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Futura/Waimea- 1961

In 1945, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, along with veteran automobile executive Joseph Frazer, started the automobile company Kaiser-Frazer. A year later he also formed Kaiser Aluminum and commissioned Rhys Miller and Frank Hershey (designer of the original 1956 Ford Thunderbird two-seater) to produce a portfolio of all-aluminum car designs to feature in promotional literature. Their

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Inter 175A Berline- 1956

Introduced as the Inter at the 1953 Paris Show by the distributors A. E. M. W. (Ateliers Electro-Mechaniques de la Seine of Saint-Ouen), this non-traditional auto-scooter was designed and constructed by French aircraft builders S.N.C.A.N. (Societe Nationale de Construction AeroNautique). Although three styles of the Inter were displayed at the 1953 show, only the Berline

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New•Map “Baby”- 1939

In the late 1890s, Joseph Martin set up bicycle manufacturing in Lyon, France, and sub-contracting wheels for automobiles and aircraft landing gear during the first war. Joseph’s son, Paul, had become an aircraft engineer during the war and afterward ventured into the world of motorcycling. He created New•Map (a combination of Martin and Paul) in

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