Only 333 pieces are to be manufactured.
--In 1961, musician Bobby Darin bought a road cruiser. The road cruiser will make a name for itself in history as [Didia 150].
--At that time, he paid US $ 150,000 for the car. That's worth about US $ 1.5 million now.
――But why did the car become so expensive? It was its uniqueness that combined luxurious functions that could be said to be epoch-making at that time.
--The metallic red body color of the road cruiser mixed with industrial diamond powder was the perfect match.
――And the mechanism to open the door electrically did not use the normal handle, but pushed the button, and the wiper detected the beginning of rain and moved automatically.
――The luxurious specifications extended to four seats ――Each seat was equipped with its own radio speaker, and smoking was still said to be cool, so an ashtray with a lighter was installed as well. .. Surrounded by these [luxury] features, the air conditioner was embedded behind.
――The person responsible for this rich luxury feature was textile designer Andrew Didia.
――In 1953, 35 years old, he commissioned Detroit's Clarkaiser Customs, which was initially expected to last only two years, but for a total of seven for sophisticated custom-made production and installation of individual features. It took a year.
――It must be said openly that the work was done by only four men.
--In 1960, when Andrew Didia received his unique car, he was charged US $ 93,647.29.
--But at the time, he had already found a buyer named Bobby Darin (and he would own the car until 1970), and this amount wouldn't bother the textile designer.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )