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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:40 am Post subject: |
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Later that day ..
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:30 am Post subject: |
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I'm thrilled to see the final result. It's truly a remarkable custom. Congrats on a job extremely well done.
Hope you make it to the Good Guys Nats. in Columbus some time. I would love to meet you and the Ghia in person. |
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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Please, take that car to a dragstrip or road course and let us see what it can do in a proper environment! Varoom-varoom video from car shows is such a tease! |
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70 140 Samba Member
Joined: September 22, 2002 Posts: 8471 Location: Ontario Canada
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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GeorgeL wrote: |
Please, take that car to a dragstrip or road course and let us see what it can do in a proper environment! Varoom-varoom video from car shows is such a tease! |
I wonder if the engine has ever been up to operating temperature? |
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Altema Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2010 Posts: 2903 Location: Lower Michigan
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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70 140 wrote: |
GeorgeL wrote: |
Please, take that car to a dragstrip or road course and let us see what it can do in a proper environment! Varoom-varoom video from car shows is such a tease! |
I wonder if the engine has ever been up to operating temperature? |
Does not look like it's been driven or run very long, and it certainly has not been driven hard. Too bad, as that big lump of a V10 likes to run. Dragstrip would be interesting, if they can get it to hookup. Hopefully the torque won't mess up the panel gaps, lol.
Road course would be amusing to watch it push the front around the corners, as the weight distribution seems pretty poor. |
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:33 am Post subject: |
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GeorgeL wrote: |
Please, take that car to a dragstrip or road course and let us see what it can do in a proper environment! Varoom-varoom video from car shows is such a tease! |
Like this one?
This picture is posted on a lot of different sites, but I can't find out anything about it .. some folks speculate it is also Viper V10 powered but no engine shots |
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cseay1 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 1341 Location: Elkwood VA
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Hey found it .. Ricky Byrd's supercharged mid-engine Chevy LS V8 from Texas
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vweddie Samba Member
Joined: September 22, 2005 Posts: 172 Location: Ky....via El Monte, Ca.
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:38 am Post subject: |
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cseay1 wrote: |
Like this one?
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I've actually seen this car in person at the Holley Ls Fest (I think that's where the pic was taken too)...and it is a work of art. Hauls too! _________________ T.B.D.
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JWDII Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2011 Posts: 157
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:08 am Post subject: |
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^^ the red one was in Hot Vws last year I believe also. _________________ this space for rent. |
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Congrats
"Any auto show featuring a car named the Blue Mamba is one worth seeing. The World of Wheels auto show pulled up to the Seaport World Trade Center this weekend and the Blue Mamba – a 1967 Karmann Ghia with a Viper V-10 motor in it – was among the cars on display.
Owned by Keith Goggin of New York City, the redesigned Karmann Ghia exemplified engineering mastery and, to that end, the car won the show's engineering award" _________________ "Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.”
Mike Gerson
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Iozzio Samba Member
Joined: March 10, 2005 Posts: 354 Location: Molalla Oregon
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: V10 Ghia |
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This thread is pretty much useless without access to pictures. _________________ Paul Iozzio
www.iozziowheels.com |
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:37 am Post subject: |
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kingkarmann wrote: |
I'm thrilled to see the final result. It's truly a remarkable custom. Congrats on a job extremely well done.
Hope you make it to the Good Guys Nats. in Columbus some time. I would love to meet you and the Ghia in person. |
And......
I may have shared my experience of meeting Dean & Keith somewhere, sometime in the past. I'm not very good a cataloging/saving pictures. I posted a few in the gallery a while back. Dad & I had taken several and I thought they had been deleted. Anyhow I did meet Blue Mamba! In 2015 our annual car show here in Columbus invited them for a special display. My Dad was visiting from Florida and was able to experience and help do an impromptu photo shoot with my Ghia & Blue Mamba. Hope you enjoy the pics as much as I did posing for them!
Dad & I
Dean Laurent (Builder) Keith Goggin (Owner)
Me (with the beer belly) & Keith _________________ "Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.”
Mike Gerson
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: V10 Ghia |
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I ran across this video Dean made about a year ago that really details the craftsmanship that went into the Blue Mamba.
It's 33 mins.
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_________________ "Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.”
Mike Gerson
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