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1957 July
ROAD & TRACK
Front cover picture of the CONQUEST,
picture on title page, and one page article, 3 pages total. |
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1958 April
MOTOR TREND
One page article, "Meet the Conquest" |
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1958
SPORTSCAR QUARTERLY Spring Volume 1
Conquest is pictured in a small
article entitled “Coachbuilt Sports Cars” |
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1959 March
ROAD & TRACK
4 page article contains La Dawri information and
picture, small ad on 1 page. Total 5 pages. |
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1959 April
HOT ROD
4 page article about Nerf Bars shown used in a La Dawri
catalog. |
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1959
TREND
BOOK #178
entitled "SPORTSCAR SPECIALS"
24 page article containing pictures and
details about La Dawri and the CONQUEST. |
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1959 June, September,
October, November, December1959
February 1960
MOTOR TREND
Small ads describing the CONQUEST and some other
models. There are probably many more ads like this in other issues. |
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1960 September
MOTOR TREND
Inside cover full page ad showing CONQUEST and
DAYTONA, listing the availability of Conquest, Quest, Sebring, Del Mar, The
Daytona. Two page article entitled ‘Greater Glass, picture of SEBRING, DEL MAR,
and CONQUEST. |
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1961 February
Show Book from 11th Annual National Autorama at Hartford, CT
Nick Christiano's show car is pictured
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The "Nick" car I saw was indeed a Conquest show car...white Pearl paint
with candy-colored graphics all over it. It was mounted on a Vette
chassis and have a Chevy V-8 engine that was dressed for show. I believe it was
shown in one or two of the Hartford Auto Shows back in 1959 give-or-take a year
or so. Over the years, I have looked to find copies of the Hartford Auto
Show publications, but never even found a single reference to one. I seem to
recall seeing one that Nick had showing his car. As I recall, the car was
actually not finished...maybe not even drivable, but it looked pretty flashy.
As I recall, it was an open car with no top, not even a hardtop. I believe that
I took some photos of the car at that time, but none appear to be in my boxes of
La Dawri "stuff". The "Nick" car was the very first other La Dawri that I managed to
track down and I actually drove to Hartford just to take a look at and talk with the owner.
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1961
March
Car Craft
Includes a 4 page article about that Hartford Auto Show with pictures.
What are the chances that Nick Christiano's car is pictured?
Does anyone have a copy of this Car Craft issue? |
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1960
TREND
BOOK #196
entitled "SPORTSCAR SPECIALS"
Small picture of CONQUEST on front cover,
full page picture of CONQUEST on inside front cover page, 2 page article on
CONQUEST Dr. Curwen Special, 2 page article on CONQUEST Houtz Special, 2 page
article on Simon La Dawri-Packard, 3 page article entitled "La Dawri Coachcraft"
shows pictures and provides information about La Dawri. |
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1961 May
Custom Craft |
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1960 June
SPORTSCAR GRAPHIC, inside cover full page ad showing CONQUEST.
12 page article containing pictures and details about La Dawri |
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1961 February
ROAD & TRACK
Half page ad says eleven lines of cars to choose
from. 2 page article features Air Force Major C. H. Pferrman’s La Dawri Quest
Q.T. in article entitled "Peasant Under Glass". Four pictures, three of
which are taken on the March AFB flight line next to B-47.
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1961
Custom Handbook |
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1961 December
ROAD & TRACK
Small ad 1 page.
3 page article about the
CASTILIAN Coupe by LaDawri. |
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1962 September
How to
Hop Up Your Engine
a CASTILIAN is pictured |
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1962 October
HOT ROD
A coupe with a few words, not a whole article by
any means. Does anyone have scans of the picture? |
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1963
Spotlite Book S-531, Customizing with Fiberglass By George Barris
Page 25: La Dawri Coupe, Woodhill Wildfire
Page 45: 2 pictures of a
fiberglass bodied car designed by Jim Webb, an Arts Center student. This
same car, called the SAVAGE, is shown in the La Dawri Sales Brochure as early as
their late 1961 catalog and there named as the La Dawri "CENTURIAN 21". |
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Kit Car Illustrated, 1990 April |
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Kit Car Illustrated, 1992 August
Julien Derome's VW Sebring |
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1990 January
KIT CAR
5 page article by Michael Baranowski, “In the
Beginning”. One page of CONQUEST pictures originally shown in 1960 Sportscar
Graphic article, “The Glassmakers”. Les A. Dawes, LaDawri Coachcraft and
CONQUEST are discussed. |
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1994 November
KIT CAR
Harold Pace wrote an article entitled, “Once and Future
Kits”, one black and white picture of a Conquest. |
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2000 May
Kit Car
Harold Pace wrote a column on LaDawri |
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2001 December
SUPER ROD
Picture and description of Richard Mauro’s 1958
Conquest at the Wenatchee Valley Street Rods’ 23rd Annual Apple
Valley Run 2001 |
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LADAWRI REFERENCED
PUBLICATIONS:
* La Dawri refers to a
set of six books called SPOTLITE BOOKS in both their sales literature and their
assembly manuals. Although unreferenced as to source, it has been determined
that these books are part of a series that Petersen Publishing offered during
the 1962-63 period. These books were part of the HOT ROD Technical and/or
Custom Library and were part of a continuing series of publications intended as
information references on a wide variety of subjects. They were published as
50-to-70 page booklets in a 5-1/4" x 7-3/4" format. The following books were
referenced and include the Petersen Publishing book identification numbers:
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S-519 WIRING SYSTEMS, by Don Francisco |
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S-520 STEERING and
CHASSIS, by HOT ROD Editors |
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S-521 CLUTCHES and
TRANSMISSIONS, by John Lawler |
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S-524 CUSTOM
UPHOLSTERING, by George Barris |
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S-525 CUSTOM PAINTING
TECHNIQUES, by George Barris |
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S-527 CUSTOM CAR WHEELS
& LOWERING, by George Barris |
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See Pictures above (not one of the six referenced) |
S-531, Customizing with Fiberglass By George Barris |
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