For starters, here's a couple of home brew American plastic cars, both featured in the June '64 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
VW floorpan but with turbo Corvair engine in the back.
![Image](http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/sethke/Misc%20Scans/Hot%20Rod/Scan0150.jpg)
![Image](http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/sethke/Misc%20Scans/Hot%20Rod/Scan0149.jpg)
Except this one isn't plastic but hand formed in metal according to the text, and just cunningly disguised to look like plastic.
![Image](http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/sethke/Misc%20Scans/Hot%20Rod/Scan0151.jpg)
![Image](http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa65/sethke/Misc%20Scans/Hot%20Rod/Scan0152.jpg)