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One of the Most Iconic 1950s Custom Cars With Glowing Goodyear Tires Is for Sale


There's no overstating it: This is a staple of automotive history, especially in the customization world.

Street coughed up another $75,000 to create the Golden Sahara II, which not only had cosmetic upgrades like quad-stacked headlights and different bumpers, but also a remote control driving system. This wonderful machine could be driven from outside the cabin in 1956, as it used antennas in the bumperettes to receive commands like “start,” “stop,” “accelerate,” and “brake.” It even had some sort of voice control that baffled showgoers in the middle of the 20th century. Mecum Everything was completed just in the nick of time for the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, but in a run of bad fortune, the Golden Sahara II was damaged in transit.

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