Welcome to Bortzautocollection.com
This site is dedicated to prototype cars and other interesting cars from various periods in automotive history. The Bortz Automotive Collection has been featured at ACD museum,
Cleveland Auto & Aviation, Peterson museum, Gilmore museum, Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and were the featured cars at the Louis Vuitton show at Rockefeller Center.
They have been covered by numerous magazines and featured in many car shows.
With this site we hope to bring these cars, their history and rare looks at the cars themselves to the World Wide Web.
We would love to hear your comments on how you like our website!
1955 Chevrolet Biscayne Concept Car on Display at the Petersen Automotive Museum
The Bortz Auto Collection is proud to announce that the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, CA has invited Harley Earl's General Motors Motarama 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne SO 2249 concept car
from the Bortz Auto Collection to be on display for the Grand Opening December 5, 2015. The 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne SO-2249 concept car was a very unique fiberglass design but it was also the showcase
for the introduction for the 1955 Chevrolet V8 engine.
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These fantasies are still reality by Jim Mateja
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Back to the Future by Larry Edsall Autoweek Sept 16 1991
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The ’56 Cadillac Maharani Kitchen Sink
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A Star is Reborn: Restoring the 1955 LaSalle II Roadster
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1955 Chevrolet Biscayne by Debra Powless, SuperCars.net March 27, 2016
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Concept Cars Shining Anew by Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville News, March 9, 2014
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Bortz The Collector Of Cars That Don’t Exist By: Brad Bowling, Cars And Parts
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Far Out, Man! By Dan Jedlicka Suntimes
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Automotive Archaeology: Chicago Collector Creates Gems From The Junkyard By Roger Hart, Autoweek July 7, 2010
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With millions at stake, car collectors scour Earth for lost classics by Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press
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1955 Chevy Biscayne Concept Car, Classic Car Round-Up, January 2010
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LaSalle Concept Almost Lost Forever by Ken Amrick, On Solid Ground, Fall 2014
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This Car Collection is Truly One of a Kind by AJ Baime, The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2014
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Wheels: Dream On by Ray Thursby, Robb Report, January 1, 2013
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1950s Chrysler Concept Cars, by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide
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Peek Inside the Hidden, Irreplaceable Concept Car Collection of Joe Bortz, Autoweek June 26, 2018
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Old Cars Weekly- Three kids, Three Cars (January 11, 2007)
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Chain Saw Massacre – Futurliner Busses
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5 Lessons in Owning a Gullwing, Classic Car Round Up, June 2018
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Piece by Piece by Brett Berk, Autoweek, May 21, 2018