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27 1952 Glasspar G2 (2019) The Glasspar G2 is considered by many to be America ’ s first fiberglass sports car. The G2 prototype was designed and built by Bill Tritt (owner of Glasspar boats) for Ken Brooks who wanted a fiberglass sports car which was approximately the size and shape of a Jaguar XK120. Tritt finished his design and build of his first G2 in June, 1951 and it went on to debut at the November, 1951 Petersen Motorama in Los Angeles, California. But Glasspar was a leader. They sold a few complete cars but the remaining sales were to individuals or small companies that built their own sports cars using the Glasspar body. This approach influenced other manufacturers of the day and names such as Lancer, Woodill Wildfire, Victress, Allied, Meteor and many other “ Undiscovered Classics ” sports cars came to fruition. Back in the 50s, fiberglass was the “ carbon - fiber ” of its day. People flocked to car shows to see sports cars built from this material - and Detroit noticed. By 1953 GM had brought the fiberglass bodied Corvette to market and early in 1954 Kaiser brought the fiberglass Kaiser Darrin sports car out too. Produced from 1951 to 1955, approximately 100 Glasspar G2 sports cars were built and few restored examples remain. We acquired this Glasspar in late 2016 from a family who had it in their position for 20+ years. The car needed a full restoration and our Undiscovered Classics Team was up to the job. The new owners in Christchurch, New Zealand tasked us with its full restoration and the car debuted at the Cigar City Concours d ’ Elegance in late 2019 notching up by “ one ” the number of restored Glasspar G2 sports cars that are known today. After its debut at the concours, the car was shipped to New Zealand where the car resides today.