Glasspar—The First Production Fiberglass Car

1953 Glaspar G-2

Costa Mesa, California, was home to Glasspar, a company that built fiberglass boats in the late 1940s. With the launch of the Glasspar G-2, the company became the first and, for several years, the largest manufacturer of fiberglass automobiles—before the Kaiser Darrin or the Chevrolet Corvette were produced in Detroit. Bill Tritt, founder of Glasspar, influenced Chevrolet, Volvo, Disneyland, Kurtis and several small automobile manufacturers because of the G-2.