1958 Le Mans Coupe

One of the most intriguing post-war American automotive tales has largely been forgotten. It was a car story that began in 1957 and involved publishing royalty, a design genius and grass-roots guys with imagination, ambition, and skill. But where are the cars that they built? John Bond was the publisher of Road & Track magazine when he initiated a series of articles, in 1957, about a hypothetical American car that could be built to race at Le Mans. In this…