Old Cars Reader Wheels: 1957 Dual Ghia

Ed Blumenthal is the very pleased owner of this immaculate ’57 Dual Ghia. The auto was a ‘barn find’ back in 1995 and soon following undertook a ten-12 months restoration. The car has been a standard at Concours d’Elegances all-around the United States.

Ed included a bit of background for us on his Twin Ghia #137 …

“In the early 1950‘s, Eugene Casaroll, who owned Twin Motors Company, purchased the legal rights to Chrysler’s “Dodge Firearrow” idea automobiles that were being created by Virgil Exner and crafted by Italian coachbuilder Ghia. By 1956 the Twin-Ghia was in manufacturing as a 1957 product and grew to become known as the “car of the stars”. Overall performance was great because of to many of the automobiles, which includes this one, staying powered by the Large-General performance Dodge Hemi D-500, a 315 V8. Overall production was only 117 of which much less than fifty percent continue to be now. This automobile is really a “barn find””, getting been place into a barn in the early 60’s and remaining there until finally rescued in 1995!”