I would just like to thank everyone for their kind comments . As the builder of this car with the group friends that helped me along the way --IT HAS BEEN A AMAZING TRIP --Jay Leno's guys are so professional and they made us feel right at home from the start. What always amazes me is the knowledge JAY has on so many car related subjects . TRULY A CAR GUYS GUY . WE SHOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE AN AMBASSADOR LIKE HIM KEEPING OUR DREAMS ALIVE -------------THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH ----DENNIS KAZ

Props to the painter. That is a great finish.

Man, if i had that car in my garage I would just sit and stare at it for hours every day, absolutely beautiful.

I had Strother as an instructor at Art Center. He had such a great enthusiasm for design. A legend.

Interesting that they didn’t mention how much the front looks like a Corvette from the late 60s-70s. The design was a decade ahead of the 68 Corvette, amazing.

The GM designers who penned the Mako Shark must have had images of this car hanging on every wall of their studios! Another beautiful car, thanks for sharing 😊

The front end really reminds me of the C3 Corvette. Jay you hit another home run on this feature car. The owners that have so often let you be the first person driving their creation. You are the ultimate car guy. No one could even dream of the collection of cars, motorcycles, and a team of talented people that restore and keep your vehicles in tip top shape. The two men and the people that came alongside them to bring this car to completion are amazing. Jay were it not for your decision to create Jay Leno's Garage people like myself would have missed out on so many unique, rare, and exceptional cars. A Big Thanks to You!

Mac was an amazing man! I had the privilege of being one of his students at Art Center back in the late 1980s. I learned a ton from him! And, he was one of the nicest guys you’d ever meet.

I have to give props to whoever does the lighting in Jay's garage. The cars always look great.

The fact that this design is 70 years old is mind blowing.

Wow! I never thought I would see the MacMinn LeMans Coupe on the road. The sound of that engine! We took my dad to see it when it was being shown at the Petersen Automotive Museum. My dad got a little emotional and we spent a long time enjoying the view while he told us stories about the car's history and the journey Dennis "Kaz" had in restoring it. Impeccably beautiful paint. After hearing about the LeMans Coupe all my life, I felt honored to be able to see the only one left, in person. Much thanks to Dennis, Alan, and Jay for allowing the world to see this rare piece of automotive history. My dad worked with the builder of the first, red LeMans Coupe that was on the cover of Road & Track, Alton Johnson. He helped Alton throughout the build and was there when the R&T photos were taken on an on-ramp to the then new 91 Frwy. Alton's car had a 4-speed 327 CI Corvette engine and Triumph front discs. At some point after the car was finished, the two of them tracked the car at Riverside Raceway. Alton and his buddy were driving it in Malibu Canyon when the right front brake seized. The car spun around and went over the cliff backwards, but not before the cable rail caught the two men and pulled them out of the car on its way over the edge. Decades later, a cleanup crew was down in the canyon and they came across a bunch of pieces of a red fiberglass car. No one there knew the significance of the mangled pieces and so they were brought up and thrown in a dumpster. It was just coincidence that someone who knew about Alton's car spoke with a person who was on that cleanup crew and found out what had happened to the remains. On one of the "test" drives around 1 AM in Simi Valley, my dad and Alton decided to race a freight train that was going full speed, from its caboose to the engine. The tach got up to about 5800 RPMs. Since there was no speedometer in the car, they calculated they hit 170 MPH that night. There's so much more history on Strother MacMinn and his designs, the three known cars that were finished, and the men who took on Strother's challenge to build a car that could win at LeMans, but this post is long enough. I really enjoyed this video and getting to see Dennis and Alan.

BY FAR the coolest thing Jay has ever had on the show. Wow.

nothing does a build like this justice but a drive…so thank you to the gentleman that let us all see & hear it actually drive! EXCELLENT EPISODE!!!

Congrats to the two gents, and to Jay for always helping the regular folks get some recognition in this busy world of annoying influencers that don't have this level of passion.

I don’t recall any car from 1958 that looked like this car. What a fabulous design!

