ONLY 1 IN THE WORLD | 1953 DODGE STORM
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2022
- Join our Chief Historian, Leslie Kendall, in talking about one of the most beautiful American coupes of the 50s. One of the numerous experiments of Bertone’s “American adventure” in the 1950’s was the Dodge Storm Z-250, an imposing coupé created for Chrysler, which aimed to give the US market a car with Dodge mechanics and bodywork created by the Italian master craftsmen
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Incredible - shame it did not go into production
One of the most beautiful cars I've ever seen.
That Silver Blue Is my favorite color , It's such a rich looking color.
OMG this is gorgeous! I can see lots of different cars in the lines of this beautiful Bertone design.
This car is one of my favorites at the museum and looks even better in person under the museum lights
Never heard of this concept. As usual concepts never become reality, but it is a terrific looking car.
Gorgeous automobile.
Stunning! Great proportions and lines.
The front end is "striking", the lines are awesome. Great story about how The Petersen got the vehicle. Thank You Mr. Zeder.
My heart aches.
This is legend.
Beautiful car. Thank goodness it wasn’t crushed like so many great show cars were.
a lot of Facel Vega there - such a sexy build
Like a fiction car out of my childhood dreams. Very beautiful!
Ahh yes and I am Benjamin Braddock and this beautiful car is Mrs Robinson. Beautiful lines very sultry and flirtatious. Great Video Thank You 🙏
I mistook it for a Facel Vega.
This looks a lot like the Facel Vega which I believe used a Chrystler engine. Check it out.
Mark you are correct the Facel Vega was manufactured for 4 or 5 years I think and ran a Chrysler big block ranging from I think a 361 up to the 383. Very pretty cars and sought after. I have lusted for one for years.
that was my first thought when i saw it.
I love the side profile, such a beautiful vehicle.
Never even heard of this Dodge , amazing car.
Incredibly beautiful for a 1953 design! :) - A sharp contrast to the UGLY straight - eight 1953 Pontiac sedan my Dad owned when I was a child! (I was born in 1953!). ;)
It sure looks like the Facel Vega, both beautifully styled work of art of automobiles. The pinnacle of automotive design well ahead of its time. Thanks!
This could have been Chryslers answer for the Corvette and Thunderbird. But reproducing that body work would have been too expensive. That corner of the market also had the Studebaker Hawk and Nash Healey to compete with to fill that niche. Bertone designs are some of the most beautiful cars ever created, and this is no exception. Absolutely stunning.
What a bummer that this was never made a production vehicle. It might have totally changed the automotive landscape forever. Not knocking on vettes or tbirds, but this is so much better looking.
This car was so far ahead of its time.
spectacular car
Stunningly beautiful. What a treat to see it.
That is one of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen. What a shame it never went into production.
What a beautiful car. Thanks for showing it.
Clearly inspired the french Facel Vega of 1954 powered by a Chrysler 331 hemi.
BEAUTIFUL 👍
Reminds me of a Facel Vega. Lovely car. I’d buy one.
Dodge dropped the ball on that one
I've never heard that story nor anything about this car. So striking. Reminds me very much of a Facel Vega. The 50s stylists were so forward-thinking (dare I say the Chrysler stylists in particularly were Forward Looking) and this is such a beautiful example of the era.
What a beautiful clean design!
Beautiful car. It looks like it was the insperation for the Facel Vega's of the eally 60's.
WOW WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CAR OF THE ERA AND THIS COLOR AWESOME LOOKS
If I would have seen that car in the American line up of 1955/56. Hands down it would have been my favorite! Beautiful Sport Muscle!
....jaw dropping...OMG !
A beautiful work of art
Stunning design!!!!
That car is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! Wow! Is it really 80 years old? Whaaat?? I wanna wake up with it 🙂
Amazing lines on this ride. Visually graceful to look at it. Would like to have seen the under the hood or heard it run.
Wow! Yet another car that I have never heard of or seen. Thanks for sharing.
DIY kits of this car to be finished by gearheads, should be made available NOW!! Thanks.
An Amazing car for it's time! Chalk up another Chrysler blunder with this beauty! Thanks for sharing Mr. Kendall. Would have loved to see under the hood though.
The Zeder is a story of engineering meets artistic intent. It appears heavier than a T-bird, the hemi gave it the adge.
This is one of the few cars I've seen on which every line and every detail is perfect. Others: The 1957 300 C, 1965 Riviera, 1969 Continental Mk III, 1981 Imperial.
For the early 50s that would have been a heck of a contender. I could only imagine now all the car shows and people having these and bringing them to them! I thought the Corvettes of that time era were awesome but this thing is amazing!
Stunning
And less than 10 years later, Chrysler gave us the Turbine.
Always enjoy these episodes. It is terrific to learn about the history of automobiles especially rare and unusual examples. Thank you!
Thank you for posting this!
1953 Dodge Storm Z-250 my lord wow
Beautiful!!!
The closest thing to come to mind is Jay's Maserati 350 GT. It was great to hear the history but I would like to see more of the nuts and bolts of the car. Would you consider letting Jay Leno go over the car?
Absolutely beautiful car. Like a lot of folks here, I can see the Facel Vega link (particularly at the front). I can also see the same roofline and side / rear 1/4 profile in the Ferrari 250 GT Boano coupe.
