Hi Gang… So little time…..so much to do. Back in 2009, Rick and I were sending out e-mails as a companion to Jon Greuel’s website: http://www.ladawri.com/ These e-mails were a record of stories concerning vintage fiberglass cars as well as … Continue reading
Hi Gang… When Rick D’Louhy and I first located information about the BMC sports car on a Singer (UK) chassis, we thought it was a foreign make and filed it in our “future” studies folder – for when our research … Continue reading
——– Note: This is the first in a series of articles on the Robert Jackson sports car. Click here to review all articles in this series ——– Hi Gang… Let’s go way back….way back to the early 1950’s. Now tell … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Another research story for you gang – and a car for you “Los Angeles” guys to find. I’m sure the owner would appreciate being found too! Jean Poirier Features “The Norm Jensen Glasspar G2:” I first came across … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As Rick and I have canvassed thru reams of 1950’s magazines, we’ve found many cartoons that touch on – or directly relate to – building and driving fiberglass bodied sports cars. From time to time, we thought you … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Back in 1960 – perhaps even in 1959 (still researching here gang…) Bill Devin had already introduced his “Devin SS” priced at $10,000 – an expensive but sophisticated car built for racing and high performance sports car handling. … Continue reading
Hi Gang… It’s Superbowl Sunday February 2011 and Dennis Blietz stopped over at my house – all the way from California. So of course, I thought I could sneak in another “Forgotten Fiberglass” story before kick-off time. Let’s see if … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As I share more stories with you on our Forgotten Fiberglass website, you’ll see a trend on including more stories about design – and that is purposeful on my part. The folks who were designing and building fiberglass … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As many of you know, one of my favorite designers from the 1950’s was Russian born Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky. I first wrote about him earlier this year and introduced you to some of the concept sports car … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Who was the first author to critically review and research American postwar automobile manufacturers down to the tiniest detail? That might seem like an unusual question, but that’s what Rick D’Louhy and I started to ask early on … Continue reading
Hi Gang… As you know by now, our big event for this year will be a “Fabulous Fiberglass” Category at the Milwaukee Masterpiece Concours d’Elegance held in August 2011. “Forgotten Fiberglass” cars that are tentatively scheduled to appear include: Geoff … Continue reading
Hi Gang… I’ve been doing detailed interviews over the past few months with several of the folks from Victress about the history of their company and car designs. One of these folks, Mel Keys, sent photos in of an interesting … Continue reading
Note: This is the second installment of a 2 part series of articles on the 1975 Mechanix Illustrated Urba Car. Here is the link to the first part of this story: Click Here to Read Part 1 ——————————– Hi Gang… … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Fiberglass cars were introduced to the public at the November 1951 Petersen Motorama to great acclaim. Two of the cars produced were designed and created by Bill Tritt and Eric Irwin of Costa Mesa, California. Not only did … Continue reading
Hi Gang… When do you celebrate a birthday? How ‘bout now! I’m actually about 2 months late…..our website “Forgotten Fiberglass” was a year old as of November 16th, 2010. And this anniversary is just an arbitrary point in time. Jon … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Rick D’Louhy and I have a special affinity for the history around Eric Irwin and his Lancer Sports Cars. Partly it’s because a Lancer is one of two cars we found that rekindled our friendship in 2006 and … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Fiberglass aficionado Erich Schultz sent in some information about an intriguing Victress S1 that was seen not too long ago on distant roads in America. Erich wrote: “Geoff….Several years ago I considered purchasing a Victress S1 that had … Continue reading
Note: This is the first installment of a 2 part series of articles on the 1975 Mechanix Illustrated Urba Car. Here is the link to the second part of this story: Click Here to Read Part 2 ——————————– Hi Gang… … Continue reading
Hi Gang… The story of the LeMans Coupe is one of the most exciting to share about any fiberglass car from the 1950’s or 1960’s. I’ll have to do this in separate articles because each car built had a different story, … Continue reading
Hi Gang… Where O where is Jim Webb of Berkeley? I’ve been searching for him and his family for many years now, and I’ve found everything but Jim. Thanks to Hugh Nutting who was a friend of his, we have … Continue reading
