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

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* 1 Car: 1954 Frazer Custom

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Pete Montero on The Rise of the 1959 Lahti Special – By Robert Cunninghamhttps://www.motor1.com/news/64519/concept-we-forgot-1992-ford-ghia-focus/
Pete Montero on The Rise of the 1959 Lahti Special – By Robert CunninghamSo, this really can't pass without closing the loop on a Ford Ghia concept car
Matthew Kress on The 1970 Can Am 1 By Bolide Motors – An Extension of Borg-Warner and the CRVMust be of no interest to anyone, no responses or additional information on the site.
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Michael Petti on Ask Merrill Powell – Victress Manufacturing Co-FounderDid Victress make the fiberglass front nose of the 1955 - 1957 Powell Sports Wagon
Christina Montoya on Lost Car Found – Meet The Super Safari Dune BuggyI suppose ably have a safari- it has a bump on the hood in front
Scott Morley on The Great New Devin Junior – Gas Engine Powered Miniature Sports CarWhen I was 10 or 12 years old we drove to San Gabriel, California in
Greg Smith on The Quarter Midgets Are Here! The Viking Craft Quarter Midgets Are Here! (1955)I raced out of Vegas 1956-59, Caruthers, Mantz, and Squalo Grand Prix, Showboat & later
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It took an average of 2000 hours to build a finished fiberglass sports car from a kit bought in the early and mid 1950s. That is nearly a full year (50 out of 52 weeks) of 40 hour weeks! And we wonder why today so few attempted this ambitious adventure.

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