1953 Chrysler Ghia Coupe. In the 1950's Chrysler Corporation Chief Stylist, Virgil Exner formed a working relationship the Italian firm Ghia. Chrysler President K.T. Keller deserves much of the credit for Chrysler's stylistic renaissance of the early 1950s. In particular, he hired Virgil Exner to design several “Idea Cars”. Exner's resulting Italian-built dream cars were all usable and running examples that were based mostly on the New Yorker chassis and had "FirePower" Hemi V-8 engines. The thought was to design fully functioning automobiles in limited numbers and possibly use some of design ideas in future production models. These 'idea' cars covered the spectrum of Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler including this 1953 Chrysler Ghia Coupe. Owner: James Raisbeck, Seattle, WA. Photographed at the Pacific Northwest Concours d'Elegance held September 7, 2014.