I saw this car at Pebble Beach last year and told the owners of this 1/1 custom built beauty they should put it on JLG. They said 'good idea, we'll meet with him later anyway'. I'm glad they took my advice

I love Jay Leno’s knowledge of everything he introduces

That's a work of Art ! Really beautiful. Designed in 1958 !!?? Very advanced

Thank you Jay, and Mr Kazmerowski and Mr Fudge, for that matter, for bringing us these snippets of Automotive History. This is a beautiful car and my God, that sound. Thank you.

Jaw dropping gorgeous. This is an epic American creation. Strother’s influence on style continues to this day.

Wow, what a piece of art by Strother! I showed my wife the before and after shots, and she was flabbergasted by the unbelievable restoration by Alan and Dennis; just stunning! Thank you two for bringing this piece of history to the Garage, and thanks to Jay and crew for another fantastic episode!✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

I cut some concrete inside Chip's shop one time not too long ago. I got to look at his car collection, and there were some GREAT cars in there!

That car looks like it's going a hundred miles an hour when it's sitting still !❤ I absolutely love it

No other show does this so well. Thank you Jay and the owners of this car.

It is so beautiful, sounds so good an impeccable restoration, I’m not sure when someone moves from body man to Artist, but this car is rolling Art!!!❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

Art, sculpture, machine, and sound in harmony.

The sound of the car I could listen to all day!

2 minutes and I'm crying high octane gasoline! I love car design... I love your passion... excellent content

A real piece of HISTORY. A real piece of ART. A real piece of AUTOMOTIVE ARCHEOLOGY. WONDERFUL video !!!

WOW!!! This car is WOW!!! I had the opportunity to see it at the Petersen Museum and in person this car is MAGNIFICENT!!! The lines, the paint color, the interior (I could go on and on) are AMAZING! It is obvious a lot of time, effort and heart went into restoring this body and bringing it back to life 👏👏👏😃😃

Cheers to Chip & Dennis & the many people who brought this historic beauty back to life. The fragile, ghost-like creation is a unique melding of historic automotive restoration, fantasy & art. Many thanks also, to our host, Jay Leno, who should be honoured some day , with an annual car show, filled with variety, history & class.

One of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen.

What a beautiful car. I can't believe how cool a design this is. What a cool piece of history.

I've been a car nerd for over 30+ years. I've never seen or heard about this beauty! Wow. Just wow. Thanks Jay for this unbelievable episode, what a ride!!

Amazing piece of automotive History. And thanks to Jay, thousands if not millions of people can appreciate it rather than just a handful that might see it at an auto show.

I was a kid that waited with feverish anticipation for the new Road and Track and Car and Driver in the mail. I would rush home from school to check the mail. The cars were the fuel for so many dreams of mine as a kid. You brought them flooding back talking about it. Great times in car history.

Righteous, what a beautiful job! When they took the hood off at almost brought tears to my eyes. But it did bring a big smile across my face. I must say, thank goodness for a friend with a lift!

What a beauty. Pure artwork. Glad this was brought back to life.

Amazing stuff, To build something so wonderful from just a bit of shell is so impressive and saved a piece of history. Love these kinds of things.

I would love to see actual wind tunnel results on the car. It would be so interesting, no matter the result!

I'm so thankful that there's still gentlemen around to invest their time and money into keeping these rare important cars in my world.

One of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen. Jay, thank you for bringing this to all of us! The passion from the builder, Dennis, is admirable. And I really appreciated his thanks to all of the people who helped him along the way. These two men seem like class acts and the car is just amazing!! One of my favorite videos on this channel to date!

The roofline and rake of the windscreen are straight influence from the Phantom corsair car. Just an incredible find and story and amazing restoration.

What a fantastic car!!...Hats off to all involved in saving this jewel....and what a great exhaust note!

Another well done video. Kaz, this is a beautiful car. My friend, Dave Cummins, was a student at the Art Center and studied under Strother MacMinn. He respected the man's awesome talent and was familiar with this design. Dave became Chief Designer at Chrysler. He is now retired here in Tucson.

