If I was Superman I wouldn't drive a Nash either! That Buick is a more fitting ride for the man of steel!!!
In 1957 SCTA changed the rules which specified "no chop tops", the cars had to be stock height. So Lou made a fiberglass cap that extended the top of his roof by 4" so the top of the car was now stock height. In 1958 the SCTA reversed the roof rules, and the cap was easily, and simply, removed without any bodywork to the roof to comply with one stupid rule only in effect for one race season
Right place, right time, car gets to be with the Beach Boys on the Ed Sullivan show because it scored a place in the New York Worlds Fair