Owner: Jerry Wood – Vista, California
Hand-built by Jerry Wood with words of encouragement from Rodney Packwood
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: 172 (3 digit stamp on latch-plate of door)
Doors: Passenger only
Engine: 331 Chrysler Hemi
Transmission: GM Muncie 4-speed
Chassis: Shorty Post frame #PC102013
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Hood and Grille: Custom aluminum by Jerry Wood
Seats: Custom aluminum by Jerry Wood
Wheels/Rims: 1934 Dodge
Windshield: Cut-down MGA
Owner: David Rex – Virginia
Known as the “Comet” this G2 was raced back in the 50s with great success
Highlights:
Year: 1952
Body Number: unknown
Doors: Racing passenger door only
Original Engine: 1953 Ford V8 Flathead
Original Transmission: 1953 Ford 3 speed
Current Engine: 1956 Experimental Chevrolet Corvette 283
Current Transmission: 1956 Corvette 4-speed
Chassis: MGTD purchased from Wacky Arnolt
Special Features:
Painted in American racing colors – blue and white
Three signalling lights installed on passenger door to indicate to pit crew intentions of racing, coming in for repair, or problems
Fabricated grill/opening to reduce weight for racing
Owner: Robert Lugo – Phoenix, Arizona
Originally owned and built by John Knebel – Robert Lugo is second owner
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G2B53114
Doors: 2 doors
Original Engine: 1953 Ford V8 Flathead
Original Transmission: Ford 3-speed
Original Rear Axle: Columbia 2-speed
Current Engine/Transmission: 1990 Buick 3.8L V6
Chassis: Shorty Post (missing frame number)
Special Features:
Displayed at 1954 Petersen Motorama
One of few G2’s built with Nash front grille
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Owner: Roger Lidstrom – Sweden
Shown at automobile events across Sweden. Wow!
Highlights:
Year: 1952
Body Number: G2C4406
Doors: Passenger door only
Engine: unknown
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: Shorty Post #PC102019
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Owner: DeWayne Ashmead – Utah
Factory Glasspar G2 with Cadillac 331 ci power – Vroom!!!
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G253028
Doors: two doors
Engine: 1953 Cadillac 331 cubic inch
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: Shorty Post #PC013028
Special Features:
Frenched headlights – recommended and approved by Bill Tritt
Jaguar XK120 windshield
Non-standard factory hoodscoop
1941 Lincoln-Zephyr front and rear bumpers
Cadillac wire wheels
Chromed Glasspar G2 grille
Ford Banjo Steering Wheel
Owner: Mark Brinker – Houston, Texas
Glasspar Factory “Works” racecar – one of first factory race cars in postwar America. Known as the Mameco-Ardun racecar. Beautifully restored by Hatfield restoration and winner of Dean Batchelor Trophy at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2012.
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G2353141
Doors: two
Engine: 1953 Ford V8 Flathead with Ardun Heads
Transmission: Ford 3-speed
Chassis: Mameco Chassis number 1
Special Features:
First use of Glasspar factory hoodscoop
Has rare – typically early – spare tire well in trunk
First raced by Warren Gerdes – Production Foreman for Glasspar. Next driver was Bill Pollack.
First painted in brown and orange; later changed to American racing blue and white
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Owner: Smithsonian Museum – Washington, D.C.
Donated to Smithsonian Museum by Dale Dutton of California
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G253151
Doors: two
Engine: 1953 Lincoln – overhead valve
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: modified Lincoln
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Featured in many magazine articles and most recently on Ray Everham’s TV show “AmeriCarna” which debuted in April, 2015
Owner: Pat Hoover – Commack, New York
Bill Hoover, Pat’s father, was the original owner/builder of this beautiful Glasspar G2
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G253152
Doors: two
Engine: Ford V8 Flathead
Transmission: Ford 3-speed
Chassis: unknown
Special Features:
1941 Lincoln Zephyr bumpers
Owner: Unknown – Unknown
Restored as Johnny Dark Glasspar and sold at Barrett-Jackson auction. Current owner unknown.
Highlights:
Year: unknown
Body Number: unknown
Doors: none
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There are several Glasspar G2’s that have been identified as being used in the movie. The real one has yet to be found.
Owner: Tom and Barb Chandler – Elkader, Iowa
First Glasspar G2 bodied on Shorty Post fame – #0001
Highlights:
Year: 1952
Body Number: 154
Doors: Passenger door only
Engine: 1953 Mercury V8 Flathead
Transmission: Mercury 3-speed
Chassis: Shorty Post Chassis #0001, August, 1952
Special Features:
Beautifully restored by owners using original engine speed parts; use of wide-5 style Ford wheels harkens back to 1st choice for race cars due to wheel strength “back in the day.”
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Owner: Alan Mortlock – Sykeston, Missouri
Beautifully restored using the “World of Wheels” Trading Card as the Guide for its finish
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G253157
Doors: Passenger Door only
Engine: 1954 Ford Y-Block
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: 1940s Plymouth
Special Features:
Fenton intake manifold with three 2-barrel carburetors
Equipped with Glasspar factory hardtop
Thundbird Hoodscoop
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Owner: William “Bill” Jabs – Eagle Creek, Oregon
Featured at the 2007 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
Highlights:
Year: 1952
Body Number: unknown
Doors: Two doors
Engine: 1953 Mercury V8 Flathead with 3 carburetors
Transmission: 3-speed
Chassis: unknown
Special Features:
Finned Offenhauser aluminum heads
Polished aluminum intake manifold
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Owner: Unknown – Unknown
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Year: 1952
Body Number: G2952164
Doors: Passenger door only
Engine: 1954 Ford Y-block, 292 cubic inches
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: unknown
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Owner: David Dorr – Aliso Viejo, California
Restored as the “Yankee Clipper” Glasspar
Highlights:
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Body Number: G2653170
Doors: Passenger door only
Engine: 1954 Ford Y-block
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: unknown
Special Features:
The real Yankee Clipper has yet to be found/authenticated
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Owner: Matt Ross – Burbank, California
Built, customized, and restored by Norm Jensen in the 1990s
Highlights:
Year: 1953
Body Number: G2653173
Doors: none
Engine: 19XX Cadillac V8, 365 cubic inches
Transmission: unknown
Chassis: unknown
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