Word: fiberglassed
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...last week, a motorist glanced at the car alongside and gasped to a friend: "Hey, the rear end of that Rolls is a Volkswagen!" Well, almost. What the Chicagoan saw -and what more and more drivers and pedestrians across the U.S. are encountering-is a VW equipped with a fiberglass hood that bears a startling resemblance to the elegant Rolls-Royce front. It is the latest-and most eye-catching -manifestation of the doll-up-the-Bug fad that has produced a dizzying variety of conversions over the years since the Beetles first appeared...
...focal point of the Orchestra is the drumming of Billy Cobham. He plays loud, and hard, and joyously. He owns a special kit of clear fiberglass drums: they are louder than any set I've ever heard. Cobham plays full till throughout the set, nearly two hours in some cases. He plays under each soloist, so he must know their intricacies. He can fellow the complexities of tempo, and rhythm changes, as though he were telepathic. I, for one, am sure he is. His showcase was the finale. "The Noonward Race," Every time McLaughlin had an idea, or made...
...special technique for making masks was known when Higgins set up business in 1969 at his Norwood home. Since making his first mask in 1962 for his son Neil, now a junior goalie for Boston College, he had tried different ways of fitting fiberglass to face molds...
...only goalies benefit from Higgin's work. He has made a rib protector for a Boston Braves skater, fiberglass shins for a polo player, and a lightweight removable cast for Ken Harrelson...
Higgins devotes half of his time to outfitting hockey players and half to specialized orthopedic work. For children with bad head injuries he makes fiberglass helmets, and for injured people with long-term recovery periods he makes special casts...