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Dear Chris,
Yes, the cars were in Italy early in
63. Special Interest Autos has a very informative article that explains
the entire contract Chrysler had with Ghia including production numbers,
etc. Another very informative book was just published by Krause in 2004.
The author is Gregg D. Merksamer called "Professional Cars." There is an
article on page 161 called The Gems of Turin and he writes all about the Ghia
Crown Imperials. Mr. Merksamer is a renowned author/historian in the
automotive industry. My 64' JFK limo is pictured along with my 65' Ghia
limo owned by Pearl S. Buck.
My cars are also on this site under 64' article
Ghia Luxury Limos.
Do you have any Imperial limos?
Thanks.
Jan Witte
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:40
PM
Subject: Re: IML: James Brown's '59
Limo
I always thought that delivery
of the Ghia limos ran very late because of their enormously long build time in
Turin. And if I recall correctly from other '64s I've seen, this was a true
'64, not as much a modified previous-year model as some of the Ghias were. Did
they actually manage to deliver a '64 Ghia at the same time as the retail
launch of the US-built standard-length 1964 models?
Chris in
LA
On 12/29/04 5:55 pm, Jan Witte (wite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
wrote:
Vince,
Not to be picky back but the 1964 was delivered in
September 1963. All new models are always a year ahead. But you
are correct with the fact that the car was also used by the Johnson
Administration. Matter of fact Jackie Kennedy used the car following
JFK's assassination in Georgetown.
Jan Witte
----- Original Message -----
From: M Turner
<mailto:tminjesu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: IML: James
Brown's '59 Limo
Not to be picky, but do
you mean the Johnson Administration? JFK was assassinated in
November 1963.
Vince in Boston
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