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Category Archives: Guy Mabee Special

Showcase: 1953 Victress S1 – Guy Mabee Special

1953 Victress S1 – Guy Mabee Special Links to magazine articles Film? Review Denny Larson’s story here (go thru recordings)   … Continue reading →

2014: Fifty  Shades  of  Rust  (Book)

Fifty  Shades  of  Rust  (Book) By Tom Cotter Foreword by Wayne Carini Introduction by Tom Cotter and Geoffrey Hacker Ten Stories of Handcrafted Cars Published 2014 … Continue reading →

Carlisle Import & Kit National 2014: Part 3 – The Guy Mabee Victress

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… You thought I may have finished with our stories of Carlisle this year?   But wait – there’s more!  Quite a bit more and several more stories. And off we go… One of the stars of the Carlisle, … Continue reading →

Carlisle Import & Kit National 2014: Part 1 – Getting To Carlisle

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang…. “So how was Carlisle?” you might ask….” In one of our last stories back in early May, Rick D’Louhy and I were prepping for our trip to participate in the Import and Kit Nationals held yearly in Carlisle, … Continue reading →

The Guy Mabee Drilling Company Special: By Bruce Gross – July, 1995

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… One of the most comprehensive articles that summarizes the history of the Guy Mabee Drilling Company Special was written by Bruce Gross back in 1995.  Today we are honored to share it with you here at Forgotten Fiberglass.  Great … Continue reading →

Meet The “Streetliner” – aka the Guy Mabee Drilling Company Victress Special

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… As part of our first “Victress Weekend” of stories, let’s have a look at one of the first magazines to cover the record-breaking 200+ mile an hour run of the Guy Mabee Special.  This was covered in January, … Continue reading →

Hooray!!! The “Guy Mabee Victress Special” to Appear At Carlisle – May 16-18, 2014

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… The “Import & Kit Nationals” show at Carlisle, Pennsylvania which is being held later this month keeps getting better and better.  I covered the seminar that we’ll be hosting in a story here last week.  Click here to … Continue reading →

Forgotten Fiberglass Cars To Appear At Hemmings Concours d’Elegance – Sept 27-29, 2013

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… What a year 2013 is turning out to be: * First, in March, 2013 we debuted our 1962 Shark Roadster at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.  Click here to review the story on the road to Amelia. * … Continue reading →

Victress! The World’s Fastest Sports Car: Motor Life, August 1955

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… I’m sure that Doc Boyce-Smith, founder of the Boyce-Smith Company which produced the Victress S1 sports car body in ’52 and ’53, felt like Paul Revere when a car using the Victress body set the record for “Fastest … Continue reading →

The Cars of the Milwaukee Masterpiece: Jim and Lea Ann Robinson’s “Guy Mabee Victress Special”

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Geoff HackerMay 27, 2020
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Hi Gang… As promised earlier, I’ll show “more” and talk “less” about each of the cars that appeared at the Milwaukee Masterpiece Concours d’ Elegance on August 28th, 2011.  Click here to read more about the success of vintage ‘glass … Continue reading →

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  • Rodney packwood on Restored Victress C3 / LaDawri Castilian From Michigan – Where Are You???Would love to see it! Please send a picture to fastest356@gmail.com. Thank you so much!
  • Darren Jameson on David Lambert’s Almquist Sabre – Off And RunningDennis Collins on YouTube found a car that looks very similar to a Sabre. Could
  • Earl Jones on The 1952 Yankee Clipper Debuts in San Francisco – A Glasspar G2 Bodied Sports CarHere's Paul's daughter driving one of the remaining yankee clipper cars - her husband found
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  • Brian on Roadster in Glass – Joe and Henry Smith’s Fabulous Fiberglass Sports Car (Hot Rod Magazine, April 1957)Hello again, Yes I remember the old fiberglass molds on the side of the shop
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  • Alex on Henry Covington’s Tiburon Coupe – “A Shark You Can Park” – September 1961 Road & TrackHi Geoff! I don’t know if it is the one you owned or if there
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During my interview with Bill Tritt, I asked him what material he used for the firewall on his Glasspar G2. Bill said wood. Wood, I replied? Isnt that flammable? Yep, Tritt replied with a chuckle….you think we might have chosen something different, but its what we used at the time, and it held up pretty well. (Note: Most fiberglass sports cars during the 1950s used wood firewalls. Not until the late 1950s was this material substituted with fiberglass or metal).


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