Dr Crankenstein
Rocket Surgeon
Boosted from the 'net.
Take this thing to the drive-in and steam up the whole car.
Posted July 5 2011
In late July, RM Auction will offer a strange Pontiac – transparent display car that General Motors built for the 1940s World’s Fair for its upcoming auction at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan. GM developed two transparent cars for the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940, one of which was a Deluxe seven-window touring sedan and the other of which was a Torpedo five-window touring sedan.
To prepare the transparent chassis of the 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six, GM collaborated with Rohm & Haas, the chemical company that had recently developed Plexiglas. Using drawings for the Pontiac four-door Touring Sedan, Rohm & Haas constructed an exact replica body using Plexiglas in place of the outer sheet-metal. The structural metal underneath was given a copper wash, and all hardware, including the dashboard, was chrome plated. Rubber moldings were made in white, as were the car’s tires. It reportedly cost $25,000 to build – an astronomical figure in those days. The current owner’s father purchased it from Gephart in the early 1980s, and it has remained in the same family ever since.
I copied the whole article, but here's the link if you guys want it.
http://smashingusa.com/most-unusual-pontiac-of-1940s/
....
Take this thing to the drive-in and steam up the whole car.
Posted July 5 2011
In late July, RM Auction will offer a strange Pontiac – transparent display car that General Motors built for the 1940s World’s Fair for its upcoming auction at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan. GM developed two transparent cars for the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940, one of which was a Deluxe seven-window touring sedan and the other of which was a Torpedo five-window touring sedan.
To prepare the transparent chassis of the 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six, GM collaborated with Rohm & Haas, the chemical company that had recently developed Plexiglas. Using drawings for the Pontiac four-door Touring Sedan, Rohm & Haas constructed an exact replica body using Plexiglas in place of the outer sheet-metal. The structural metal underneath was given a copper wash, and all hardware, including the dashboard, was chrome plated. Rubber moldings were made in white, as were the car’s tires. It reportedly cost $25,000 to build – an astronomical figure in those days. The current owner’s father purchased it from Gephart in the early 1980s, and it has remained in the same family ever since.
I copied the whole article, but here's the link if you guys want it.
http://smashingusa.com/most-unusual-pontiac-of-1940s/
....
