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Four-Links – RIP Bill Tritt, traffic signals galore, Martians on Vespas, Pontiac Phantom

Written by webmin

* News came to us through our friend Geoff Hacker that fiberglass pioneer Bill Tritt died last week at age 93. * After this week’s post on the Iowa Highway System, circa 1960, we came across Caution Optional, Ed T.’s blog on traffic signals and the enthusiasts who collect them. * Martians on Vespas? Will […]

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Tagged automobilia, Bill Mitchell, Bill Tritt, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Ford Model T, Forgotten Fiberglass, Glasspar, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, ice autos, motorcycles and scooters, one-offs and homebuilts, personalities, Pontiac, Pontiac Phantom, road trips and cruising, snowmobiles, traffic signals, Vespa  
 

“Their Hopes, Their Dreams, Their Love… Tied to a Ribbon of Road”

Written by webmin

Our friend Geoff Hacker seems to be the world’s biggest fan of the movie Johnny Dark, and one can see why in the above trailer, interlude from Brock Yates, and racing scene: It’s full of fiberglass cars and one-off specials from the early 1950s. Geoff says it’s never been released on DVD, so good luck […]

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Tagged fiberglass cars, Glasspar, Johnny Dark, racing, TV and film cars, Woodill Wildfire  
 

John Steers, fiberglass car pioneer

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Hemmings Muscle Machines readers will soon be opening their May issues to see a story on Steve Steers and his 1954 Victress S1A, the construction of which was at least partially inspired by the fiberglass and other homebuilt cars his father, John, built and raced while living in Palo Alto, California, in the late 1940s […]

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Tagged featured posts, fiberglass cars, Ford Model A, Glasspar, Glasspar G2, Hemmings Muscle Machines, John Steers, Lost and Found, one-offs and homebuilts, Palo Alto California, personalities, racing, Steve Steers, streamliners and teardroppers, Victress, Victress S1A  
 

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