Showing posts with label Plexiglass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plexiglass. Show all posts
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Pontiac 1939 Deluxe Sir "Ghost Car"
1939 Pontiac Deluxe Sir
Series 26.
85 bhp, 222.7 cu. in. L-head 6-cylinder engine, 3-speed manual transmission.
Main event of the General Motors "Highway and Horizons" pavillon at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, built in collaboration with Rohm & Haas, a chemical company that had recently developed Plexiglass. This is the first full-sized transparent car ever made in the USA.
Sold at the RM Auctions’ St. John’s auction in Michigan on July 30, 2011 for $308,000.
Photos by Aaron Sommerfield for RM Auctions
http://www.rmauctions.com/
Labels:
1939,
car,
Deluxe,
General Motors,
Plexiglass,
Pontiac,
transparent
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