Avis Amusement Car is Still Ticking

While almost every company with a pavilion at the World's Fair, went with some sort of futuristic theme, or at least a modern theme, Avis decided to go the other route. One of the big draws at their pavilion was the antique car ride. You have probably seen similar cars at various amusement parks around the country.

The Avis cars were crafted by Arrow Development, the same company that created the first tubular steel coaster (Disneyland's Matterhorn) as well as many of the steel coasters in the U.S. during the coaster boom of the 70's and 80's.

As luck would have it, Avis retained one of the cars from the fair, and after a long life appearing at various promotional events, today the car is located in the lobby of the Avis world headquarters.

I want to especially thank Alice Pereria from Avis for making the car available for filming.