If you are ready to forget about dented fenders and panels on your car forever, you should check out the SPANDEX BMW, which offers a finish that looks like high-tech satin paint. But it has inspired the ever-popular micro and Smart lines with its motorcycle engine. This single-seater is also the only car ever built on the Isle Of Man. For example, the Peel P50 was the original tiny car, weighing only 130 pounds. While some were more the work of visionaries who saw the future, just in an alternate universe, some were visions that inspired the cars we drive today. So a list of the 15 Strangest Cars Ever Made it a big hit. But many people still enjoy seeing some individuality and character in vehicles. Standing out from the crown is often seen as a negative in a world where everyone wants to fit in. The One-Off Manta Ray Will Once Again Return To The SpotlightĬLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL ARTICLES AND VIDEOS Cutting Edge Cars March 10-13, 2016: Amelia Island, Florida Two Cars Attending: 1961 Covington Tiburon 1950 Leo Lyons Custom Mercury It will show up in many concept car auto shows in years to come but the last time this vehicle was known to be seen or even discussed was back in 2016.Īmelia Island Concours d’Elegance: Official Press Release but for now it is still in the state it was when he inherited the vehicle. The car will eventually be fully restored by D.E. For one change he noted was the replacement of the old Studebaker engine for a dual quad Cadillac V-8 engine and the car was repainted from gold to pink. In the years since his father died and D.E inherited the vehicle, some work had been done to it. has set to the task of getting the Manta Ray up and running again in recent years. received the vehicle when his mother Darlene, the widow of Peanuts Lacer, began liquidating the 120-car collection. He brought the vehicle to his home and put it into his warehouse full of unusual cars that nobody wanted and there it stayed until he died in 1990. By 1959, the car found its way into the hands of a used car dealer in Kansas where it was traded for a Volkswagen and a Crosley by collector, L.L. The original car was believed to be completed in late 1952 and was debuted before the Chevy Corvette. The production idea did not go beyond the plan to circulate the car, and it was never cultivated for mass production. First, add the body molding to a steel-tube chassis and second, replace the engine with a Cadillac V-8 engine. Their hope was to get the vehicle into circulation as a limited-edition model with two changes. The finished design was showcased in several automotive magazines in 19, like Rod and Custom Magazine, but Hire and Antoine sold the Manta Ray to jet car builder Bob Yeakel They received permission from him to continue working on the car’s design. V-8 engine and the Studebaker chassis, but they did chop off some 3 inches from the frame rails in their design. Next, they added a triple tail lamp feature which they borrowed from the 1952 Lincoln design. The first addition was the nosecone which they designed from scratch by first building a wooden cone mold and then they cast a ¼ - inch shell. Hire and Antoine then began adding designs of the jet-age. They stripped down the stock body design and added a three-seater roadster body made of fiberglass. Studebaker Foundationīoth Hire and Antione worked in aircraft design at North American at the time, and they had a vision of a fighter jet-like automotive design, so they purchased a 1951 Studebaker Commander to serve as the foundation for their new space age concept car they decided to call the Manta Ray. This concept car was the brainchild of aircraft designers, Glenn Hire and Vernon Antoine. The 1952 Manta Ray was inspired by space travel, science fiction and art from the culture of the time. That era saw wars and growth of space age with reports of UFOs and aliens, which in turn naturally stimulated the minds of creative automotive enthusiasts everywhere. The 1940s and 1950s was a time of many technological advancements, especially in the automotive industry. Owner: Donald and Lori Lacer, Junction City, Kansas History of This Car
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