A link to the pictures:
http://twistedsifter.com/2011/06/1939-pontiac-plexiglass-ghost-car/
It is pretty cool!
Ron
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> Unveiled at the General Motors Highways and Horizons pavilion at the 1939-40
> Worlds Fair in New York, the Pontiac Ghost Car was built on the chassis of
> a 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six.
> In collaboration with Rohm & Haas, a chemical company that had recently
> developed Plexiglass, the concept for a transparent car was conceived and it
> was the first one ever built in America.
> This one-of-a-kind vehicle will be put up for auction on July 30, 2011 by RM
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> The car is estimated to fetch between $275,000 $475,000.
> Additional information and photographs of this beautiful vehicle below,
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> THE 1939 PONTIAC PLEXIGLASS GHOST CAR
> - The highlight of the 1939-40 Worlds Fair in New York and the first
> transparent car ever built in America
> - Series 26. 85 bhp, 222.7 cu. in. L-head six-cylinder engine, three-speed
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> coil spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic
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> and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.
> - 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 cars tires
> - Cost a reported $25,000 to build (using Consumer Price Index to estimate
> inflation, it is approx. $388,000 in 2010 US dollars)
> - Car still rides on its original white tires with odometer reading of 86
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> - Does not have a conventional vehicle identification number (therefore not
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> All Photographs by AARON SUMMERFIELD for RM AUCTIONS
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