Visitors to the 1939 New York World’s Fair Highways and Horizons exhibit by General Motors were dazzled by the display of a one-of-a-kind 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six Plexiglas (Ghost) car.
This specially fabricated see through vehicle was constructed of acrylic plastic (quite an advancement at the time) which made visible the many parts that created the Deluxe Six. All screws and fasteners were chrome-plated for dramatic effect.
This specially fabricated see through vehicle was constructed of acrylic plastic (quite an advancement at the time) which made visible the many parts that created the Deluxe Six. All screws and fasteners were chrome-plated for dramatic effect.
In the mid-1930s, Rohm & Haas was developing automotive safety glass. The glass used in car windshields is actually a laminate, with a thin layer of clear plastic pressed between two sheets of silicon glass.
When a windshield shatters in a crash, that plastic keeps razor-sharp shards of glass
from flying into the car’s occupants. Fortuitously, Rohm & Haas realized that one of the acrylic compounds it used to make safety glass could work by itself as a transparent material for glazing and other applications.
To publicize the new material, the chemical company and one of its biggest customers, General Motors, decided to build a very special Pontiac.
Complete with model showing the spaciousness of the trunk.
