Pontiac's Ghost Car- Plexiglas bodied car

[Quick GMC]

This is pretty cool. They used these cars to show off at the World's Fair

http://imgur.com/a/QOn75

[tom.ulmer]

Wow that is really cool. Never heard of or seen this before.

[disabled modeler]

X 2...! Very cool...!

[thatz4u]

Never seen one before, barely see it now...LOL

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 11, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[ZTony8]

The prototype for Clearview 2000!

[atomicholiday]

Those are so sweet! How cool would it be to build a scale version of one of those... I'd be all over it.

[Guest]

Very cool!

[unclescott58]

Great pictures of the car. An Automobile Quarterly book from the 1980's is where I saw this car for the the first time. And, I've seen it in other publications since. But, never with so many pictures showing all the little details of the car. Note the crack in the front of the hood. Other than that and a little yellowing, I'd say the car has held up pretty good over the years.

Scott

[Snake45]

Hmmmmm....time to look at what clear 1/24-1/25 slot car bodies might be available...

[Quick GMC]

you could probably chop up a body into panels and recast in clear resin, like the windshield material. do it in panels so you can sand and polish everything easier.

[pharoah]

It's too bad the auto makers don't do things like that any more. Gm had a Corvette (67?) where the body raise straight up off the frame,so you could see everything underneath. They would have cars in dealer showrooms,sitting on their side,so you could see the chassis. I guess part of it is that new cars don't even have frames,and there's nothing to look at anyway... My .02 Carry on.

[Art Anderson]

That Pontiac was in a collection in Terre Haute IN for a few decades. I've seen it, and watched it being started and run (yeah, it does run!). It's certainly a sight to see! It and a mate were built for the General Motors Pavillion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. It was also used in the GM Parade of Progress as well.

Art

Edited December 13, 2014 by Art Anderson

[Greg Myers]

It's too bad the auto makers don't do things like that any more.

Edited December 13, 2014 by Greg Myers

[w451973]

Thats cool.

[2000-cvpi]

The prototype for Clearview 2000!

You know that I actually believed that joke for over an hour. I had to google it and then found out that it was a joke. I bought the old magazine at a swap meet and was really excited to learn of a cool product. I was already planning to use some to clear a couple bodies of detailed Moebius Chryslers.