Pontiac Mera

 

The Pontiac Mera was offered by Pontiac in 1987. The venture was not endorsed by General Motors and Ferrari issued a cease and desist. A total of 247 Meras were produced. They were not a kit car. Pontiac built the cars using new Fieros. Additional information is at pontiacmera.com

Log jam

 

Espresso on the go

 

1938 Dan Streamliner

 

Apparently there is no record of where this car might have ended up. Read a bit about it at PreWarCar.com

Stretched

 

Grand opening

Mayor Angelo Rossi used a torch to cut a chain that officially opened the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937.

 

1956 GM Cadet prototype

 

American Austin Bantam

The American Austin Car Company produced cars from 1930 until 1934. It was powered by an inline four cylinder engine displacing 45 cubic inches. It obtained 40 miles per gallon and had a top speed of 50mph.

 

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Sidecar rat rod

 

Ford's River Rouge plant (Dearborn, MI) 1965

 

2003 Dodge Tomahawk

Dodge had this concept scooter built by RM Motorsports in Detroit. It featured a Viper engine rated at 500hp.

 

1954 Fuldamobil NWF 200

This German micro car is short on performance but evidently rare and collectable. It sold for $54K three years ago. See the listing on bringatrailer.

Bringing down the house

 

A few bricks too many

 

Russian offering

This vehicle is apparently for sale in a Russian marketplace site. Little information is available other than it may have started life as LuAZ 969.

The LuAZ 969 was available from 1966 until 1996. 1Cars.org has an extensive write up on the vehicles, but not many good things to say about it.

Renault Filante Record 2025

1925 40 CV Records

 

1956 Etoile Filante 

 

The Filante Record 2025 debuted yesterday at the Retromobile auto show in Paris. It measures 5.12 meters (16.8 ft.) long 1.19 meters (3.9 ft.) tall and weighs 1000 kilograms (2200 pounds). Renault says it is based on the 40 CV des Records and the Etoile Filante both of which set new records for the company.

In the next few months the electric vehilce will serve as a demo car hoping to set new records in efficiency. Its design is ultra aerodynamic and the body maximizes the use of carbon fiber. In an effort to reduce weight the team used Scalmalloy which is an aluminum alloy that is specifically designed to be 3D printed. 

Everything about the car is high tech and you can read more at here.

1950's high school automotive classroom

 

Chevrolet Veraneio

 

The Veraneio was the Brazilian version of the Suburban. This design was offered in 1964 through 1989.

Suzuki Twin makeover

 

1939 Russian ZiS 101A Sport Coupe

 

The first photo is the original car from 1939. It was built on the chassis of a seven passenger sedan. It had an 8 cylinder engine that developed 141 horsepower and it had a 3 speed transmission. Top speed was 100mph. The car disappeared during WWII.

The second photo is a replica that was built by a group of enthusiasts who worked from photos and technical drawings of the car.

1940 Firestone store

 

Shriner's cars

As a continuation of yesterday's nautical theme I will offer this from a variety of parade cars used by the Shriners. They run a charity for children's hospitals. It is fun to see them and their vehicles on parade. Additional photos and information at  BestRide.com

1937 Packard "Land Yacht"

Henri Chapron designed this vehicle for Louis Reard in 1948. Reard was the inventor of the bikini swim suit. He used the Packard as an advertising piece. It followed the Tour de France route with several bikini clad models displaying Reard's creation.

This one off creation has only had three owners and was last shown in public in 1987. It is coming up for auction on February 7 and 8 at Artcurial's Retromobile 2025 event. Additional information at Driving.

Chimneys with a twist

 

Austin Healey 100-4 BN2

 Produced between 1952 and 1956 the AH 100 was a successful venture. They are beautiful cars. Read more on Wikipedia.

1958 Edsel Roundup

 Obviously Edsels are rare, and wagons even more so. They were only produced for one year and only 963 Roundups were made. More about Edsels can be found on Wikipedia. 

I took a quick look and came up with Ford's offering in 1958. This is their Ranch Wagon. It was offered in 2 and 4 door versions. The 2 door Ranch Wagons had a total run of 34,575 units.

1960 Zunder 1500

The Zunder 1500 was a fiberglass bodied car produced in Argentina. It was powered by a drive train from Porsche- the same powertrain as the Porsche 356. Only 200 cars were made. The financial backing needed to establish a sales and service network never materialized and the company failed after one year. 
 

Early electric

This vehicle was a Heilmann electric "tractor" from 1898. It belonged to Grand Duke Alexis of Russia.

1954 Mercury Monterey dash

 

Self parking

 

Rolux

 The Rolux was produced from 1938 until 1952 in Lyon, France. The 100cc engine was an air cooled single cylinder two stroke made by Fichtel and Sachs. The engine was in the rear and incorporated a chain drive to the rear axle.

2002 Infidel

 Built by DC Design the Infidel is on a modified Toyota MR2 platform featuring a twin turbo mid engine configuration.

Airborne

 

Lucille Ball's 1947 V12 Lincoln Continental

 

Charging your electric car in 1912

 

Aptera

 The Aptera claims a 1000 mile range on a full charge. If the sun is shining the solar collectors will provide a 40 mile range. The price ranges from $26,000 to $47,000. Reserve yours now at aptera.us.

David Brown

This one off Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake was built for David Brown. He wanted this built so that he could transport his dogs.

David Brown was the long time owner of Aston Martin and the DB (David Brown) series of cars were produced under his guidance. He was an interesting person and you can read more about him at Motor Biscuit.

Nose job

 

1956 Plymouth Plainsman

 This Plymouth concept by Ghia has traveled the world and has an interesting history. See and read more about the car at kustomrama.

Fuji Cabin

The Cabin was introduced at the 1955 Tokyo Motor Show. It was produced in 1957-58 and only 85 were made. The body was fiberglass and it was powered by a one cylinder air cooled 2 stroke engine with a displacement of 122cc. Top speed was 37mph.