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John Moxon 
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Nice early Ghias, boys
Ace period pic of a 58/9 Toucan Black Coupe
Interesting detail that the wheels looks to be all black rather than having (the thought to be factory) Steel Grey inner rims
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This picture is all over the Facebook Ghia groups at the moment and I keep coming back to it. Not surprising really but what keeps nagging at me is that it could, just possibly be my Ghia. At first I dismissed the thought as my Ghia according to the birth certificate didn't have white walls from the factory but as Chris has pointed out...the wheel rims are all black...very unusual. When my Ghia arrived the all original date stamped wheels were all black too...no sign of any original inner rim "Steel Grey". The only pictures of Betty with her car, (my Ghia's original owner) are at the earliest 1989 and I can't transpose in my mind, Betty's looks back to over 50 years ago.
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Well I've just got off the phone to Betty and I'm sorry to report the Ghia in the picture isn't Betty with her "Baby" Two reasons to be certain...1) "I never owned a black dress" she said and 2) "I never liked white walls, just my personal preference".
So the lady in the picture remains a mystery. 
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philermonic
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Nice early Ghias, boys
Ace period pic of a 58/9 Toucan Black Coupe
Interesting detail that the wheels looks to be all black rather than having (the thought to be factory) Steel Grey inner rims
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This picture is all over the Facebook Ghia groups at the moment and I keep coming back to it. Not surprising really but what keeps nagging at me is that it could, just possibly be my Ghia. At first I dismissed the thought as my Ghia according to the birth certificate didn't have white walls from the factory but as Chris has pointed out...the wheel rims are all black...very unusual. When my Ghia arrived the all original date stamped wheels were all black too...no sign of any original inner rim "Steel Grey". The only pictures of Betty with her car, (my Ghia's original owner) are at the earliest 1989 and I can't transpose in my mind, Betty's looks back to over 50 years ago.
I think I'll get on the phone to her this week. |
Well I've just got off the phone to Betty and I'm sorry to report the Ghia in the picture isn't Betty with her "Baby" Two reasons to be certain...1) "I never owned a black dress" she said and 2) "I never liked white walls, just my personal preference".
So the lady in the picture remains a mystery. |
hA! There are NO "mysteries" - just unknown facts 
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John Moxon
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retrofive
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Wow. Nice. Think that is going to be my color. |
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aerosilver
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aerosilver
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aerosilver
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aerosilver
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RockStock
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John Moxon
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RockStock
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Handing over the tea?
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1957lowlight
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Hello everybody,
I need to give the colorcodes to paint my wheels of my 1957 Karmann Ghia lowlight. The exterior color is L41 Black, so I asume the outside is L41 black and the inside Pearl white? Can somebody conform?
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Philip Steenackers
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retrowagen
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Great movie trailer, Chris! I give two thumbs up for the stylish film production and the subjects!
And tea. Lots of tea!
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John Moxon
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1957lowlight
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Karmann Ghia lowlight colorcode original wheels |
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Hello everybody,
I need to give the colorcodes to paint my wheels of my 1957 Karmann Ghia lowlight. The exterior color is L41 Black, so I asume the outside is L41 black and the inside Pearl white? Can somebody conform?
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Hi Philip,
Yes the outer rim is L41 Black but the inner rim is L328 Steelgrey/ Stahlgrau. http://www.kglowlightregistry.com/index.php?action=page_display&PageID=6 |
Hi John,
Thanks for your fast answer.
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aerosilver
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Hahahahaha, proper stitched up  |
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tisius
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Nice place for a photo of your accessory laden pelican red coupe..
Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea   
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.... really???????
If you live by the sea (Netherlands, dutch license plate) then you should know better than that, I would say.
Cool car though!
Looks like that accident happened quite a while ago, is the car still alive nowadays?
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John Moxon
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djway3474
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| That pict confirms my suspicion that the reverser light was on the drivers side |
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