Sunday morning roaming around and found a show called "CAR'S TV". There she is living the life in a little known museum in Long Beach, CA called "The Lion's Drag Strip Museum". In just a short portion of the show Rick Lorensen (sp?) describes the baby blue Aero Convertible as the prototype found in Passadenia. If this is the same car I wrote about for the old defunct WILLYS CLUB about 1990, she sure has come a long way. In those days she resided in an old Willys Security Guard hoard south of Toledo. My buddy, an old Willys Emloyee, photographed the remains parked in a back corner and in horrible conditon. He remembered the car when new running around Toledo probably driven by company exectutives. I think it started out as a 1953 Eagle Hardtop and was customized by an outside firm. As it appeared in my pics the grille was changed to the '55 version and that is how it exists today. Along the 40+ years since I wrote that article, some serious money has been spent to bring her back. Others must know some history to add here. Let's hear it!!
