Phantom Corsair: an invention from 1938

Enclosed wheels, a low roof, and a body without the usual protruding fenders. The Phantom Corsair looks like a retrofuturistic project from a modern design studio, but this car was introduced to the public back in 1938.

The six-seater experimental car was developed by Rust Heinz and Maurice Schwartz of the coachbuilding firm Bohman & Schwartz. The doors lacked conventional exterior handles: they were replaced with push buttons.

Heinz intended to produce these cars in a limited run. Following his death in 1939, the plans were scrapped, and the Phantom Corsair remained a one-off. Later, the car entered the collection of the National Automobile Museum in Reno.