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Overview:
The early history of Ceramicar Corporation is somewhat obscure. Among many long-forgotten auto marques: Durant, Stanley Steamer, Reo, Haines-Apperson etc. Ceramicar was never a first rate player in early automotive history like Ford, Chevrolet or Cadillac. A few advertising posters exist from the early years, but virtuallly no actual cars have survived. this is probably due to Ceramicar's only contribution to auto history, its only known innovation: the Ceramic car body. Other makers instituted streamlining, tail fins, windshield wipers and brakes. Other makers took the risk in design and mechanical advances. Ceramicar? No. Ceramicar corporation, as a matter of company policy would stand by as the new models came out each year, and then copy the best parts of several competitors models. These belated pastiches of the best of the rest assured a certain popularity for Ceramicar over the years. this is why existing vintage photos of Ceramicars in family albums are almost always mis-identified as to make and year. That 1935 Studebaker your grandpa stands next to is probably a 1940 Ceramicar! In its hey day between 1934 and about 1957, Ceramicar dominated a certain market niche. In the depths of the depression, with steel mills going bust and car fenders going bustier, a ceramic auto body seemed to make sense. it was an era of cheap gasoline and plentiful out of work hack auto designers... | |
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