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69 Recent Attention From the Market, Exhibitions, Museums, and Concours Many of the American sports cars from this era have been recognized for their design excellence and have become sought after in the collector community. In recent years these cars have been featured in exhibitions, concours, museums, and premium auctions across the world. Car enthusiasts, collectors, and automobile aficionados are realizing the value and beauty behind these early postwar sports cars. Enthusiasts are not only drawn to the who, what, where, when and why a car was built, but to their mechanical and aesthetic ingenuity. Handcrafted cars have been recognized in classes of their own at: • Amelia Island Concours d ’ Elegance • Pebble Beach Concours d ’ Elegance as well as other concours and museum exhibits hosted by The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. American Ingenuity, Distinction, and Excellence American handcrafted sports cars are not the only well - built, well - designed cars from the postwar era. But their story is one of distinction, precipitated by driven enthusiasts, dreamers and doers in a world where anything seemed possible from your own garage. These largely individual efforts, contributed to the evolution of the American automobile during the 1950s and 1960s. Because of the fragmented history of these cars, we have not fully assessed their impact until recently. Looking at the collective impact of these cars with the luxury of historical hindsight provides welcome clarity into their importance and documented influence. For the reasons above, we call the story of the American handcrafted postwar sports car... “ The Greatest American Car Story NEVER Told .” End of Article