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| The year was 1949 and the troops were home
from the war in Europe.
The North American auto manufactures of the day noticed that a number of these service men brought something with them. Something that would turn heads. It was a small two passenger car that was referred to as “SPORTS CARS” The automobile industry took serious note of this and would never be the same again. There was a scramble by the North American auto manufactures to get their own version of a "sports car" into production. A number of different ways were used to accomplish this but in doing so the sports car was forgotten by most and the "SPORTY CAR" was invented. General Motors used existing parts from the Chevrolet and a fiberglass body to come up with the Corvette. Ford built the Thunderbird, which also used existing parts, and Chrysler was going to build a completely new car but never completed the project. Other manufactures turned to the place that knew a the most about these sports cars and had them build a car to their specifications and others adapted what was already available to fit the sporty car mode. The final results were quite interesting and have left us to question, who was really first in North America with a true sports car?. However this web page looks at the question a bit different. Who was the first to build a true “Sporty Car”? The opinions on this page are mine but you are invited to pass your own on to me by using the E Mail Link below. The US Post Office brought out a series of postage stamps commentating the American Sports Car and we should assume that they researched this question properly but I will let you decide for your self who was first. I'll tell you this though, they made at least one mistake. In my mind only one car comes closer to the European "Sports Car" then any of the others and is a true sporty car. There is one true sports car on production today that is just more them a resemblance. I also believe that the Harley Earl also used this car as a model for the Corvette. |
The seven manufactures that were attempting
to bring a sports car into production.
Some of these were more successful then others.
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Muntz
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I would suspect that many of you have
never
heard of the Muntz Jet. It was built by Earl "Madman Muntz" was an extremely successful used car salesman in California who became famous for his showmanship-like promotion of cars and the electronics products produced and sold.. The Jet was Muntz's answer to the sports cars that were coming onto the scene in the early 1950's. This car is listed with Hyman Ltd. http://www.hymanltd.com/ |
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Chrysler
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Ford
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Hertz Fastback |
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General Motors
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Concept Car |
Roadster Concept Car |
Hudson
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Kaiser
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Nash
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Studebaker
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Crosley
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The Woodill Wildfire, 1952 - 1958
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