Sometimes a good Mystery Car is all about timing. Last week, Ford announced that the seats in its new 2011 Explorer will be made from soybeans, a big ecological move. But little did you know that Ford has a long history with the clever little bean. You might not have known, but Brooklyn1962 did, and he correctly solved our little mystery by writing "the car was the 1941 Ford prototype car bodied entirely in plastic, designed by Lowell Overly."
Here's the history from the Henry Ford, Ford's amazing museum in Dearborn, Mich.
