Dodge Firearrows

Prototype I, II, & IV

In 1952 Carrozzeria Ghia created the prototype for what would go on to become the Dual-Ghia. Made for the Chrysler Corporation as a "dream car", and christened the Firearrow, a 2-seat roadster without chassis or engine made its premiere at the Turin Auto Show in 1953.

A second Firearrow, compelete with a chassis and a 245-bhp ohv V-8, arrived in 1954 and marked what was supposed to be the next big line of cars for Dodge. Two more Firearrows were produced in Italy before Chrysler gave up on the line, finding the hand-formed Ghia bodies too difficult to stamp with machines.

With Chrysler out of the running, Gene Casaroll of Auto-Shippers, Inc., also head of Dual Motors Corporation, acquired design and production rights to the Firearrow series and renamed it the Firebomb. You can see the evolution of the Firearrow into the Firebomb by visiting the three running prototypes at the Blackhawk Museum.

The 1953 Dodge Firebomb is the prototype for Gene Casaroll's Dual-Ghias. The chassis is a modified Dodge, the engine a Dodge 270 hp Hemi and the running gears by Chrysler.