Sorting out history.  Sometimes it looks like the game of 52 card pick- ...

Hi Gang... Rick and I have scoured the country looking for vintage fiberglass histo ...

Hi Gang... So the interior is restored, the body is painted, the engine is rebuilt, ...

Hi Gang.... I wish I could go back in time.  Can you imagine how fun it would be ...

Hi Gang... The Johnny Dark film is a ball to watch.  It has something in it f ...

Hi Gang.. Rick D'Louhy's California Sports Special is one cool build.  Think unique ...

Art Baker Introducing Segment on Building a Woodill Wildfire in 1955 Hi Gang.. ...

Hi Gang...  Welcome to the new category of stories you'll find on our Forgotten Fib ...

Hi Gang... Alan and Jen Mortlock have one cool Glasspar G2 Special - and it's almos ...

Hi Gang... You'll see in books and you'll read on our website, time and time again. ...

Hi Gang... Some of you may be planning to attend a wonderful show up in the Northea ...

Hi Gang... Mysterions... why do I keep bringing up this name and talking about thes ...

Hi Gang... I know the automotive world is not all fiberglass.  However, there are times ...

Front Cover of 1951 MOMA Exhibit Booklet Hi Gang... I love design and styling.  Eve ...

Hi Gang... For years I've searched for comparison photos of the 1946 Cisitalia 202 ...

Hi Gang... Are you getting bored with too many articles and stories about Grantham ...

Hi Gang... Think back to 1953... a time when if you wanted your own American sports car ...

 Hi Gang...  What a year for fiberglass!!!  First.... the exhibit at the Peterse ...

Hi Gang... I'm honored to present another car that participated at Amelia Island Co ...

Hi Gang... Scott Perrot is the friend.....  I almost never had.  About 2 years ago, ...

Hi Gang... One of the best kept secrets of the 1950's is that there were actually t ...

Hi Gang... A few weeks ago, we discussed the first fiberglass car in Germany wh ...

Hi Gang... I'd like to stray outside of American Fiberglass and go overseas.   Rob ...

Hi gang... Something a bit different than fiberglass.... Sometimes I feel I star ...

Hi gang... It was with great surprise and honor that I found our website mentioned in t ...

Hi Gang... There's so much information about vintage fiberglass cars - if you know wher ...

Hi Gang...  I first met M.A. Adams in 2006 when Jon Greuel and I became friends and ...

Hi Gang... Bill Tritt and Glasspar were an amazing combination back in the 1950's conce ...

Hi gang... Thanks to Bill Warner and Tom Cotter of Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, w ...

Hi Gang.. As most of you know, we had a great time at Amelia Island on March 14th a ...

Hi Gang... As promised....a story a day for 2 weeks....then Rick and I are going on ano ...

Hi Gang... I'm back - and with more energy than ever.... What an amazing first three ...

Hi Gang... Thanks to Alan Emory who owns one of the neatest Victress S1A's out there, w ...

Hi Gang... Back in August 2009, Guy Dirkin was preping his Victress for the beginnings ...

Hi Gang.. More "firsts" here in the world of fiberglass.  We first covered the UK's ...

Hi Gang... Research is where it's at.  The more you learn, the less you know (or at lea ...

Hi Gang... The Petersen Automotive Museum is opening 2010 by celebrating the designers ...

Hi gang.. Having got home not too long ago from the last adventure (trip to Michigan to ...

Hi Gang... Amelia Island Concours d' Elegance is right around the corner - less than 3 ...

Hi Gang...  Maybe I have too much time on my hands.  I ruminate about various aspects o ...

Hi Gang... The best research often has nothing to do with effort or expertise.  It ofte ...

Hi Gang... Fiberglass cars were designed, built, and celebrated across the USA back in ...

Hi Gang... The quest for research and information - so long after when it happened  - i ...

Hi Gang... In the past year, I've been honored to meet and get to know many new people ...

Hi gang... I love surprises.  Everyone loves surprises...And what a surprise it was whe ...

Hi Gang.. We tend to think that fiberglass bodied sports cars originated in America - h ...

Hi Gang... Back in the 1990's, one of our esteemed members, Fred Roth, hosted and ran a ...

Hi Gang... How many people could possibly help me with researching these vintage cars?? ...

Hi Gang.. This is almost like a barnfind story - except without finding the car.  How c ...

Hi Gang... The red hood of the Victress glistened in stark contrast to the raw fibergla ...

Hi Gang... Steve Steers recently wrote me about chassis/frame design and his experience ...

Hi Gang... I love mystery cars.  Seems like lots of you out there do too.  I think that ...

Hi Gang... You've heard me mention many times about how excited I am that the Amelia Is ...

Hi Gang... Getting the website up and running is exciting....but a challenge.  I've had ...

Hi Gang... Seeing the Vale in Hemmings reminded me (again) of just how beautiful these ...

Hi Gang... Daniel Strohl from Hemmings enjoys these cars as much as we do.  Recently, h ...

Hi Gang... A new Mysterion for you to ponder.  I spoke tonight with the owner, Fred Bak ...

Hi Gang… What a great ride this has been the past 6-12 months.  I’ve made more friends ...

Hi Gang... Welcome to the new “Forgotten Fiberglass” Website.  I’m very excited to move t ...