Is this a Glasspar? My only knowledge of this make is what is written in the Standard Catalog of American cars but they do have a similar looking car in that. The model could be anything but they did have a car called the G2 - engines were Ford or Mercury flat head V8s.
Yes, Glaspar G2.....BUT...do you know the name it was marketing under?
Answer: Yankee Clipper
Interesting car, interesting company. Not only did they make about 15% of all the small boats in America, but they were fiberglass pioneers. And some very credible historians (Smithsonian) have decreed that this "G2" was "the world's first fiberglass car".
And yes, mostly Ford running gear but one did leave the factory with a Cadillac ohv V-8. The Ford Flattie engines sometimes carried the Duntov ohv conversion.
You can see one of these in the movie "Johnny Dark" starring Tony Curtis.
Glasspar also built the Kaiser-Darrin and Woodill Wildfire and Volvo P1900.
BMW Z8. I love these. Maybe a MY 2000? I have no clue how to tell the years apart.
Me either, this one's a 2002 BMW Z8. The Z8 was an odd animal, a limited edition, very expensive roadster perhaps intended for the same market as the SL Benzes. It came out with little fanfare but they are highly sought after by collectors.
They didn't really sell, when new. Dealers always had year-old new models. It's really hard to tell which car will take off, as a "collector" vehicle, later.
I did run into Peter Frampton at my local BMW dealership, looking at one... Around 2003, I think.
Limited production helps and only approx 2500 are U.S. legal. Aluminum frame and body, 32-valve V8--a rather special car. I wouldn't advise cracking one up.
Interesting stuff about the Glaspar / Yankee Clipper - I can well believe it would have been the first Fibreglass car though there were no doubt a few other contenders.
Here in Britain there was a thriving cottage industry making mostly ungainly roadsters from what looked like tin plate, odd alloys or similar bits and pieces and slowly over the 50s they also turned to fibreglass - again it was boat manufacturers, caravan makers, etc who tended to do this.
Most of the British specials' were based on old Ford 8 / 10hp chassis or Austin Sevens from the 30's - not V8s - and many were probably rubbish but it did lead to makes such as Turner, Ginetta and others - some were better than average.
My family had a Ciera with those wheel covers too, I remember they sometimes made a clicking noise that drove me insane, even when I was maybe 10 years old.
??? Earlier than a '66? Not a Polara? All the '65 Dodges I find have smaller taillights, and the '66 Monaco has red filler, the '66 Polara pics I find are a match...???
I knew a guy in Atascadero who had a Mercedes pickup. Newer than this one, and I didn't know enough to ask him if his had been a custom or a gray market import.
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Answer: Yankee Clipper
Interesting car, interesting company. Not only did they make about 15% of all the small boats in America, but they were fiberglass pioneers. And some very credible historians (Smithsonian) have decreed that this "G2" was "the world's first fiberglass car".
And yes, mostly Ford running gear but one did leave the factory with a Cadillac ohv V-8. The Ford Flattie engines sometimes carried the Duntov ohv conversion.
You can see one of these in the movie "Johnny Dark" starring Tony Curtis.
Glasspar also built the Kaiser-Darrin and Woodill Wildfire and Volvo P1900.
The man behind all of this was Bill Tritt.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
It's really hard to tell which car will take off, as a "collector" vehicle, later.
I did run into Peter Frampton at my local BMW dealership, looking at one... Around 2003, I think.
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Here in Britain there was a thriving cottage industry making mostly ungainly roadsters from what looked like tin plate, odd alloys or similar bits and pieces and slowly over the 50s they also turned to fibreglass - again it was boat manufacturers, caravan makers, etc who tended to do this.
Most of the British specials' were based on old Ford 8 / 10hp chassis or Austin Sevens from the 30's - not V8s - and many were probably rubbish but it did lead to makes such as Turner, Ginetta and others - some were better than average.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
My family had a Ciera with those wheel covers too, I remember they sometimes made a clicking noise that drove me insane, even when I was maybe 10 years old.
So far nobody's IDed the car.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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Shifty's car appears to be a Peugeot 203 cabrio from around 1950.
Big guess... don't really know my Mopars.
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Cars like this are the reason Olds had to be put to sleep.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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And here's the Polara:
Hmmm...somewhat puzzling.....
I was under the impression that Mercedes pickups were never imported to the US. My friend's was a 50's era model.