The C1 Corvette.

Conceptually and dimensionally a copy of the Jaguar XK120.

The first Corvette is a dream car with a fiberglass body at the GM Motorama held in January 1953 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City. Styled by the Chevrolet design studio of Clare MacKichan, the C1 is conceptually (and even dimensionally) a copy of the Jaguar XK120.

It features a 150-hp in-line-six engine and a two-speed automatic transmission, plus a wraparound windshield cribbed from the 1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia.

The face-lifted 1956 C1 gets a dramatic door cove cribbed from a Pininfarina-styled Ferrari.

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2014-chevrolet-corvette/

Pin up artist George Petty with the model he based the Nash Metropolitan's hood ornament on

Thanks Anibal!

finally, they added another vehicle to the National Register.

the 7 that preceed it are all covered at http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/05/this-is-one-cool-way-of-displaying-what.html and they were the Shelby Daytona, the Meyers Manx, the Boyle Special Maserati, the 1918 Cadillac, the Tucker, the Futurliner, and the Mercedes 300SL

it's very likely the Camaro, Mustang, and Model T will join this list.

https://www.historicvehicle.org/national-historic-vehicle-register/vehicles/1940-ford-pilot-moed-gp-no-1-pygmy/
https://www.historicvehicle.org/category/press-releases/
https://www.historicvehicle.org/national-historic-vehicle-register/vehicles/

Honda Beat, 1991-96. I've never heard of it, maybe it was only domestic and not exported to the USA.

Designed by Pininfarina, but Honda never mentioned that. The last car to be approved by Soichiro Honda before he died

http://toplessmafia.com/honda-beat-roadster-by-pininfarina.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Beat

1950 Oliver 77

http://www.farmcollector.com/community/farm-shows/old-iron-zmmz15junzhur.aspx

it must have been good to be a client of Bill Mitchell in 1964

GM design chief Bill Mitchell built a series of Corvette “styling cars” for VIP clientele as a way of testing the waters on various design details.

It’s rumored that as many as 15 such cars were built, making them especially rare today. This particular car has wire-spoke wheels, uniquely designed sidepipes, and a vanity mirror built into the passenger-side sun visor.

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/pinehurst-concours/?_wcsid=E78D1541CFA240A187D50AAB9F2A35C5E12D67CB2705CB64

I bet this one was another

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/05/63-vette-cool-exhaust.html

Camping with pizazz

Bill Guernsey of Anchorage, Alaska, built himself a 16 foot camper. Built on a rib frame (think airplane) everything inside is solar powered. It contains a full kitchen, and a bathroom with shower.

Found on http://www.carcrushing.com/atomic-camper-future-camping-1950s/
http://vectorville.blogspot.com/2016/04/atomic-camper.html