Octane Magazine, April 2010 It never ran in period but now an American enthusiast has breathed life into Ghia’s 1955 dream car Gilda… ‘I just hate pushing cars at car shows’ is the reason Scott Grundfor gives for breathing life into the Ghia Gilda, more
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X Factor by Mick Walsh – Ghia’s 1955 Streamline X Gilda
Text by Mick Walsh, photography by Tim Scott Classic and Sports Car Magazine, April, 2010 Named after a Hollywood icon, Ghia’s 1955 Streamline X Gilda now has the turbine power to match its sensational looks. Mick Walsh discovers how it was brought to life. Finned
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The Salt of the Earth and Don Ricardo By Dennis Adler
What happens when the driver’s door pops open on a 300SL— at 150 mph? For everyone except Don Ricardo, that’s a purely hypothetical question. In 1967, during a record run at Bonneville, that’s exactly what happened to him. Vibration freed the latch, and as the
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An MBCA National President’s Favorite Car Preserved By Scott Grundfor
Sometime in March 1997 my friend John Ling told me about an old Mercedes-Benz for sale at a Lincoln-Mercury dealer near Milwaukee. The car, said to be a convertible, was being sold to settle an estate. A week or two later, John had time to
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Scott Restorations Fountains of Youth By Ted West
Mercedes Magazine, 1989 In automotive terms, California is Reincarnation Country. In evidence, we offer Scott Restorations. Located on an unassuming back street in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, and run by a kindly, unassuming fanatic named Scott Grundfor, this firm produces some of the best 300SL
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Taking the Bends out of Mercedes by Cedric Ricks
Kalamazoo Gazette, April 1997 This feature article appeared in the Kalamazoo Gazette, the local newspaper in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where Scott Grundfor Co. was located until October, 2001. Scott Grundfor’s love affair with cars dates back to his days as a curious youth who tinkered with
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USA Today – Tell us about your car: Scott Grundfor’s Ghia Streamline X
As stunning cars go, it’s basically impossible to beat this Ghia Steamline X concept. The Italian prototype is a gorgeous and significant today as it was in 1955 when it set the auto world on fire. As if the looks weren’t enough, it innovated with
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California Dreamin’ By Virginia DeMoss
Photography by David Gooley The Star (Mercedes Benz Club Magazine), July/August 2009 Scott Grundfor’s Views on Mercedes-Benz and Dream Cars While studying public management at UCLA in the mid-’60s, Scott Grundfor opened up a small automotive detail and repair shop at home to pay his
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The Matching, Immaculately Conserved, Ultra Low Mileage Mercedes “Twins” by Scott Grundfor
Imacculately Preserved Mercedes-Benz Teutonic Twins 1971 Mercedes Benz 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet VIN#: 111-027-120-01533 DB904, Midnight Blue exterior with a 265 Parchment Leather interior and Dark Blue German canvas convertible top Makassar Ebony wood trim 1972 Mercedes Benz 600 VIN#: 100-012-120-02139 DB904, Midnight Blue exterior with
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1955 Ghia Gilda Streamline-X Image Galleries
It’s 1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower is President of the United States, and as it’s been nearly a decade since the end of the Second World War, the world is rapidly changing. Unlike the rest of the Western world though, America isn’t sitting in a shadow
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