1 OF ONLY 2 CADILLACS IN THE WORLD | GHIA CADILLAC

[@Khun_Tim]

Ghia never ceases to amaze me. True, timeless beauty.

[@1UNCOOLMIKE]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

[@stevejanka361]

Good afternoon, is that beautiful or what. There are not words to describe those coachbuilders level of expertise. Never ceases to amaze me that this form of automotive art work is being lost. These people were genuine craftsmen. Thanks for a really great video. Take care.

[@gsmith207]

Imagine what Italy looked like only a few years after WWII in 1950? and they made this… nuff said about Italian art. Just beautiful. Thanks PAM! Love the history

[@PetersenMuseum]

Thank you!

[@Mark.G475]

Good point!! Italy in the 1950s... Food shortages, bomb damage, unexploded WW2 bombs....

[@Supercell725]

Gorgeous, I believe that’s the word I was thinking

[@mikedx2706]

Please do a Part 2 that shows us the interior, engine compartment, and the rear trunk area!

[@mikestang679]

I love those true spoke wirewheels, completes the whole package, nice one.......

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree Mike!

[@robertgoidel]

Cannot imagine how and even if this Cadillac would have ever been massed produced by Cadillac what production price it would command in 1953 ? A really beautiful car.

[@donjuan150]

Such a beauty....I need to see this in person...

[@mikedx2706]

Beautiful car and a great presentation. I was aware of the Ghia bodied Chrysler’s, but did not know that Ghia also did the Cadillac special show cars.

[@ajay-xjs]

Truly stunning in every detail

[@ronlynch7744]

This car looks so modern for the 50’s styling of the day. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@pablocramer9669]

Perfect style and good taste in coachbuilding. Wonderful.

[@Mark.G475]

That is a beautiful car. Wow. Mark in Milwaukee 🍻🧀.

[@Mark.G475]

I subscribed, thank Doug Demuro! Mark in Milwaukee 🧀🍺🧀.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Beautiful......................... 👍

[@cdstoc]

I've seen this at the Petersen, and it's truly beautiful in the metal.

[@barrym6067]

Stunning

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Just magnificent!

[@Robertsonian]

Wow this is incredible. Didn't know about this until today so had look it up. So clean.

[@edgardolim721]

very nice chromes

[@mexicanspec]

Do the tail lights look like Ford Fairlane lenses to anybody else?

[@Jasona1976]

What a treasure and remarkable beauty. Would have preferred to see more of the car, like the engine, interior, and trunk, and less of you!

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Would like to know who this car was initially built for. Any addition history? anyhow, .... very cool!

[@scotpens]

It was originally gifted to actress Rita Hayworth by her then-husband, Prince Aly Khan.

[@ronschwolsky1626]

@@scotpens Thank you.

[@jerryhawk8434]

That's crazy beautiful lv that's style

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@E.T.GARAGE]

Automotive Art, Love It.

[@BurtSampson]

I wish coach builders hadn't fallen out of favor.

[@anderslaugeprip3733]

If believe coachbuilds still excists. RUF, Touring, Pininfarina, Moal and Singer among many others still offer that service.

[@BurtSampson]

@@anderslaugeprip3733 True. I actually thought about SInger and Zagato while typing that. Even something like West Coast Customs to an extent(that Rolls Royce they built for Justin Bieber is pretty crazy.)

[@scotpens]

I don't know if custom coachbuilding is even still possible with today's unit-construction cars, as opposed to cars of the past that had separate bodies and frames.

[@BurtSampson]

@@scotpens we do kind of still have it with companies like zagato, but yea, unibody construction surely complicates matters.

[@maverickbroalso6663]

Beautiful. Who shot this piece for you?

[@PetersenMuseum]

Maverickbro - Thank you! This was shot in house at the museum.

[@Mark.G475]

@@PetersenMuseum Nice job! Well done👍🍻

[@F8Tributo]

Very cool! Wish there was more options like that today. Maybe with these skateboard electric platforms, there could be!

[@blueboy450]

Stunning indeed! I wonder how much it would bring at auction, if it was sold on today’s market?

[@marcbee1234]

The other one sold for $1.4 million around 3 years ago, I know the buyer.

[@johncross8834]

What a magnificent car where’s the other one?

[@marcbee1234]

Santa Barbara

[@gf4353]

They made 18. One sold for $460,000 in Monaco. One is for sale for $595,000 in Hyman (st. Louis)

[@marcbee1234]

Only 2 Cadillac Ghia's built.

[@gf4353]

Very similar to a 1953 Ghia Chrysler that they made a number of.

[@btolley100]

Not sure what this piece is trying to accomplish but it was a real missed opportunity to show us around the interior as well. Even if you go to the museum you cannot get close enough to look inside. Also would have been a lot more interesting compared to the standard bodied Cadillac for perspective.

[@davidgold5961]

The front resembles a Facel Vega from the same era.

[@richardleary9085]

I see some facel vega in that design.

[@danielhunter1396]

This was a time before Cadillac discovered plastic. Now car builders are basically adult lego sets.

[@bertdellaluna5612]

Wow! Caddy missed the boat, so to speak, on a world class coupe.

[@yappering]

Owned by Rita Hayworth

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Thanks. Was wondering who ordered it.

[@Mark.G475]

Well that explains it! Beautiful women, beautiful car!!!

[@marcbee1234]

There's no known documentation yet that Rita owned this car.

[@mexicanspec]

Do we know who the car was sold to new and how they drove it on the street for the first 3 years of its life?

[@mikestang679]

Rita Hayworth, the looker...

[@leewilliams2094]

In 1973 I lived in Ocean Beach, Ca. rusting under tarps in back of a small upholstery shop were a Ghia Cadillac just like Rita Hayworth's maybe the same car? and the DeSoto Adventurer ll. They sat there for a couple years and then disappeared.

[@marcbee1234]

No known documented proof yet Rita ever owned a 1953 Cadillac Ghia.

[@Highly-Sprung]

Would love to have seen the engine

[@mcashnv]

GM should have mass-produced this car.

[@muhammadfadil2515]

I wish this car will added in FH5 😅

[@panji7793]

i see some same line design in kharman ghia type 2

[@nicksgarage2]

The front looks like Exner's designs for Chrysler.

[@rjnation5042]

Really beautiful car, I think I'm going to say something dumb but didn't the guys from American pickers find one of these in an episode of their show? Rj in Oz

[@PetersenMuseum]

RJ not a 53 Ghia, possibly another coach built Cadillac though.

[@Mark.G475]

@@PetersenMuseum thanks for your replies, makes your KZbin channel a cut above! You must have a good team over there! Cheers 🍻from Milwaukee 🍺🧀.

[@williamschoemann4209]

I believe Pickers found a Cadillac-engined Nash Healy. It was somewhat attractive, but not in the stratosphere of this Ghia.

[@DJL78]

How did Cadillac get from this to where they are today? Mind boggling.

[@LP-ov8mp]

Ford taillight lenses?

[@bruceshelton1498]

Bad ass

[@robertmarion4457]

Ford tail light

[@peterharms3639]

Isn’t it a pity that Detroit, didn’t avail themselves of a bit more European finesse in the design of their cars, we might have avoided some of that brash brutalism and excessiveness that permeated the American auto industry.

[@robertojuarez959]

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