Re the Dodge Granada; yes, there was a show car called
Granada and it looked a little like the Packard Panther,
coming out of the same time frame.
Mike Sealey wrote:
>
> ---- Richard Main wrote:
>
> > I was looking at a fully restored immaculate 1954 Plymouth Belmont at the
> > Blackhawk Car Museum near here today, and the guy next to me said Chrysler
> > only made one of these. Is that true?
>
> It is indeed. The Belmont was unusual in that it was
> (AFAIK) the only Chrysler show car of that era done by
> a coachbuilder other than Ghia. (Briggs Body, which was
> taken over by Chrysler in late `53 and had prior to that
> supplied bodies not only to Chrysler but to Packard and
> some Hudson bodies as well, turned the Belmont out in
> their Advanced Design facitities. The Belmont,
> therefore, just about has to be the last car to come out
> of Briggs AD.)
>
> Not sure if it was the Belmont or the Explorer, but one
> of the two was powered by what was described as "a Dodge
> V8"; this was later discovered to be a pre-production
> '55 Plymouth 241 or 260...
>
> While typing this, I did remember another Chrysler show
> car from the '50s not done by Ghia. There was a 2-seater
> Dodge (may have been called "Granada"?) which I believe
> was done by Creative Industries. I've only seen pics of
> this one in its unrestored state, but it doesn't look
> like any of the Ghia showcars, altho a case could be
> made for some Maury Baldwin influence. This car was part
> of the Joe Bortz collection when I saw a picture of it,
> and may still be there.
>
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