Old Cars Reader Wheels: 1957 Dual Ghia

Ed Blumenthal is the proud proprietor of this immaculate ’57 Twin Ghia. The car was a ‘barn find’ again in 1995 and soon soon after undertook a ten-year restoration. The vehicle has been a regular at Concours d’Elegances around the United States.

Ed extra a bit of historical past for us on his Twin Ghia #137 …

“In the early 1950‘s, Eugene Casaroll, who owned Dual Motors Company, purchased the legal rights to Chrysler’s “Dodge Firearrow” concept autos that were developed by Virgil Exner and crafted by Italian coachbuilder Ghia. By 1956 the Dual-Ghia was in manufacturing as a 1957 model and turned acknowledged as the “car of the stars”. Overall performance was superb due to quite a few of the cars and trucks, like this 1, remaining run by the Substantial-Functionality Dodge Hemi D-500, a 315 V8. Complete generation was only 117 of which fewer than 50 % stay today. This vehicle is certainly a “barn find””, acquiring been set into a barn in the early 60’s and remaining there right until rescued in 1995!”