'PLAY BOY' CAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000800270001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 8, 1953
• Content Type: FORM

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PRESENTATION FORM FOR GRAPHIC MATERIAL
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(Submit to HQ-OO/C in triplicate with process sheet attached)
i July 1953
DIST. ORIG-GRAPHICS; DUPL-CASE FILE; TRIPL-SOURCE FILE; QUAD-FO RECORD
AREA
Detroit, Mich.
SUBJECT
"Play Boy" car
GIFT LOAN
NUMBER OF ITEMS AND CATEGORY (St! hotographs, negatives, or slides)
2 Still photographs 8 x l0
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DATE OF EXPOSURE Unknown
One view showing car with top up
17 It It top down - Both side views
Proposed arrangement for investment in production of automobiles in Japan...
Estimated annual sales three or four million dollars-The engineering company which
furnished these stills, manufactures tools., jigs and special machinery for indus-
trial firms but they do not maintain an automobile mfg plant. They did supply cer-
tain machinery equipment for a company in Buffalo,NY, which made the "Play Boy".
The dies, jigs$ etc, which are in their possession, were actually items intended
for use by the "Play Boy" company, which was located in Buffalo, NY; due to finan-
cial difficulties, however, payment could not be made for this equipment. Our
source was left holding the equipment and thereupon sent a representative to Japan
with the idea of unloading it on one of the Japanese automotive companies, as that
country is in a position to use small automobiles, such as "Play Boy". As of the
above date it appears that results will be nil because, while all our source
wished to do was tol7sell the die and fixture equipment, it seems that the Japanese
wish to borrow the complete blueprints of the whole car as well as have our source
draw up complete working plans: for the tooling of the plant in Japan for the man-
ufacture of the car in Japan and likewise finance this necessary equipment, which
would be reimbursable out of earned income... Source has rejected this proposal
bolt have initiated negotiations with another firm in Japan..Some specifications of
the Playboy are: length bumper to bumper: 13 ft; height 54 in; width 58 Imo; seat
width 51 in;weight 1900 lbs; speed
ph?Gaso-,,ponsumption:35 miles to US gallon
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