Lowell E. Berly, designing Engineer of Ford's new plastic car, is shown seated in the car as he showed it to a throng of 10,000 at a local festival. The car, mounted on a tubular welded steel frame has a superstructure composed entirely of a plastic fiber said to be superior to steel in everything but tensile strength. If manufactured on a mass production basis, the car would save steel and other vitally needed defense materials.

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Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Photo credit: © RBM Vintage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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