Birthday Ghia

Marfa61KG · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:19 pm Post subject:

Sounds like it is time to put 10 euro down on 149 861 2xx

carl4x4 · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:15 am Post subject:

This is an interesting read, When I got my Ghia I was looking for a '69 car as I was born in 1969. It also needed to be a right hand drive car, but according to our DVLA there are only 9 left in the UK on the road with 3-4 more registered but not taxed.

That left me with only 12-13 cars in the UK to chose from which was a lot narrower than the OP's scope! I ended up with a UK '69 that was first registered 15 miles down the road from me, three weeks before I was born. I don't know when it was made, but the fact it was a local car registered in the same month I was born was good enough for me Smile

Good luck with your search, I totally understand why you're doing it Cool

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1969 UK Karmann Ghia build http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=518789&highlight=

fifty8 · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:43 am Post subject:

Thanks. I just hope when/if I find it that it is not a $20,000 full on custom car that somebody has done up thinking it is gold and leaves me shaking my head (and walking away empty handed).
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2000 Golf TDi
1981 Scirocco S
1980 Scirocco S (track car) project
1951 Chevy Bel Air (project 'Mom's first car')
1948 Ford F-1 (project)
searching for May 7, 1969 Karmann Ghia (149 860 0??)

sirzo · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:10 am Post subject:

I was born 17 May 1959 exactly 10 days and ten years difference from you, so if I had to do it I'd have to justify going a lowlight. There goes my budget!!! Importing & converting to RHD. I am about to go through that with a 1969 and a 1971 that have just landed in Sydney.

When I finish getting extorted by our customs people later this week I will have a reasonable idea what I would be up for with a 1959 lowlight.

Maybe in a few years when I reconsider my toy collection.

Marfa61KG · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:33 pm Post subject:

Let me know if you find a 2 May 59 while you are looking. Until then I'll settle for my 28 Feb 61. Oh, Happy birthday on Thursday... 52!

fifty8 · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:58 am Post subject:

KGCoupe · Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:10 am Post subject:

Earlier in this thread, you hypothesized about the average number of Karmann Ghias produced in a single day at the factory:

foamermetal · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject:

I picked up my 68 Ghia two years ago not even realizing that it was built in August 67 Same month as myself. Close enough for me. Good luck in your search.

pbaptist · Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:16 am Post subject:

Have you tried the collectorcarpricetracker to search true the E-bay listing of the last couple of years.

http://collectorcarpricetracker.com/auctions/make/Volkswagen/model/karmann/years/1969-1969/

Maybe you can find a car with an VIN that is closer to your target

Patrick
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Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)

Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database

fifty8 · Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:04 pm Post subject:

fifty8 · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:40 pm Post subject:

Slight update to my nearly impossible quest. The previous to last car I inquired about with the VW Museum turned out to be the build date of a Beetle so the car I thought was built 8 days before I was born (April 29th) was in fact built on May 19th, 1969. I've exchanged a few e-mails with the VW Museum and they double checked to be certain. I can't recall turning away anyone with a slightly lesser vin # but I have indeed been searching a little too high of a vin #. Back to the old drawing board Smile

149 861 07X is the car that is 12 days younger.
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2000 Golf TDi
1981 Scirocco S
1980 Scirocco S (track car) project
1951 Chevy Bel Air (project 'Mom's first car')
1948 Ford F-1 (project)
searching for May 7, 1969 Karmann Ghia (149 860 0??)

motorhead364 · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:54 pm Post subject:

Check the Dallas tx craigslist. There are three 69' coupes for sale. And 1 vert.
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63 ghia coupe

Rayncatt · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:24 am Post subject: 69' Ghia here

Wow I actually read through this whole thing! Fascinating really and there has to be a formulary...I think my hypothesis was wrong in the e-mail about the registration date being her actual B-day...(March 12, 1969)...Anyways I feel weird posting her VIN# but wth... 149 143 087
I have never seen one with xxx yyy either but that is no surprise. I do not know how off mine is from May but there it is Smile

fifty8 · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:39 am Post subject: Re: 69' Ghia here

DSWitte · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:48 am Post subject:

My GHIA was born 3-1970 a month before I was. She celebrates her 45th birthday this month. Good luck with your search!

theghiagirl · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:17 am Post subject:

fifty8 · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:36 am Post subject:

That makes two now with ten digits that have popped up in the classifieds since Patrick's post. I pm'd him after the first. Would be interesting to see it's birth certificate.
Still no luck on my search lately, mostly 68 built 69's.

pbaptist · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:37 am Post subject:

Hi lisa,

yes, that is the second one I see.

fifty8 also sent me this link:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1778997

So, it is enough proof.

But now, does it mean anything or is it just a number?

Patrick
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Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)

Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database

fifty8 · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:27 pm Post subject:

Yet another 10 digit vin on a 69. Still no luck on my search though!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1835240
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2000 Golf TDi
1981 Scirocco S
1980 Scirocco S (track car) project
1951 Chevy Bel Air (project 'Mom's first car')
1948 Ford F-1 (project)
searching for May 7, 1969 Karmann Ghia (149 860 0??)

fifty8 · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:17 pm Post subject: Re: Birthday Ghia

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1966057

Recently, this car was posted here for sale and after seeing that the vin # was close to my potential target, I contacted the VW Museum to check the build date. Since the previous car I checked (149 861 074) was 12 days younger, this car (149 860 099) I expected to be a couple days older. Got the results today and it was built May 10th, 1969. Three days younger than me. Man, I'm getting close!
As of sometime recently, you now have to get birth certificates and data sheets through their website. Previously they would just e-mail me with the build date (for a fee) as that was all I was interested in and sometimes very quickly, but now I have to wait several weeks for the data sheet. Luckily for me this car was not my target date as it looks to have sold shortly after I inquired about it. Glad I'm getting closer!
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2000 Golf TDi
1981 Scirocco S
1980 Scirocco S (track car) project
1951 Chevy Bel Air (project 'Mom's first car')
1948 Ford F-1 (project)
searching for May 7, 1969 Karmann Ghia (149 860 0??)


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