Fascinated with the Fascination

The 1974 Fascination was an American prototype vehicle created by inventor Paul M. Lewis and produced by Highway Aircraft Corporation in Sidney, Nebraska. Promoted as “tomorrow’s car today,” it embodied a distinctly futuristic vision of personal transportation, with a sleek, aerodynamic body and an unconventional three-wheeled design that drew heavily from aircraft-inspired engineering. Lewis had spent decades developing radical transportation concepts, and the Fascination became his most recognizable effort to bring that vision to life in a road-going form.

Although the Fascination never reached mass production, it remains a memorable example of 1970s American automotive optimism and experimental design. Its dramatic styling and promise of a more efficient, technologically advanced future helped it stand out as a true concept car of its era. Its legacy has also carried into the model car world, where B & G produced an exacting replica through its Historic Line in several paint schemes. I just added my third variation of these from a recent auction win (I can't find one of them that's been packed away).