Dodge Storm Zeder Z-250
You probably never heard about this car. It was a true sports car from the early ’50s built as a pet project of Chrysler’s engineer Fred Zeder Jr. In those days, only Chevrolet had a sports car embodied in the Corvette. Dodge could have an even better car, but the Zeder Z-250 never made it into production. The idea behind this car was fairly straightforward. It was to use common mechanical components, a powerful Chrysler engine, and a body by Bertone from Italy to create a comfortable and fast sports car. The Z-250 had one exciting feature (via Motor Authority).
The whole body can be replaced with a lightweight fiberglass body. The reason for this was to make two cars for the price of one. When owners wanted to go driving on the street, they would use the regular metal body. But if they wanted to go racing, they would put the light fiberglass body and have even better performance and handling. Unfortunately, despite the advantages and fantastic design of the Z-250, Chrysler decided that it would be too costly for production and scrapped the idea. Zeder Jr. produced around nine examples and sold them to his friends.