Don't wear a short skirt in this car!

It seems that the world's only transparent automobile is to go under the hammer later this month. CNet reports:

This 1939 Pontiac Plexiglas Deluxe Six "Ghost Car," once on display at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, could now be yours, at the right price.




The first full-size transparent car built in America (at a reported cost of $25,000), is expecting to fetch somewhere between $275,000 and $475,000.

The Plexiglas vehicle was a collaboration between General Motors and Rohm & Haas. It features a Plexiglas body that exposes the vehicle's innards.




Following the New York World's Fair, the "Ghost Car" went on a nationwide tour, and then spent several years on display at the Smithsonian Institute before passing through a succession of Pennsylvania Pontiac dealers.

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RM Auctions' St. John's sale will be held July 30 at the Inn of St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan.

There's more at the link.

I know the car was built as a display model, and not intended to be driven around the roads; but if it were driven around, I can't help smiling at the thought of the care with which one would have to dress! When anyone can see through the doors and bodywork, as well as the windows, it wouldn't do to wear a dress (or a kilt!) that might ride up (you should pardon the expression) . . .

Perhaps the President should buy it. After all, he's on record as wanting greater transparency in Government!





Peter