Geoff Hacker<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Henry Covington, an industrial designer from St. Petersburg, Florida, aimed to construct a vehicle based on the aerodynamic principles of Dr. Augustus Raspet, a prominent aerodynamicist. To develop his prototype, Covington worked with Glenn Gums, a fiberglass specialist at Glenn Industries. Six coupes were created by Caccicraft of Tampa, Florida. Unfortunately, Henry Covington passed away in May 1962, and production came to a halt. Despite this setback, Glenn Gums proceeded to produce the Tiburon with a few alterations. He transformed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":450356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9494],"tags":[9495],"class_list":["post-450351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-of-the-day","tag-car-of-the-day"],"yoast_head":"\n
Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Henry Covington, an industrial designer from St. Petersburg, Florida, aimed to construct a vehicle based on the aerodynamic principles of Dr. Augustus Raspet, a prominent aerodynamicist. To develop his prototype, Covington worked with Glenn Gums, a fiberglass specialist at Glenn Industries. Six coupes were created by Caccicraft of Tampa, Florida. Unfortunately, Henry Covington passed away in May 1962, and production came to a halt. Despite this setback, Glenn Gums proceeded to produce the Tiburon with a few alterations. He transformed […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-15T08:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-29T14:06:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1015\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Leofe Capayas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Leofe Capayas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Leofe Capayas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b\"},\"headline\":\"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-15T08:33:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-29T14:06:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car of the Day\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car of the Day\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/\",\"name\":\"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-15T08:33:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-29T14:06:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg\",\"width\":1528,\"height\":1015},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b\",\"name\":\"Mark Leofe Capayas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/1-1-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/1-1-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/1-1-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Leofe Capayas\"},\"description\":\"Mark is a lifelong car fan with an insatiable hunger for speed and precision, immersing himself in the exhilarating realm of supercars and hypercars. Every day, he finds himself lost in the symphony of roaring engines, the allure of sleek aerodynamics, and the intricate tales of engineering prowess. From the racing circuits of Monaco to the opulent showrooms of Dubai, he chases every rumble, every gleam, and every innovation, ensuring no detail of these mechanical marvels escapes his keen eye. His obsession doesn't merely lie in their breathtaking speed but in the stories they tell, the legacy they carry, and the passion they ignite.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/marklc\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)","og_description":"Henry Covington, an industrial designer from St. Petersburg, Florida, aimed to construct a vehicle based on the aerodynamic principles of Dr. Augustus Raspet, a prominent aerodynamicist. To develop his prototype, Covington worked with Glenn Gums, a fiberglass specialist at Glenn Industries. Six coupes were created by Caccicraft of Tampa, Florida. Unfortunately, Henry Covington passed away in May 1962, and production came to a halt. Despite this setback, Glenn Gums proceeded to produce the Tiburon with a few alterations. He transformed […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2023-03-15T08:33:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-29T14:06:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1528,"height":1015,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Leofe Capayas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Leofe Capayas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark Leofe Capayas","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b"},"headline":"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)","datePublished":"2023-03-15T08:33:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-29T14:06:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/"},"wordCount":163,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg","keywords":["Car of the Day"],"articleSection":["Car of the Day"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/","name":"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-15T08:33:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-29T14:06:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg","width":1528,"height":1015},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/weird-car-of-the-week-1962-el-tiburon-roadster-the-shark\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Car of the Day: 1962 El Tiburon Roadster (The Shark)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/257cd15ebb06ba3ddb7fcdcc4316d46b","name":"Mark Leofe Capayas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-1-293x293.jpg","caption":"Mark Leofe Capayas"},"description":"Mark is a lifelong car fan with an insatiable hunger for speed and precision, immersing himself in the exhilarating realm of supercars and hypercars. Every day, he finds himself lost in the symphony of roaring engines, the allure of sleek aerodynamics, and the intricate tales of engineering prowess. From the racing circuits of Monaco to the opulent showrooms of Dubai, he chases every rumble, every gleam, and every innovation, ensuring no detail of these mechanical marvels escapes his keen eye. His obsession doesn't merely lie in their breathtaking speed but in the stories they tell, the legacy they carry, and the passion they ignite.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/marklc\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1c824293-0001-0004-0000-000000957564_w1528_r1.5056179775280898_fpx33.21_fpy50.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n