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The Ghia 450 SS: Sugarman’s Dream

February 14, 2022 By pete

From the VeloceToday Archives, September, 2010

By Wallace Alfred Wyss
Photos by John Huggins

Long ago, you could go to an Italian coachbuilder and order custom-made bodywork for your Chrysler, or Cadillac or whatever and pay a few thousand bucks and have a car that looked like a million bucks.

There were plenty of workmen and in the early ‘50s, and many factories were still in ruins. Italy was still on the rebound from the war.

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Sugarman’s Express: The Ghia 450SS

September 15, 2010 By Wally

John Huggins' 1966 Ghia 450SS.

By Wallace Alfred Wyss
Photos by John Huggins

Long ago, you could go to an Italian carrozzeria and order custom-made bodywork for your Chrysler, or Cadillac or whatever and pay a few thousand bucks and have a car that looked like a million bucks.
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