Dual-Ghia Convertible Ghia
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| colour | | Red | | drive | | LHD | | type | | unknown | | EnVKV | | | | year | | 1957 | | mileage | | 11.145 km / 6.925 mi | | Chassis No. | | 134 | | price | | 131.393 GBP | | VAT | | No | | city | | Houston, TX 77079 | | country | |  |
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This 1957 Dual- Ghia Convertible . It is equipped with a Automatic transmission. The vehicle is Red with a Tan Leather interior. It is offered As-Is, not covered by a warranty.
1957 Dual-Ghia Convertible Chassis No. 134 Specs: 315 cubic inch Dodge D-500 hemispherical head V-8 engine rated at 250 horsepower, dual four-barrel carburetors, automatic transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, live axle rear suspension with semi-elliptical leaf springs, four-wheel power-assisted drum brakes, wheelbase: 115.2 History: In one of the serendipities of the Fifties, Chrysler s concept cars, created by industrial designer Virgil Exner and executed by Ghia particularly the famed Thomas Special and the Dodge Firearrows found a sponsor in an American entrepreneur, Eugene Casaroll, who brought concept to reality in the Dual-Ghias. Famed as the automobile of choice of Hollywood s party crowd, particularly the bad boys of Frank Sinatra s Rat Pack, the Dual-Ghia and its successors were much more than show-off cars. They embodied America s successful entrepreneurial class, in business and entertainment. Seeing the potential of the Thomas Special and its successors the Dodge Firearrows, Casaroll stepped up when Chrysler declined to bring the concepts to production. After acquiring the rights to the Firearrow design from Chrysler he entered into an agreement to buy bare Dodge chassis. Shipped to Ghia, they were bodied with refined versions of the Firearrow design, and then returned to Dual Motors factory in Michigan where the D-500 dual quad Hemi engines, Torqueflite automatic transmissions and running gear were installed to create the Dual-Ghia. Knowing these weren t ordinary automobiles, Casaroll made one more fateful decision: he personally approved every purchaser of a Dual-Ghia. He willfully rejected many substantial cash offers from purchasers he felt were unworthy of the Dual-Ghia s exclusivity, luxury, and design. It wasn t a rational business decision but i
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