Hi Gang… Come one, Come all….The Forgotten Fiberglass Gang is heading north in May, 2013 to participate in the Carlisle Import & Kit Nationals. Good friend Marvin McFalls, President of the Renault Owner’s Club of North America, put us in … Continue reading
Hi Gang… This is a beautiful brochure from Sterling Gladwin, the designer, creator, and builder of the Maverick Sportster. Although the Maverick was first offered in late 1952, this brochure is dated as “received” on June 8th, 1955. We’re still … Continue reading
Note: This is the second in a series of stories about the fiberglass sports cars that appeared in the 1954 Custom Cars book by Motor Trend. Click here to review each of these stories on Forgotten Fiberglass. ————————– Hi Gang… In … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Alden Jewell found this on the inside page of the Small Car Parade Magazine from March, 1960. Shown is the new Enzmann as well as the older 1954 Renault based Rogue by Plasticar of Pennsylvannia. Interestingly, while the … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I’m lucky to have an absolutely wonderful car museum close to me and this is the Sarasota Classic Car Museum in Sarasota, Florida owned by good friend Martin Godbey. Last year during one of my visits, I had … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Back in 2011, I posted a mystery car that was owned by Tom Pawlak who lives in Southern California. It was called the “Hirsch Sports Car” but that’s all that Tom and I could find out about the car. … Continue reading
Note: This is the first in a series of stories about the fiberglass sports cars that appeared in the 1954 Custom Cars book by Motor Trend. Click here to review each of these stories on Forgotten Fiberglass. ————————– Hi Gang… This is … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Another press release photo uncovered most likely circa 1965 – we’ll let Nick Whitlow, our resident CRV historian and expert, chip in and share his thoughts on the date in the comments area below. Based on the wording … Continue reading
————————– Note: This is the second in a series of stories about the Cunningham sports and race cars based on press release photos made available by Don Edmunds. Click here to review each of these stories on Undiscovered Classics. ————————– … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Our ‘glass gang is going global and I’m honored to introduce you to one of our Australian brethren – Dale Allen – who loves the old and new ‘glass as much as we do. Recently, Dale offered to … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I have a real problem with cars. I don’t see them as they are. I see them as how they once were and maybe – just maybe – how they could look again. Junkyards to me are not … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Alden Jewell’s collection continues to astound us here at Forgotten Fiberglass. Recently he shared this flyer not from Maverick Motors but from Industrial Plastics Services. This was the organization that built the Vale bodies (we hope more than … Continue reading
Hi Gang… We are blessed with so many people participating in the research here at Forgotten Fiberglass. One of those folks that we salute today is Alden Jewell. Today’s article comes from the dimensional “know-no-limits” archives that he has been … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Great news! Reports from my good friend Randy Baron who recently visited Argentina confirms that the Justicialista Sports Car exists. How cool! It certainly has a great history and it’s neat to learn about one of the first … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I didn’t know there would be a “part 2” to this story. Now I hope that I can write a “part 3” which would feature the “find” of this car 🙂 Back in 2011, Glenn Brummer forwarded me … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Here’s one of the press release photos and captions we recently found concerning the Aurora concept car. And….we’re happy to share it with you here today at Forgotten Fiberglass: Safest Car and Priest Designer Brandford, Connecticutt: February 28, … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Back in 2008, I traveled to California to spend some time with Gene Winfield – customizing legend from the 50s forward and all around great car guy. I had made the trip to confirm that he was the … Continue reading
Hi Gang… My grandfather – Grandpa Morrie – told me the best car stories I ever heard – and was there working on every “first” car I owned. Here he is working on my 1955 Cadillac – circa 1979: Here … Continue reading
Hi Gang… The Chicagoan is here! The Chicagoan is here! That’s what the crowd cheered when the locally designed and built “Chicagoan Sports Car” (also known as the Triplex and Ketcham Sports Car) debuted back in 1954 at the Chicago … Continue reading
Hi Gang… We always think of the first production fiberglass car in America as being the 1953 Corvette – and for all intents and purposes that assertion is right. As Raffi Minasian has discussed with me many times, production infers … Continue reading
