1954 Dodge Firearrow Concept Roadster II

The Ghia-built 1953 and 1954 Dodge Firearrow concept cars first appeared as a two-seat mockup that rode atop a 1954 Dodge chassis. Firearrow II, a modified version of the original car, retained the mockup's two-place seating and striking frameless windshield when it appeared in 1954. Designed by Chrysler Design Chief Virgil Exner and hand-built by Ghia in Turin, four cars were eventually built, the third and fourth Firearrows being a coupe and a four-seat production-ready convertible prototype. None came to production although the last of Exner's Firearrow series attracted the attention of wealthy car enthusiast Eugene Casaroll, who purchased the production rights to the design and teamed with engineer Paul Fargo to create a practical road car. The result was the hugely successful and exotic Dual-Ghia built between 1956 and 1958.