1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six Transparent Car

VIN: 3113436

$308,000

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    RM Auctions

  • Location

    Plymouth, MI; US

  • Event date

    Jul 30, 2011

  • Lot

    156

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    3113436

  • Body style

    Sedan

  • Odometer

    89 M

  • Interior Color

    Brown cloth

  • Exterior Color

    Clear

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

Developed by Rohm & Haas and GM for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair Futurama display. Clear Plexiglas body panels elaborately molded in the shapes of Pontiacs 1939 Deluxe Six sedan body complemented with white rubber moldings and tires, chrome plating, white painted chassis and running gear and copper washed details like the window mechanisms. Runs and drives, with 89 miles on the odometer. Original throughout except for some detail replacements for safety and functionality. Known history from new. Some Plexiglas panels are chipped, cracked, crazed or broken but all are structurally intact. A restoration would ruin this car.

Market commentary

This is the only known survivor of two built and its value is whatever the bidders wanted to put on it although the successful bid is in accord with the general sentiment at the auction. Photos only begin to do it justice.

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