Built by Indiana metal man Bob Metz and eventually owned by Doc Dorner of liquid gl*** wax fame and used on the wax cans. Does anyone know what ever happened to it??
that was the Manta Ray custom built in 1953 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/20...reat-grinch-and-max.html?m=0&template=default
The mere mention of a "pyramid" scheme to become a millionaire sure conjures up thoughts of time spent in a minimum security Federal facility!
Mr Dorner got into trouble for that. That’s why the name of the wax changed from liquid gl*** to liquid first cl***
Find Bonnie D and it’s probably collecting dust in her garage. Probably got it in the divorce or hid it when the feds came for Mr Dorner. The front end looks like a caricature of Jimmy Durante, hot cha cha cha cha cha…. Lotta work in that car.
Bonnie died in 2015... https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153980588/bonnie_lou-dorner Some stuff on the sale and settling of the Dorner estate in Battle Creek. Others are looking for LaRocket as well... https://www.facebook.com/groups/battlecreekregionalhistorymuseum/posts/4181744042071693/
I first saw the post at thought there was going to be a picture of a new car in the garage. The ad on that can is pretty amazing. I can only imagine what the tv or radio ad would have sounded like.
more of a curiosity thing for me, Facebook links do me no good, I am not a member there... this place is all the social media I can stand
I like the touches like the way the hood opens and the way the little “scoops” retract to become steps and close again. The organic look of the front end might scare people….. I’d like to see some of the other cars he did. Definitely a man with imagination and metalworking talent.
You can see that Facebook stuff without being a member. Just hit the 'x' on the sign-up box pop-up, and ignore the sign-up stuff on the bottom of the page.
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