Puzzle #777 - Solved! Manta Ray

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[Otto Puzzell]

Moved to the expert's section.

[Paul Jaray]

Hi, this is the Mantaray...details will follow...

[Ray B.]

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I had this one stacked, waiting for it to be promoted, but Paul Jaray was faster !

[Carnut]

What's this, who built it and where was it built?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!

[Carnut]

This is actually a re-post but I'm looking for slightly different info; it can't progress any further than the Experts though so come on boys - sort it out!

[datsone]

Aha - one of the those great "forgotten" classics. That's the '53 Manta Ray fiberglass vision built by Glen Hire and Vernon Antoine, a couple of guys from North American Aviation in their Whittier, CA garage. "Wanting to incorporate the swift flowing lines of a jet fighter plane into a car's styling." A production version was actually proposed!

[Carnut]

Aha - one of the those great "forgotten" classics. That's the '53 Manta Ray fiberglass vision built by Glen Hire and Vernon Antoine, a couple of guys from North American Aviation in their Whittier, CA garage. "Wanting to incorporate the swift flowing lines of a jet fighter plane into a car's styling." A production version was actually proposed!

That's it, yes; said to have been influenced by the GM Le Sabre show car of 1951.

This is a re-post so will now have to be merged.

[datsone]

For some reason, that photo from Otto's puzzle makes me hear a voice in my head saying "These aren't the droids you're looking for"   

[Otto Puzzell]

 

[grobmotorix]

A 1954 photo: