The early '50s d'Elegance was a 2-door coupe, probably
best known as the Exner design Ghia ripped off for the
VW Karmann Ghia.
There was a later Imperial d'Elegance 4drHT that dated
from the late '50s or early '60s. The grillework
looked much like a '60 Imperial would have with
hideaway headlights, while the fins predicted the
production '61 Imperial fins to some degree. I believe
this was a static display with no engine or drive
train but I could be mistaken.
Mike Sealey
'57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
--- hullinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I had a chance to make it to the Atlantic City show
> also, and was pleased with the number of Forwardlook
> cars, as well as some of the selling prices.
> In total, I counted seven beauties between '55-'61.
> Of particular interest was the Chrysler D'Elegance
> which appeared to be a Chrysler concept car from
> the early '50's. It had a mix of Imperial/300/Ghia
> styling cues and had the neatest detail work in the
> door handles and fender lip molding.
> Even with a high bid of $300,000, it still didn't
> hit its reserve. I've got some decent photos of
> this car if anyone is interested, but I would
> love to hear it's history if anyone knows of it.
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