Another amazing prototype that makes you wonder if Chrysler should have zigged when they zagged on this one.
American manufacturers were guilty of this over & over. As an outside contractor, I'm a retired Ironworker, I once worked in The GM research center in Sterling Heights MI. As a superintendent, I was the only person in my crew allowed to traverse the hallways unattended by security. They were always moving cars around that place from one department to another. Once I came across a 2 seater sports car built by Buick. It was beautiful & I waited for it intending to buy one when it came out. When it came out, it was no longer a 2 seater sports car. It started out a cool little sports car & ended up a small family economy car.
This 1953 Dodge Storm, 7 years before the very stunning 1960 Facel-Vega, the looks are quite similar. But in 1953 this Dodge makes even the beautiful 53 Lowey coupes look ordinary. Internationally no car in that year came close to this future leading design. Kind Regards
Facel - Vega FV1 was actually released in 54 and sales started in 54/55!! 56 came the updated FVS and HK500 in 59 As the years progressed they got sharper crisper lines. Very timeless classic class look, even by today standards a head turner
Would be nice to see the motor and a test drive .
Beautiful
What a beautiful car. And this channel continues to be a fabulous addition to the landscape of you tube…
It would be nice if you not only talked about the car and it's history, but actually showed the car, open the door and really look around. Open the hood, open the trunk, open the door and look at it!! That being said, I do enjoy your videos. My father was a mechanic and sales while I was growing up, during that period and I practically lived in his shop, looking and googling over cars, so I really like to look cars over, thoroughly. I've never seen this car before. Thank you.
What a beautiful car. Wonder how it would’ve impacted Dodge through the years.
Very good looking hunk of steel, a steel masterpiece!
That might be the prettiest car Dodge has ever made. Shame it didn't make it to production
Thanks for the look at some automotive history,
So that was a deep dive was it? We got a glance at the interior and never saw under the hood.....
yeah, kinda lame
Agreed
Sensational!
Beautiful ❤️
love the styling, futuristic too.
Appears to have the same front end of the Ghia, similar to the one Dennis Collins purchased several months ago.
I always thought of the Cunningham's as the grand-daddy of Dodge Vipers, but this might qualify too.
Wow what a beautiful car....
that shape just another level
Would be a great competition of the Corvette
Beautful. Looks more like something from the mid 1960s.
Looks like a cross of the T-bird and Vette nice!!
Super nice.
For christ sake enough talking and show us the car properly.Show us the interior and dash show us the engine and let the car do the talking!
The taillights really have got a hint of Simca Aronde design...
I did have 3 cars in exactly this color...two of them where Simca 🍀
NICE!!
Beautiful car lv it
awesome car
That's one Chrysler should have built. Direct competition for the T-Bird. Looks timeless 60 yrs later.
It looks a lot like Jay Leno’s classic Maserati.
every time I see a beautiful car like this I want to build my own. if only money wasn't such a problem...
can see so many of this cars design cues used by all of the Big Three
The front side profile reminds me very much of the 1963 Buick Riviera!
The wheel covers are exactly like the 1956 Dodge Royal Lancers
Let us here it run.
Way cool. Who else knows what else is out there.
This looks very much like the car that was put into production as a FIAT 2300.
coupe S around 1961.
That's quite the good looking car. I prefer it's appearance to the Corvette or the Thunderbird of the period. During the heyday of the Personal Luxury Coupe of the late 60's, and through the 70's, I wonder if it would have gone the same route as the T-Bird, or followed the path of the Vette, had it been produced? Or, would it have gone from sports car to muscle car? It's a shame that it wasn't produced, but it doesn't really fall in line with Exners "Forward Look" design protocol, so I assume that would be why it was stuck in a warehouse.
One thing though; you personally rode in that car with Zeder, discussed the car at length with him, and he personally called to donate the car to the museum... Yet, asking about the existence of the fiberglass body never occurred to you?! Certainly, he would have at least known if the fiberglass body was produced, even if he didn't know where it was or whether or not it was destroyed. My guess, though, is that if it ever did exist, Zeder would have mentioned it. If he didn't mention it, then it was most likely never produced.
Swapping bodies, while a novel concept, would have been quite the nuisance, in practice. You'd likely not be doing it by yourself. You'd need the space for the extra body, and you'd also need a hoist and rigging for lifting bodies of the chassis, and moving them to their storage spots, and vise versa.
It would have been interesting, though, to see who was buying the unwanted fiberglass bodies from those who preferred steel, and the unwanted steel from those who preferred fiberglass, and how those unwanted bodies were modified... supposing they were. The aftermarket body selection might also have been interesting.
I see some T-Bird...
It is real nice-
Whom ever owns that car should restore a 1 of 1 back to it's originality.
Beautiful car. If it created such an audience don't know why they did not run with it.
I am seeing a connection between this Dodge Storm & the Facel Vega FV/FVS of the same time, it also had a Chrysler engine but there has to be more connected to each other & would like to know what? Both were beautiful automobiles, then & now...
Reminds me to the Spanish Pegaso
I love mine!
Sweet ! great lines, with a hemi ! they never build the best ones....
I would like to know more about the mechanics of the cars. Or at least a peak under the hood and interior shot.