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Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance:

Class 1: Sports Cars of the 50s
* 3 Cars: 1953 Maverick Sportster, 1953 Woodill Wildfire (Johnny Dark), 1952 Glasspar G2

Class 2: Weird and Wonderful
* 1 Car: 1954 Frazer Custom

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Gene Simon on Questions To The EditorLarry, Have you seen this article by Geoff? https://www.undiscoveredclassics.com/forgotten-fiberglass/the-1953-donald-jones-special-1953-pebble-beach-road-race-participant/
George Bagdasarian on Questions To The EditorSuper safari; I made the original fiberglass body that went to a race in Mexico.
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Paul W Rosenfield on Questions To The EditorHi, I am in so cal and I just am getting started on Wildfire 9945.
BigRedRivi on Questions To The EditorHi Geoff, Hope all is well with you, haven't seen anything posted in a whilst.
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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).