Very few people alive today have anywhere near Strother MacMinn's knowledge of vehicle history although Jay Leno is certainly one. As a former student, I'm happy to see MacMinn's legacy honored with the resurrection of this LeMans Coupe.

This car needs to be revived! I've never felt so passionately for a car or design from the past.

Good job, one of the most aesthetic vehicles I have ever seen in my life... From any era...

Can't help but feel this car would have won Le Mans. She looks stunning and the build is exemplary. That engine bay is a lesson in minimalism. The guys who built this deserve recognition. Jay has a nose for the right thing.

Has a C3 corvette Maserati/Citroen mix here on the body. The interior is beautiful. This must have been so alien to everyone in 1958. Cool car.

Dennis, it has always been my position that cars have always been an incarnation of American art. The American love affair with cars has been reflected in some really beautiful pieces of what I refer to as "rolling art." Cars as diverse as the Cord, the Mako Shark predecessor to the quintessential 'Vette, the '57 Chev and the '69 Lincoln Mk III that truly show American style and imagination. The list is endless. I want to thank you and your friends for literally bringing back from the dead a superb piece of design genius from the '50s. The design is timeless and the fit and finish (and that paint choice) are beautiful. You guys _created_ a piece of art that was dead and gone and there are not sufficient words... only thank you. It is only fitting that you should present it on the premises of one of America's major custodians of vehicular art, Jay Leno who is exactly as you described him, a car guy's car guy!

Jay is so smart when it comes to cars. If you notice he doesn't mess with junk duds. "Jay knows what time it is "

That's a wild design for 1958! ❤

Incredible design...stunning workmanship...Great Jay showcases projects like this. His segments are always tops

That's some real craftsmanship and dedication. End result is pure beauty. What a thing to look at!

I don't think I would ever want to get out of it ❤ the looks the colour the sound ,just lovely!

This is my favorite car that’s been on the show hands down what a beautiful piece of art!!!!

You can see inspiration from so many cars that went into designing this, as well as inspiration that was taken from it and put into cars made since. Such a beauty, well done!

Rarely can a video of a car enrapture my mind as this did. I appreciate that they shot video from outside the car with go-pros and then removed them so we could see the lines without all the video cameras' hardware. I also appreciate that they had at least one shot from the outside showing all the cameras attached, as it gave me an appreciation for how it was done. It would be cool to get a laser scan of the car and make a mold to manufacture more glass bodies. It would work well as an electric car, showing how timeless the style is. Thank you for pulling this body out of the California sun and giving it some Eastern love. It was totally appropriate to have it at Pebble Beach to allow it to re-visit Califonia; nicely done.

OMG is this beautiful! This is extraordinary! Thank you for featuring this and sharing it with us.

One can tell right away that Jay got smitten by this amazing piece.

I am not a car guy but somehow got recommended this video. Glad I did. Stunning design. The lines, the proportions. Gorgeous car.

Never did find out about the frame construction??? Would have loved to have seen it on the lift. Wonderful automobile.

Soon as I saw the C1 hubcaps and heard that exhaust note I knew it was the 283. THIS is the sound of the hot rod era then Great history....if this car can be driven in ghetto LA areas so can any classic car, theres no excuse! FOund out the hard way tomorrow you can become crippled and beyond broke...better get those memories in while you can, they dont happen in the garage or a picture. The sounds this car makes are just pure awesome...wow

I grew up with a treasured copy of MacMinn's 1959 "Sports Cars of the Future", which features his drawings of this coupe on the cover and more delicious artwork inside. Missing from this body are the split rear windows with the bat fin, chrome form-fitting bumpers and the headlight nacells on the upper fenders. I can understand (historically) not modifying this body, but I would love to see a creation of the Le Mans coupe exactly as drawn. As ever, Jay, you deliver!

I'm older than Jay and remember waiting for the latest issues. Lost all my magazines in '82. The internet is amazing but there was something special about them. Mine were all worn. This car is so absolutely beautiful. Job well done. Thank you

Just the vision to bring this car back to life, the sound, the color, it all works..great piece of American Automotive history

This is why I watch JLG. Great people and great cars.

whoever the guy that did the fiberglass is, he really made a strait smooth job

An amazing car built by two guys that love the craft and thrill. I'm sure Jay was a little conservitive driving it, but those little 283's are some great engines.

