The Ghia 450 SS challenge arrived at Ghia studios as one of the first assignments offered to their newest employee, Giorgetto Giugiaro, at the dawn of his brief but productive two-year position at Ghia. Hollywood producer and media mogul Burt Sugarman had seen the1965 Ghia Fiat on the cover of Road & Track magazine. Sugarman contacted Ghia to discuss building the design as a convertible. Initial production required all new engineering so Ghia decided to build the chassis in-house and…
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