# One of the failed post-war cars

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**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-failed-post-war-cars/158537 "2020-02-15T14:23:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-of-the-failed-post-war-cars/158537/8 "2020-02-15T21:33:03Z")

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> [@oldtimer-11](#):
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> The Playboy was a postwar two seater built at a former Chevy plant in Tonawanda NY. it was definitely not a sports car, just a tiny convertible. They got about 50 prototypes make before the inevitable bankruptcy.

And, I was the one who posted a link to a Playboy automobile-centric website about 1 1/2 years ago!

😉

> [@The Playboy automobile](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-playboy-automobile/125609):
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> No, not the Jordan Playboy of the 1920s! I am referring to the little Playboy car that was built in Buffalo, NY in the late '40s. In a sense, the guys who designed and tried to market this car were visionaries, because they foresaw a burgeoning need in some families for a second car, mostly for around-town hops. Unfortunately, the car was not successful, but since they built 99 of them, I guess one could say that they were twice as successful as Tucker was.

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