1media/Misc_02.jpgmedia/Misc_04.jpg2020-06-30T10:52:54-07:001960 DiDia 1506plain2020-08-27T15:46:55-07:00Seen here in front of a nightclub on La Cienega, this science fiction-inspired car was hand-built for clothing designer Andrew DiDia. The car featured an aluminum body, lights that turned with the wheels, and thirty coats of paint mixed with glittering diamond dust. The modified Cadillac engine gave it a top speed of 140 miles per hour. “Mack the Knife” crooner Bobby Darin stunned onlookers by arriving in the car at the 1961 Academy Awards and later donated it to the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, where it is still on display.
1media/Misc_03.jpgmedia/Misc_03.jpg2020-06-30T10:50:36-07:001949 Hall Airway1plain2020-06-30T10:50:36-07:00Like the Davis Divan, the Airway was an automobile designed from the ground up with the budget shopper in mind. Intended for short drives around town, the mini-car had a top speed of 45 miles per hour thanks to its rearmounted 10-horsepower, air-cooled engine. Its extensive use of lightweight aluminum and plastic helped the car travel 45 miles on a gallon of gasoline. Based in San Diego, the T. P. Hall Engineering Corporation only manufactured one coupe (seen here) and one sedan before folding.
