The only thing about the car I don't like is the Autometer gauge package.
No price, which is never a good sign.
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Very cool car indeed.....
Wow, yeah they had a lot going right on that one... Right up until the gauge package. I would love to see some 356 gauges in there. The shifter and the seats also make me scratch my head.
The fancy Italian webers without air cleaners will suck in everything... Including small birds and rodents.
The fancy Italian webers without air cleaners will suck in everything... Including small birds and rodents.
The seats can be replaced fairly easily and it wouldn't be hard to provide the carbs with some protection. The gauges really do let it down 
, but if the price was reasonable (which I doubt) I could live with them. The shifter is a Gene Berg 5-speed with a reverse lock for anti-theft purposes. It's really a very good shifter even though it looks a bit out of place.
I don't get the fascination with Autometer Gauges (wnen in a car like that you could use 356 gauges) either, but to each his own. Although not my choice, I understand the seat choice; if you've ever been in an older VW with some engine and suspension work and slid around on stock seats (the seat belts don't do diddley), you get it, and I've heard the Scat seats keep you in place. The Berg shifter is sort of an industry standard (the first really good shifter), although I agree, it would be nice to have something that looked more period correct. And with the IDA's in a bug there's not enough room for conventional air cleaners, so guys have been running without them since the first sets were fitted to a VW engine. Most of these engines (especially these days) don't get a ton of mileage put on them and they're apart and refreshed or the combo changed often enough that ring/cylinder wear doesn't play into it. Piston/cylinder sets have always been cheap. Although in the Cal Look world IDA's are the king, IDF's (and DRLA's) are a superior design (a lot of IDA fans will argue that point), more compact so easier to fit and mount aircleaners and make the same power.
Weber carbs are ...by far ...the best thing that ever happened to the VW engine ! Hands Down ! What is interesting is that I went to the Pomona Swap Meet today and saw bucket full's of DCN's and DCNF 40 mm Weber carbs. Yeah...I could buy a bucket-full of these carbs. I looked at a few and they were really in pretty good shape so I bought a "bucket-full" for use on future projects. These Carbs were originally designed for a Ferrari and other cars and are are only 4.5 inches high. They work really well on a VW once they are "venturied' and "jetted" properly.....Hence they eliminate any space problems in a VW with the air cleaner etc. You can get 28-35 mm venturi"s too. Years ago, I ran in the high 12 second area at OCIR (Orange County Raceway Drag Strip) with these Carbs......So it's something to consider if you're having clearance issues with your carbs.....and their Cheap now. The old Fisher Book talks about these carbs a lot and you can still get parts for them..........Aircooled
Vintage Speed makes a nice shifter for the Berg 5 speed.
looks like they posted a price. $25K
That price doesn't seem outrageous.
No it doesn't. Not for that car.
The gauges are awful. The stereo head is worse. The seats are fine, IMHO.
$25K, OBO is a steal.
What a nice car! Not only attractive, but mechanics appear to be done top notch. The gauges are out of place and can be replaced easily for small money. As Stan said it is a steal. Somebody will latch on to it soon.
Curious, how would this car handle with all the upgrades to the suspension? I remember Vince M saying that his Ghia mostly stock what I remember not handling as well as the 356 Tubs through the twistys.
Ghia's can be made to handle pretty well, I hear. Bugs too.
Marty- Since Beetles and Karmann Ghia's (and our Speedsters) all share the same suspension components (and close to the same weight distribution), they will handle similarly with the same upgrades (rims and tires, sway bars, shocks and suspension settings).
PS- And Bruce is right; Webers are one of the best things to ever hit the VW hobby! (along with big bore kits, stroker crankshafts, close ratio gears, 5 speeds, superdiffs, ratio rockers, and pioneers like Joe and Daryl Vittone, Gene Berg, the Lowry brothers, the Japanese head guy and a host of others that developed higher flowing heads and all the other crap to make it all work)