Cory Doctorow: The March, 1954 edition of Popular Science carried a great article about homebrew car builders and their killer creations. I love this "Manta Ray" car! MATE A MANTA RAY with a jet plane and this is what you get. Builders V. F. Antoine and G. K. Hire, of Whittier, Calif., work on guided missiles for a living. Shout is a chromed aluminum casting. Bumpers were fabricated from Hudson parts. Link Update: Coop sez, "That car was patterned after the 1951 Buick Le Sabre concept car, designed by legendary GM design god Harley J. Earl."