Regardless of how well a restoration is handled or how much effort is put into bringing a car back from the toll taken by the years, nothing compares to an original example that has never been tinkered with.
While European automakers always strived to carve out a place in the American auto market for their creations, those intended to be exported to the U.S. in the early days were very limited in numbers.
The 1950s were an exciting time for the American automobile. Innovation was soaring and the economy was booming and this gave way to a rich automotive market.