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Category Archives: Alken

1958: Sportscar Specials, Trend Book #178

Sportscar  Specials Trend  Book  #178:  1958 Multiple  Cars … Continue reading →

2018, November- Volks World – Alken

Alkenly  Beautiful Volks  World:  November,  2018 … Continue reading →

The 1958 Alken D2 – Historic Photos of this 1958 VW Special Surface

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Geoff HackerApril 24, 2020
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The 1958 Alken D2

Hi Gang… Go Alken! We may have found just four (or perhaps five) Alken D2 sports cars so far but lucky for us – vintage information is still being shared and revealed from long lost archives across the USA.  Recently, … Continue reading →

New Release: Poster #1 – America’s Handcrafted Cars

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Geoff HackerJune 17, 2020
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Hi Gang… There’s never a dull moment here at Undiscovered Classics.  And although the 2020 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance ended mere hours ago, Dan Palatnik and I have been hard at work the last week to bring artwork on handcrafted … Continue reading →

The Little Car That Could – The Alken Goes Nic-L-Silver “Pioneer” Electric!

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 17, 2020
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This is the most promising to date of the several electric cars being engineered in various cities.  George Lippincott, the founder and president of Nic-L-Silver, hopes to have ten cars a day rolling off the assembly line now being tooled. … Continue reading →

Look Mom- I’m A Sports Car! Meet The Alken D2: Spree Magazine, 1958

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 1, 2020
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Hi Gang… Research takes you in a variety of different directions for a variety of different cars.  About 2 years ago, I found an obscure reference that an article about the Alken could be found in an early issue of … Continue reading →

Jeff Lipnichan To The Rescue – And A New Alken Story Emerges

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 17, 2020
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Hi Gang… It’s a challenge.  Here at Forgotten Fiberglass we have information coming in from sources across the world – and then we pile our own research onto this stream of information too.  Have no fear though fiber-gang….it’s challenging but … Continue reading →

Up Up Alken Away…To Florida and Fiberglass Farms

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 28, 2020
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Hi Gang… Rick and I chase down the neatest automotive history stories and many times – the cars that go with them.  This time, we actually caught the car first and we’re in search of its build story – second. … Continue reading →

An Analysis of Four Years of Fiber Ads: The “Directory” of Sports Cars Illustrated 1958 – 1961

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Geoff HackerMay 26, 2020
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Hi Gang… Sports Cars Illustrated published annual “Directories” from 1958 thru 1961.  In the summer of 1961, they changed their name to “Car and Driver” and ceased publication of annual directories from that point forward.  But the “Directories” spanning 4 … Continue reading →

Dan Post’s “Volkswagen: 9 Lives Later:” Alken and Devin Sports Car History

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Geoff HackerMay 17, 2020
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Hi Gang… I live vicariously thru my good friend Javier Munoz and his growing Alken collection.  Javier has two of them ready to restore, and he’s chomping on the bit to begin them.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed and waiting … Continue reading →

The Alken D2 – One Of The First VW Fiberglass Bodied Sports Cars: You’ve Never Seen/Driven/Owned Anything Like This! (1958)

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Geoff HackerMay 17, 2020
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Hi Gang… There are so many cool fiberglass sports car brochures out there.  Wait ‘till you see what we at Forgotten Fiberglass have in store for you over the 2011 summer!  By the time we’re done, you’ll think fiberglass sports … Continue reading →

George Lippincott’s Nic-L-Silver Prototype Pioneer Electric Car – Body & Car By Victress

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Geoff HackerMay 1, 2020
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Hi Gang… This story is for my good friends John Gulow and Javier Munoz – both who are Nic-L-Silver Battery “Pioneer” car enthusiasts, and one (Javier) who owns at least one of these cars. Background of Project: George Lippincott was … Continue reading →

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