![Odd and Interesting Vehicles: 1936 Stout Scarab](https://gaukmotorbuzz.com/upload/media/posts/2019-04/17/24373c8d4674c7793b5439e71bc3cd62_1555461770-b.jpg)
The Stout Scarab was a road-going diner car powered by a Ford V-8 tucked in the rear of the stretched aluminum body.
Designer William Stout, who worked as an aircraft engineer before turning to automobiles, was a pioneer in integrating luxury and leisure into transportation. Stout Air Lines is credited with introducing flight attendants and in-flight meals. The Scarab draws on that idea; it's a road-going diner car powered by a Ford V-8 tucked in the rear of the stretched aluminum body. The brand never took off, partly because at $5,000 (about $90,000 today), the Scarab was more expensive than the Packards and Cadillacs of those days. Fewer than ten were produced.
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