“BUILD A CONQUEST – BECOME A CONQUESTIDOR” In less than a year, Les had setup a company, started producing bodies, and offering kits with different options at different prices. You gotta love a car guy – and the patience I’m sure Joan had to exhibit with Les – like any wife of a car guy. Les and Joan Dawes took their big step in moving from Canada to Long Beach, California with their first child in tow – between them in the seats of the Conquest. Here’s the Front Cover of LaDawri Catalog #1, 1957, Showing the First Conquest Built – It Was a Beauty in Red – and We’re Still Looking For it Today.
The “Conquest” name came to be when he and his young bride Joan moved from Canada to Long Beach, California in late 1956. Although it was the “Conquest” as we know it, it was not the first name he chose. How many 23 year olds have that under their belt by that age? I’m sure he was excited beyond belief when this occurred, and I’ll feature a story about this car and its debut soon. He finished his car and showed it during 1956 when he was just 23 years old. Ultimately, this led to him designing and building his first car while living in Burnaby Canada (near Vancouver, British Columbia) in 1955. More about this special event in a story on our FF website in January.Īccording to interviews with high school buddies and Joan Dawes, Les had been designing cars since he was a teenager. If he builds it, we will come – all of us. We suggest that everyone who knows Jon Greuel should send him an e-mail and make sure his car is ready. And… we hope to celebrate LaDawri at a highly visible event late in the summer of 2011. Wow!Īnd why not? After all, finding the Dawes family in 2006 was what set Rick D’Louhy and me on the path of researching the early history of fiberglass cars. Les Dawes’ LaDawri Conquest Debuted in America in July 1957 on the Front Cover of Road and Track Magazine.
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