1956 Bangert Manta Ray Sports / Race Car
Inspired By The 1954 Buick Wildcat II Concept Car
Noel Bangert was in his early 20s when he decided he wanted to design and build a sports car. He first teamed with up with the Campbell brothers in 1953 and created a sports car body for use on short wheelbase foreign sports cars. This design was later sold by the Hollywood Plastics Sports car company. In 1954 he opened up his own company called “Bangert Enterprises” in Los Angeles, California, and launched his second car – the “Stag.” This was targeted for sale to race car builders with the most famous one built being the Baldwin Mark II driven by Bill Pollack.
Bangert’s work continued to evolve and by the summer of 1955 his third design debuted – the Bangert Manta Ray. This design was inspired by the 1954 Buick Wildcat II Concept car built from the new “wonder” material – fiberglass. Back then, “fiberglass” was the “carbon-fiber” of its day and drew attention wherever cars built from this composite appeared.
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Location: Tampa, Florida, United States
