Original Articel – Jonathon Keats – Forbes.com The chassis came from Dearborn, the inspiration from Indianapolis. But when Gian Paolo Boano exhibited his new concept for the Lincoln Continental at the 1955 Turin Auto Show, it was obvious that the styling wasn’t American. Boano and
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Cars are Art
…Imagined, Drawn, and Sculpted to a Fine Art: For many traditional artists and art appreciators it may be difficult to understand how we could claim that cars are art, but first you must understand how a car is born. Like many great drawings, paintings, and sculptures, the car is first imagined. For car designers there is a soul to the car and they see it as their art to capture and release that soul.
Living the Dream – Breathing Life into Ghia’s 1955 Dream Car Gilda by Mark Dixon
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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