Re: Fresh Squeezed...try a Desoto Adventurer circa '54...

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> > It most likely is a concept car,... That's all I
could find under "Chrysler Ghia" and "Dodge Ghia".

 and then...
 
> Thanks for looking around! But no, neither, not even
> close unfortunately.
> This one looks very italian 1966; clean lines, hood
> slopes down to thr ground in front, tail slopes
down. Clean, thin, low, horizontal grille... 


  Might you be thinking of the Desoto Adventurer? It
was a beautiful concept car in '54. Here's a link to
some color and black and white shots of it :


http://www.shorey.net/Auto/American/DeSoto/htmltree.html


  Nice car, fits your description, doesn't it? 

Jerry Casper




 That first one's (above) grille
> is about
> 2-times too tall, and has that 50's prominence
> (mouth full of
> braces).
> 
> This thing is spare and clean and smooth, Porsche
> 911 style, very
> approximately, but lean, not muscle-fat-ass like the
> 911. Big
> greenhouse, relatively. Low beltline (I wish I could
> section a
> Hornet 2").
> 
> I wish I could take pictures of the !#$!! thing!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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