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Solved - NEH 2031: Chrysler Ghia Special - 1954
« on: September 20, 2012, 07:06:41 AM »
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Re: NEH 2031
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2012, 04:29:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 2031
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2012, 04:54:53 AM »
Ghia Chrysler?
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Re: NEH 2031
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2012, 04:59:03 AM »
1954 Chrysler Ghia Special
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Re: NEH 2031
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2012, 06:31:55 AM »
1954 Chrysler Ghia Special

It is a Chrysler Ghia Special, yes, but that's the easy bit.
Can you be a bit more specific and complete the name?  It looks a bit different from most of them..

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Re: NEH 2031
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2012, 03:53:38 PM »
Based on 1953 Thomas Special Chrysler Ghia (Chrysler New Yorker chassis).
This is a different body with quad-headlights... but I don't have a specific name for this version...
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Re: NEH 2031
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2012, 05:41:04 AM »
Based on 1953 Thomas Special Chrysler Ghia (Chrysler New Yorker chassis).
This is a different body with quad-headlights... but I don't have a specific name for this version...

You've got the right car and I can't actually find that it did have any special name of its own, although this seems to have a unique frontal appearance different from all the other Chrysler Ghia Specials, so the point is yours!

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Re: Solved - NEH 2031: Chrysler Ghia Special - 1954
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2012, 07:44:01 AM »
... and two images.

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Re: Solved - NEH 2031: Chrysler Ghia Special - 1954
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2012, 01:40:40 PM »
the back view is nice, but the front design, well ...

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Re: Solved - NEH 2031: Chrysler Ghia Special - 1954
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2012, 01:50:05 PM »
the back view is nice, but the front design, well ...
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Re: Solved - NEH 2031: Chrysler Ghia Special - 1954
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2012, 08:20:22 AM »
the back view is nice, but the front design, well ...

Yes, but it was a time of new ideas and those lights were very unusual for the time.  They certainly would be illegally low for the UK though (which is why cars like the Morris Minor ended up with its headlights on top of the wings when they started life alongside the grille), but I don't know about the USA..
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