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Forgotten Fiberglass

Touring, BMW, Victress: Designs Across Continents

November 11, 2014 By pete

How the BWM and Italian coachbuilder Touring influenced the Victress and Glasspar.

This week we take you to Geoffrey Hacker’s site, Forgotten Fiberglass.com, to review an article we know many of or readers would find interesting. [Ed.]

By Geoffrey Hacker

Designs That Influenced The Styling Of The Victress S1 And Glasspar G2: The 1939/1940 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster

What is the styling heritage of each of the vintage fiberglass cars we are familiar with?

I think this is an important question when trying to understand the place our cars occupy in history – not just in the manner in which they were built but also in the ways each of these cars were styled. [Read more…] about Touring, BMW, Victress: Designs Across Continents

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