Bobby Darin's Dream Car

Taken at the Museum of Transportation in 2009.
This is of singer/actor Bobby Darin's Dream Car. This car in one-of-a-kind designed by Detroit clothing designer Andy Di Dia in 1953 and features several automotvie innovations, including the first backseat-mounted radio speakers and hidden windshield wipers. It took four men seven years to build the car out of hand-formed aluminum on a tubular frame, and its eventual price tag was $93,641.21.
It has 30 coats of translucent pearl paint, with crushed diamond dust in it for sparkle. The car was used in such pop classics as "Splish Splash", "Dream Lover," and "If I Were A Carpenter. It was donated by Darin in 1970 after film and publicity use.