This car is totally transparent because of the plexiglass body. It was the first “see-through” car made in US. “Ghost Car” traveled through country on a nationwide tour and then spent several years on display at the Smithsonian Institute.
Read MoreThis unrestored car won a title of most elegant car at the show. Alfa Romeo was repainted in 1950 - it was the only change made to this car. While 22 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B models were constructed in 1938, only few were built in the short wheelbase configuration.
Read MoreThroughout the decade of the thirties, while Chevrolet and Ford were engaged in a pitched battle for supremacy in the low-priced field, an equally intense contest was taking place at the opposite end of the economic scale. Cadillac was determined to dislodge Packard from its long-held status as America’s premier luxury automobile. And Packard was equally determined to retain its position as “King of the Mountain.”
Read MoreLegend has it that a guest at a dinner party once commented to Ettore Bugatti that the Bugatti was the automobile of choice if one wished to win races, but for sheer elegance, one must have a Rolls-Royce. Bugatti was not accustomed to playing second fiddle to anyone, and the incident supposedly inspired him to create the ultimate motorcar: the Type 41 Bugatti Royale.
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