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Monday, June 06, 2011

1955 Flajole Forerunner

The 1955 Flajole Foreunner was formed from remarkably unfugly origins. Starting with a svelte Jaguar XK120, Bill Flajole – designer of the Nash Metropolitan – designed and fitted this overwrought and cartoonish body. One of it's more dramatic features was a plexiglass roof that slid into the windowless bubble of a rear end. It's also worth noting that it's white fender "coves" appeared a full year before they did on the 1956 Corvette.

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