Henry Ford's Hemp Plastic Car (1941)

[Locutus]

Henry Ford's Hemp Plastic Car (1941) - YouTube

 

[Cliffy]

What killed the hemp plastic car? Big Oil plastic. Ford's car was practically indestructible.

 

[petros]

What killed the hemp plastic car? Big Oil plastic. Ford's car was practically indestructible.

Yeah nothing better than bakelite for those harsh CDN and Northern US winters

 

[taxslave]

What killed the hemp plastic car? Big Oil plastic. Ford's car was practically indestructible.

That would make the marketing geniuses drop it like a hot potato.

 

[lone wolf]

Sure would have made it easier to find body panels today....

 

[#juan]

Sure would have made it easier to find body panels today....

I once saw a Corvette that had collided with a large truck, The Corvette broke like a light bulb,
The only hint that identified what it was, was the little crossed flags that all Corvettes carry over the grille.

 

[Cliffy]

I once saw a Corvette that had collided with a large truck, The Corvette broke like a light bulb,
The only hint that identified what it was, was the little crossed flags that all Corvettes carry over the grille.

Corvettes were made of fiberglass. It shatters into powder. I saw the same thing downtown Montreal back in the 60s.