The LeMay—America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington has a number of unusual cars on display. Some of these are one-of-a-kind cars, such as hot rods, movie cars, and prototypes. Others were novel car ideas which had limited production. Some of these cars are shown in the photographs below.
Ford:
Shown above is a 1923 Ford T-Bucket Roadster.
Shown above is a 1932 Ford Sedan Delivery with a 1953 Mercury Flat Head with Ross pistons, MSD ignition, and Offy Heads/intake.
Shown above is a 1933 Ford Deluxe 3-Window Hot Rod Coupe restored as a 1950s style hot rod equipped with some of the rarest original speed equipment of the 1950s. According to the display:
“The engine is a Ford 59AB Flathead with extremely rare ELCO Twin Plug Heads topped off with an S.C.O.T. Supercharger. Also added are two Stromberg 97s and a Thickstun Air Cleaner along with a Nash Twin Distributor.”
Shown above is a 1951 Ford F100 Pickup Truck. The engine in this vehicle is a 1998 Ford 302.
Shown above is a 1959 Ford Thunderbird, 2-Door Convertible.
Buick:
Shown above is the 1964 Buick Wildcat Prototype Series 4600. According to the display:
“Mitchell-Bentley Corporation’s owner Don Mitchell suggested to GM that they should build a special lightweight fiberglass Buick. Buick expressed interest and selected the 1964 Buick Wildcat as the prototype. Over the next two months, workers removed most of the exterior panels from the Wildcat, fabricating them in fiberglass. This one-of-a-kind car was never picked up for production, but was saved by Don Mitchell.”
Owosso:
Shown above is a 1986 Owosso Pulse Coupe. It has a 400cc, 2-cylinder engine and a manual 6 speed transmission.
BMW:
Shown above is a 1958 BMW Isetta 300, 1-Door Coupe.
Messerschmitt:
Shown above is a 1956 Messerschmitt KR200 Cabin Scoot. This is a three-wheeled, two-seat, rear-wheel-drive car built by a West German aircraft manufacturer. The top is hinged so that passengers can get it. The top can also be removed.
Barris Custom:
Shown above is the 1994 Barris Custom Flintmobile which was used in the film “The Flintstones.” It is powered by six 6-volt batteries and consists of a fiberglass shell molded over a golf cart chassis.
