[Cal Metal]

Definitely as a Sports Car. That concept to me, is strictly European. Even in ecomonically beat up, war torn countries, post WWII, these places were at least producing them, albeit in small numbers. Ferrari in '48 for example. We were still dinking around with the Corvette six years later. The Nash Healy (some what of a hybrid) never caught on, nor did the Kaiser Darrin, all of which were very limited attempts. Cunningham built some "one offs" but never produced a production vehicle.

In the U.S., USAC was very strong in the 50s. Remember that Corvette production didn't eclipse 10,000 units p/yr. until 1960--this from the World largest corporation with a lot of marketing power behind it. How many '57 Chevs sedans were sold? I think close to a million. To me, the Sports Car concept was never an American idea.