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Driven by the need for post-war affordable transportation, BMW decided to supplement slow sales of their larger models with an inexpensive car. In 1955, BMW acquired the license from ISO (an Italian refrigerator company) to make this “bubble car.” As many as 3,925 Isettas were sold in the US. during 1958. But U.S. sales slowed […]

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Created by Californian Jay Eitel, inventor of the cherry picker (the bucket truck), the Tapertail project began in 1941. Inspired by the streamlined Auto Union race cars of the 1930s, Eitel envisioned a rear-engine, aerodynamic car. His initial design was based on a midget racer, with a chassis similar to the belly tank lakesters of

The Lanham Sport Roadster project began in 1947 when Tom Lanham of Illinois, challenged by a friend, set out to build a custom roadster with his brother Bob. They used a mix of salvaged parts, including a 1933 Chevrolet frame, 1937 Plymouth axles, and a Studebaker engine. Tom’s time serving in the Korean War delayed

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The IMSA Firehawk Endurance Championship, introduced in the 1980s, brought professional showroom stock racing to a new level. As the series name implies, teams were required to race on Firestone’s Firehawk street tires. Notable drivers such as P.J. Jones, Randy Pobst, and John Andretti made their mark in the series, which ran for nearly a

In 1953, Chevrolet introduced America to an all new, lightweight, fiberglass bodied, two-seat sports car they called Corvette. Corvette was introduced to compete with the overwhelming number of British and European sports cars being imported to the US by veterans of WWII. At the time, it was a gamble. No one at GM knew if