The third photo is the original car in blue with standard 1953 Cadillac hubcaps. Those disc hubcaps were unpopular and GM went back to Cadillac’s sombrero style hubcaps. The fourth photo shows the Ghia with gold Sabre hubs used on Eldorados. Ghia of Turin Italy was best known for their show cars and custom built limos for Chrysler. One of the show cars, the 1953 Chrysler Ghia D’Elegance, was copied in style by Ghia for Volkswagen- the Karmann Ghia. (designed by Ghia built by Karmann) -Rj
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ReplyDeleteThe third photo is the original car in blue with standard 1953 Cadillac hubcaps.
ReplyDeleteThose disc hubcaps were unpopular and GM went back to Cadillac’s sombrero style hubcaps. The fourth photo shows the Ghia with gold Sabre hubs used on Eldorados. Ghia of Turin Italy was best known for their show cars and custom built limos for Chrysler. One of the show cars, the 1953 Chrysler Ghia D’Elegance, was copied in style by Ghia for Volkswagen- the Karmann Ghia. (designed by Ghia built by Karmann)
-Rj
Rj - Wow, you sure do know a lot! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteStunning. When cars had style and auto makers hired designers and gave them free range to create beautiful cars.
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