I remember seeing it at speed week getting unloaded off a truck, not having a clue what it was. It was truly a stunning design

As a kid, Jay's age, I drooled over every R &T, Car & Driver magazine I could get my hands on, but I missed this one. Thank you Jay for bringing this piece of history to us. Either Strother Mac Minn worked with GM on the 68 Vette or they literally stole that front end from him. Well done to the heroes who restored this beautiful car.

This is an awesome looking car, I like watching JL garage, because of the unique and beautiful cars he owns or has access to, and give us a brief history of them.

Rolling art, absolutely stunning!

I Take History Over Technology Anyday! ....Thanks 4 The Upload!👍👍👍👍👍

Beautiful car! Struther MacMInn was my favorite teacher when I was a student at Art Center College of Design back in the mid 80's. He was a truly great designer and a kind and professional teacher. He made it fun to learn.

One of the best looking automobiles I've ever seen ❤

This is one of my favorite videos here on this channel. I do have one question: What would the value of this car be? What dollar amount would one insure this car? I would not be surprised to find out Leno offered to buy this. The car really should be in a museum some place. I also think that black is the only color this car should have ever been painted. Great video. Great car. All who put time, effort, and thought into restoring/building this car should be proud of the work they have done. Thank you for the video.

Easily in the top 5 of the most beautiful cars ever created. Stunning vehicle.

I have never seen something that fascinating considering shape. Beautiful work of pure art.

Amazing build. Wonderful lines. Great episode, ty.

No offense to other guests, but this car, and these guests have been the best show in months in my opinion. Very nice car. Thanks for having us Jay.

Thanks Chip Fudge for your contribution to this project. As a new transplant to CA from western AR, it's nice to see someone from "my neck of the woods". Thanks to both of you gentlemen.

Jay's channel has to be the best for cars like this. He asks the right questions, waits for answers, and is interested in the person owning the car as much as he is about the car itself and its history. Hats off to the owner of this car and to Jay Leno. I have a 61 bugeye in 70's hotrod style. It's got a v8 and Cragars. It's not a show car, but it gets looks and comments. That to the owner of this car! Great job.

Thanks to the both of you and your team for keeping this historic legend of a car alive guys.😉 We need more people like you two in this world. Absolutely amazing car!💯🤩

I truly appreciate it and enjoyed it. Thank you so much for showing it. I truly hope to see it again somewhere. Cars like it are not around anymore.

The paint is just incredible. My cousin is a highly skilled professional restorer, and that is as good as it gets. Fiberglass? Bonus points I intended to just watch the intro to hear the motor and come back later - but stayed, transfixed, until the end. A scale replica would sell like hotcakes. Excellent job, and tganks for bringing this out for us, Jay.

Truly a work of artistic engineering

I love your channel and have watched it for many years. This episode is one of the very special shows. It has captured my imagination and interest like few other things have ever done. Thank you for sharing this incredible story. I absolutely loved it.

I’m so glad, stoked, looking forward to see what’s new and restored out there Jay, thanks again for showing us this incredible work of art. Let’s thank them, the builders also for their efforts . Wow!!!

A labor of love and it shows. Beautiful execution, a real piece of history but boy, it sounds PERFECT!

Bellissimo! 😍 and that sound!!!!

Love that exhaust note during deceleration.

If I saw that car as found I definitely would have passed it up as being unrepairable. Amazing how beautifuly it turned out!!

I'm trying to put words together on how I feel about this car and I have a traffic jam. So many good words and thoughts from all directions. Thanks to all involved. This is something special.

Stunning! This car found the right guys to do a resurrection worthy of Such a important piece of automotive history that otherwise would likely be forgotten forever. Amazing in so many ways! Thank you for sharing with dreamers like me!

The history from this channel is priceless. Thanks Jay.

What a stunning work of art! A million thumbs up to all involved. ❤

ART on wheels, that moves and sounds great. Life is good.

This thing is mesmerising