THE FLYING WOMBAT
1938 Phantom Corsair

Above: Clips from the 1938 film, "The Young in Heart", featuring Rust Heinz's Phantom Corsair. It was in this film that the car gained the nickname "The Flying Wombat."

Above: YouTube video of the Phantom Corsair residing in the National Automobile Museum, in Reno, Nevada. See links below.

Links to other pages:

Wikipedia Listing: Phantom Corsair

SuperCars.net

Pandora Driver: The Origin at Amazon.com

Is This The Motor Car of Tomorrow?
(Pinterest - original link is missing)
​Popular Science, November 1940 (Modern Mechanix)

Meadow Brook Concourse 2001
from Car and Driver

THE YOUNG IN HEART (TV Guides Movie Guide)

UltimateCarPage

The National Automobile Museum - Reno, Nevada

Of Grifters, Wombats, and the Dizzy World of ‘The Young in Heart’

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Note: I have no association with the Phantom Corsair, aside from my obvious admiration. My domain name actually predates my knowledge of the car. The site's name actually derives from this source.

updated 16Aug2024