PLAYBOY MOTOR CARS
News and Updates
PLAYBOY CAR NEWS
(updated September 25, 2008)
We have just received this vintage photo, from a viewer in Connecticut, of a Playboy car that his father, a potential dealer back in the day, wrecked. So sad!
VIDEO OF MY PLAYBOY CAR DRIVING
Here is the link to a short video on You Tube showing the Webmaster of this site driving his Playboy car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ftvlWYrig
ANOTHER PLAYBOY CAR "DISCOVERED"
We are excited to report that, because of this website, we have just learned of the existence of car #44 in Ohio. This serial number had been previously unaccounted for. The car has had the same owner for over 30 years. Below is a photo of car #44.
We have also re-established contact with the owner of car #62 in Pennsylvania. Here is a recent photo of his car, although he states that since this photo was taken he has replaced the bumpers with the correct bumpers:
NEW YORK STATE TRIP
In early April, 2008, the Webmaster of this site traveled to Buffalo, New York and other parts of upstate New York to visit and learn more about several Playboy cars that are located there. Because there were so many new car photos acquired as a result of this trip, please see the new pages I have added to this site entitled "NEW CAR PHOTOS" and "EVEN MORE OLD PHOTOS" which are dedicated to this New York trip.
Car #72, shown below, is now completely restored and is residing in Ohio.
Car #38, shown below, was sold to a new owner near Tucson, Arizona in October, 2007. Here is the car upon its arrival with restoration ready to begin. This new owner made considerable progress in a short period of ownership. The car was recently driven over 30 miles, the first time it had been driven this far in over 20 years. Then this car changed owners again in January 2008 and is now residing in the Los Angeles area of Southern California.
An unknown numbered Playboy car was apparently re-discovered in October, 2007 in swamp-like conditions and in bad shape in Louisiana. See photos below.
Car #91, shown below, which was previously at the Owl's Head Transportation Museum in Maine, was auctioned in Maine on August 18, 2007 and the new owner is in Missouri.
Below is car #51, which was acquired by the Pierce Automotive Museum in Buffalo, New York in August, 2007. Its final restoration is complete and it has been placed on public display.
We have just received this photo of a Playboy car dealership in Reading, Massachusetts from a gentleman in Florida whose father and uncle owned this shop.
We have recently received these three wonderful historical photos shown below from the private library of a website viewer now living in Arkansas whose father had invested money to be a prospective Playboy car dealer in Illinois back in 1948. His father was allowed to borrow a Playboy car for two weeks in order to show prospective buyers what they would get by purchasing a Playboy car. Our website viewer is pictured in coveralls in the first photo and his father is pictured driving a car in the second photo outside their shop in Illinois.
We have recently received this photo showing car #56 since its complete restoration by its owner, a former original Playboy car factory worker who originally actually built this exact car back in 1948 when the factory was still in operation! Beautiful car!
Playboy car #34, shown below, was on public display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California from June 2007 through February 3, 2008. The display was called "Microcars - the Minimum in Motoring." While not technically a microcar, the Playboy car was selected for display due to its rarity. There are only three Playboy cars currently known to be in California (cars #24, 34, and 38). The display has ended and this car has now returned to its home in Orange County, California.
Visit the Petersen Museum's website at:
On April 26, 2008, Playboy car #34 was awarded a First Place Trophy for "People's Choice Car 1940-1949" at the Orphan Car Show held at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California.
