Put THIS in the ideas hopper --
http://www.carquip.com/sale/ghia/index.asp
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Put THIS in the ideas hopper --
http://www.carquip.com/sale/ghia/index.asp
http://www.carquip.com/sale/ghia/index.asp
That's sweet! It took me a moment to notice the headlights and Speedster windshield. Wonder what it'd take to make it streetable.
Streetable for me would be a tank of gas and the keys! Love the headlight treatment. Very early 911 (swb cars). That looks SO right on this car. Do you guys think was a coupe to start with or a convertible?
angela
angela
I 'member seeing that car in one of the VW magazines a while ago and kinda liked it. If I didn't own/drive a series of three Ghias in a row over the past nine years, I'd be MUCH more intrigued by the car.
I'm just over Ghias for a while, I guess. Looking for something a little more rare and "race breed" I think, even if I have to concoct it myself.
He did a superb job on the car, no doubt, but I still come up with a single word, "Why?", almost anything, from a 356, to an early Fiat, through to a Lancia or MGB GT would have been as much fun, responded as well to the modifications and ended up a better and more valuable car for the effort.
IMHO
Worthless and subjective as it is . . . .
Oh, I still have a '74 Ghia coupe in really nice condition, partly disassembled with TONS of new and refurbished parts to put it back together. Optional fiberglass tilt nose, sliding cloth sunroof, early style towel-bar bumpers, aluminum dash, racing gauges and much more are also available if you want to go in that direction. Lop off the roof and build your own Ghia Speedster. I'll let it go at a "friendly forum discount" !
I'm just over Ghias for a while, I guess. Looking for something a little more rare and "race breed" I think, even if I have to concoct it myself.
He did a superb job on the car, no doubt, but I still come up with a single word, "Why?", almost anything, from a 356, to an early Fiat, through to a Lancia or MGB GT would have been as much fun, responded as well to the modifications and ended up a better and more valuable car for the effort.
IMHO
Worthless and subjective as it is . . . .
Oh, I still have a '74 Ghia coupe in really nice condition, partly disassembled with TONS of new and refurbished parts to put it back together. Optional fiberglass tilt nose, sliding cloth sunroof, early style towel-bar bumpers, aluminum dash, racing gauges and much more are also available if you want to go in that direction. Lop off the roof and build your own Ghia Speedster. I'll let it go at a "friendly forum discount" !
Looking at those headlights again... I think he just used the 911 lenses on 356? or VW? lamps.
Gotta tell you - Steve and I really like this little car. Looks like more fun than a barrel of barrel o' monkeys!
agnela
Gotta tell you - Steve and I really like this little car. Looks like more fun than a barrel of barrel o' monkeys!
agnela
That car looks great! Haven't I said repeatedly that 356's and Ghias are blood sisters?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/1971_VW_Karmann-Ghia.jpg
Just a photo-chop, but the Ghia and 356 just seem SO compatible, I'm surprised that they don't mate more often in nature. Probably because they're much more domesticated now and subject to the whims of breeders and the buying public. You just rarely see then in the wild anymore.
This one was a free-range model . . .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/DSCN0184.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/DSCN0186.jpg
You can see the differences in the fore and hind quarters as well as the variations in the "pelt", no doubt meant for better camouflage in junk and salvage yards. Very much different from the more domesticated of the species.
Just a photo-chop, but the Ghia and 356 just seem SO compatible, I'm surprised that they don't mate more often in nature. Probably because they're much more domesticated now and subject to the whims of breeders and the buying public. You just rarely see then in the wild anymore.
This one was a free-range model . . .
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/DSCN0184.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/DSCN0186.jpg
You can see the differences in the fore and hind quarters as well as the variations in the "pelt", no doubt meant for better camouflage in junk and salvage yards. Very much different from the more domesticated of the species.
Might be time to take the free-ranger to the vet. Might have to dart it first, but it needs a little chemo.
Probably can't house break 'em, either.