05/21/2026
As One Door Closes, Another Era Begins
Our last day at Fiberglass Farms was May 15th. You would think that would evoke sadness, but nothing could be further from the case.
What a run we had at The Farms, nearly 20 years on the dime. TV shows such as Ray Evernham’s AmeriCarna and Tom Cotter’s Barn Find Hunter were filmed there. Articles centered around “The Farms” such as the one penned by good friend John Webber from Classic Motorsports. Cars were saved; friendships made and restoration paths outlined for so many cars and the legacy of so many American designers and builders. Cars currently displayed in many museums such as the Petersen, Edge and America’s Packard Museum started the path of their renewal at Fiberglass Farms. Cars that ultimately debuted at the concours at Pebble Beach and Amelia Island started their path to resurrection at Fiberglass Farms. It has been a place of renewal for all the cars and stories we share.
Cars that were at The Farms were from companies such as Victress, Glasspar, Allied, Meteor, Byers, Devin and others. One-off Sport Customs and Custom Cars were there. One-off sports cars and others you’ve yet to see. Because Fiberglass Farms gave all of us a chance to dream bigger than we ever imagined. Reach for impact in ways we couldn’t have thought possible. And while it has always been a lot of work, actually an amazingly large effort of work, we’ve all had more fun and excitement than anyone (no matter the age) thought possible. So we’ve reached the end of Fiberglass Farms, but the end is really the beginning of so much more to come.
Through the efforts of reducing the cars that we’ve owned, we’ve created new synergies of collectors who you’ll hear about in future writings. Joel Driskill is continuing our focus on Singer (UK) race and sports cars built in America. Tim Masters and Jon Phillips are taking over the majority of the Kaiser 2-doors from 1954-1955 as well as the some of the Dragons we had saved. Steve Cowdin has embraced the Meteor CR90 sports car, the Studebaker Stiletto, our one-off Piranha/Blowfish, and more, Don Keefe is now spearheading the restoration of the Wellman Special, Dan Strohl has the last unbuilt Bradley GT Electric car, unbuilt and untouched since the 1980s, and my Undiscovered Classics friend and partner, Mike Puma, has taken over 15 one-off and production fiberglass specials from the 1950s.
And we’re not done thinning the heard with sales and trades. But that hardly means we’re going away. In fact, the very opposite.
We’ve recommitted and expanded our major workshop and storage location just 2 miles from my house. With a 6 car bay, container storage for bodies and parts and plenty of room for most of our cars, we now refer to this as our “Glass Menagerie”. And of course we keep quite a few cars at my house which we have always referred to as “The Glass House.” It’s good that all our space is now fairly close (except our cars in museums in different parts of the country), but the proximity of the space makes it easier to manage the enterprise and expand as well too.
Cars we hope to get back on the restoration path include our 1964 Asteroid, 1949 Sunflower State Speedster, the Chicagoan, the Bucci Porche Trieste and perhaps even the WOW Cadillac. With 50+ cars still in our stable, there’s plenty to choose from for refinishing and re-introducing their lost history to the public.
2026 is a significant year for us. We’ve reshuffled the deck of “cars” so as to say, and that should allow us to move forward with more precision and some great stories to tell.
Watch this space for new stories gang and join us at our next event which is called “Fabulous Fiberglass” and will showcase 12+ fiberglass specials in a class at the prestigious “EyesOn Design” near Detroit Michigan – Sunday June 21st, 2026.
As I’ve said above, we’re streamlining and growing the enterprise simultaneously and I hope it’s as fun to watch as it is as exciting to manage.
- Geoff Hacker
