La Carrera Panamerica, by Pink Floyd, the documentary of 1992

this video was a good look at the 1990's running of the race, and it included clips from the 1950's and 60's to show the history of the race. It did a good job of explaining what brought the race to being, and how it's changed. One of the most unusual cars that has been in the race is the above, which I think is a Cadillac with an airplane greenhouse mated to the top instead of the cars windows, A and C pillars, and roof

it appears in the video at minute 56 and 50 seconds , and 57 and 10 seconds

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1957 Corvette SS

it was built by buying a Mercedes 300sl, and recreating the chassis with a tube frrame, and mounting the Corvette racing gear to that. Magnesium body parts to get it lightweight, and they went racing at Sebring

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the 300SL that were at the LaJolla Classic Car... with and without front bumper made for a contrast and comparison moment

 Noitce the above headlights aren't as nice looking as the below

 and above the bumper doesn't accentuate the car like having the bumper removed below

 marvelous luggage

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