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Puzzle #233 - Solved! 1954 Simca by Ghia
« on: February 26, 2007, 04:42:49 AM »


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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2007, 03:58:24 PM »
Isn't that the Dual Ghia thingamobob that Cary Grant and all the Hollywood hoi polloi went gaga over in the 50's ?
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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2007, 04:11:38 AM »
Nope.
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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2007, 08:31:07 PM »
dodge Firearrow

built by Ghia on a standard Dodge chassis.
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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2007, 03:19:07 AM »
The Design looks very Ghia -ish. but it is no Firearrow...

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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2007, 03:34:05 AM »
dodge Firearrow

built by Ghia on a standard Dodge chassis.

Nope. It's a bit smaller than that.
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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2007, 04:51:24 PM »
Is it the Ghia designed prototype for the new Simca-Sport as displayed at the Grand-Palais in October 1954?

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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2007, 09:34:35 PM »
Ghia Abarth based on a Simca Aronde 1953 chassis. There was also a coupé version.

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Re: Puzzle #233
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2007, 05:10:37 AM »
Well done, gentlemen.

It's a 1954 Simca by Ghia, very much in the style of the Ghia Fire Arrows built for Chrysler.

Here's a shot of the coupe version.
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Re: Puzzle #233 - Solved! 1954 Simca by Ghia
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2012, 11:20:58 AM »
I know this is a very old thread, but I have attached the best picture ever taken of this car...