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Friday, 10 June 2011

Peekaboo Pontiac

A true rarity is up for auction:  A see-through Pontiac saloon car built for the 1939 New york World's Fair.

It's designed as a sales gimmick, but sometimes I wish my car was like this.  Then I wouldn't spend so much time crawling around and peering into tiny crevices with a torch while I try to figure out what the blazes has gone wrong this time.

2 comments:

  1. A see-through car might be a disadvantage if you're in a business like moonshine-running or alpaca smuggling.

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  2. Also at the 1939 World's Fair:

    http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/lucite_trk12.jpg

    See through television.

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