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114 Pat Amendolia: When Geoff Hacker and Rick D'Louhy came to visit me and my fiberglass concept car, the TDX, I was amazed at their passion and commitment to the work they were doing. They were in the midst of traveling thousands of miles to interview people and retrieve cars from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey before they returned to their base in Florida. Although I too had been involved with fiberglass cars in those early days, I could not believe how many cars Geoff and Rick had discovered, documented and sometimes actually recovered. They have devoted a great deal of their time and personal resources to telling the story of these cars and the people who built them. Some still have their creations. and they make use of the latest technology to ferret out the cars and their history. Unlike auto enthusiasts who create car registries, Geoff and Rick builds an in depth history backed with facts, photos and even interviews with friends and families of the original builders. Thanks to both of these "car guys," a forgotten era in Americas sports car history will now be remembered. Pat Amendolia was good friends with Jim Rockefeller who designed what would become one of the earlier fiberglass sports cars in 1952 - the Rockefeller Yankee. Pat continued working with his friend Jim and started a fiberglass company called "ANROC" - a combination of his and Rockefeller's last name which produced smaller versions of fiberglass cars for children and other industrial 'glass products too. In the 1960s, Pat created one of his most famous works - the TDX sports car which was all plastic composite down to the material used for the drive shaft. You can learn more about Pat's work at his website: www.plasticautos.com In 2015 we hosted a “ meet and greet ” at our Fiberglass Farms facility. Later that week we brought forth a class of “ Forgotten Fiberglass ” cars at the 2015 Amelia Island Concours d ’ Elegance. As we always tell our visitors …. ” The Cars Are Out There ”

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