The Muntz Jet, “the first serious attempt in nearly a generation to manufacture an American sport car capable of measuring up to the top-flight European jobs“, wrote the Sport Cars and Hot Rods book in 1950 published by Fawcett Publications. The Muntz is a beautiful machine, built in practical fashion from dependable Ford and Cadillac components, with a high-grade custom body added. No one knows for sure how many Muntz were made, but it’s estimated that 394 Jets were built ; of these at least 49 survive today.
Earl ‘The Mad Man’ Muntz was the a typical entrepreneur. 
He began in radio in the early forties and started in 1949 selling the first televisions for mass market as a Dumont Television franchiser. 
As a result he made millions of dollars.
In 1950 Muntz ended up buying was a very intersting sports car that Frank had been playing with for the past several years. Muntz was so inpressed the he ended up buying the tools, dies and assests of the Kurtis firm. Kurtis stayed on with the project and he and Sam Hanks redesigned the original car to make it more acceptable to a greater number of buyers. Muntz named his car the Muntz Road Jet.