Concept Cars & Prototypes from 1953

1953 Bentley R-Type Shooting Brake

This particular R-Type was converted into a shooting brake in the early 1960s – it is believed to carry gun dogs – by W M Collett & Sons...

1953 GAZ Armored SnowMachine Prototype

Very little is known about the 1953 GAZ Armored SnowMachine Prototype. What's visibly known is that it shares many similar traits to the...

30 Wild Soviet Concept Cars and Prototypes

Behind the iron curtain, Soviet engineers and designers dared to dream big, concocting a captivating array of concept cars and prototypes...

1953-1955 Alfa Romeo BAT 5-7-9

The Alfa Romeo BAT (or Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica) is a series of Italian concept cars. The cars originated from a collaboration...

World's Largest Flying Car Archive (Part 2 of 3)

A flying car or roadable aircraft is a type of vehicle that can function as both a personal car and an aircraft. The term "flying car" is...

1952-1954 Allard P2 Safari Shooting Brake

Allard was never known for producing cars in great numbers, and the P2 is no exception, with only ten examples being built from 1952 to...

1953 Lincoln XL-500

1953 XL-500 had the pushbutton transmission in the steering wheel, telephone and dictaphone, and automatic jacks that lifted it for...

1953 XP-21 Firebird 1

The 1953 XP-21 Firebird 1 was the first gas turbine automobile ever to be built and tested in the United States. Designed strictly as an...

1953 Chevy Corvette

Influenced by the English and European sports cars being raced on road racing circuits after World War II, Earl decided that General...

"Hull Yea!" The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari Arno XI Racing Hydroplane

Imagine plopping a Ferrari Grand Prix engine into a boat...well, here's the story! The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari Arno XI Racing Hydroplane was...

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