Sentences with phrase «coachbuilder ghia»
Based on a shortened Chrysler New Yorker platform, this concept was a joint design project between Virgil Exner, Chrysler's noted chief of design at the time, and Italian coachbuilder Ghia's star designer Mario Boano.
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He studied architecture early on but ended up one of the first Americans to live and work in Italy, where he would design cars for some of the country's greatest coachbuilders, including Ghia and Pininfarina.
As was the case with many boutique sports cars at the time, Ferrari provided the chassis, engines, and transmissions while custom coachbuilders like Carrozzeria Touring, Ghia, Vignale, and Pinin Farina (then still two separate words) styled bodies to fit the chassis.
As was the case with the Karmann Ghia, the coachbuilder had virtually no say in the Cheetah project.
1971 Volkswagen Karmann Cheetah In the early 1970s, German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH was already responsible for building the slinky Karmann Ghia and drop - top Beetles for Volkswagen — but it also helped build a small, conceptual sports car for VW and Italdesign.