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DorianL Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2013 Posts: 717 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:52 am Post subject: Have you gents ever noticed... |
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That on all the pic of Karmann Ghias featuring people… they always have this great, big, genuine smile?
Even when they run out of gas
Even when the interior is not in yet… the motor… the glass…
…just everywhere…
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jpjohns Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2014 Posts: 882 Location: Harrisonburg, VA
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:20 am Post subject: |
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Ghia is Italian for smile _________________ -Jared
"Scrapyards are for quitters" - Beetlenut (a Samba member) |
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2639 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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trevize1138 Samba Member
Joined: October 26, 2005 Posts: 694 Location: Wells, MN
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:08 am Post subject: |
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(I'm the guy with his daughter in the first pic)
I honestly thought I was starting to get another sinus infection the other day driving to work...
... then I realized my cheeks hurt not from sinus pressure but from being pushed up by the corners of my mouth ... _________________ '72 Ghia Coupe
'72 Westy Hardtop (sold in 2013)
'72 Super Beetle (long dead and gone!)
http://druckenghia.blogspot.com/ |
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2639 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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trevize1138 Samba Member
Joined: October 26, 2005 Posts: 694 Location: Wells, MN
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:18 am Post subject: |
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mcdonaldneal wrote: |
Too much time spent on the Samba? |
That's a thing!?!?!
I'm coming out of a 6 year air cooled hiatus so I've got some catching up to do _________________ '72 Ghia Coupe
'72 Westy Hardtop (sold in 2013)
'72 Super Beetle (long dead and gone!)
http://druckenghia.blogspot.com/ |
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DorianL Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2013 Posts: 717 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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It really is true - people simply smile when they see a Ghia. Today I had several neighbors come by to chat as I started backing her out; only smiles. |
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rickpereira Samba Member
Joined: May 25, 2010 Posts: 330 Location: Sydney, AUstralia
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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That's my wife in the blue Ghia, and she loves going for drives in it.
The are all smiles and just want to be inside the Ghia anytime I open the garage door.
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13943 Location: Southampton U.K.
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Altema Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2010 Posts: 2903 Location: Lower Michigan
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:24 am Post subject: |
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John, you'e not old, you're "refined".
I get a big grin even before I get to mine. Our daughter still works until midnight and I always volunteer to pick her up. I'll be heading to the garage with a smile and my wife will say "Why don't you take the van?" and I'll give her a confused look and say "Why would I want to do that?".
Gliding through the night air in a German/Italian beauty, the song of a mostly open exhaust flat four singing through the tunnels and under bridges, other drivers pacing you to get a better look...
That, or a minivan? |
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:52 am Post subject: |
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My jaw is sore by the end of a day with the Ghia. Perhaps we should band our collective Ghia's together and embark on a world peace tour. They seem to bring out the best in all we meet
_________________ "Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.”
Mike Gerson
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Greezy Joe Samba Member
Joined: April 12, 2010 Posts: 1534 Location: Crawfordville, Fl
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:09 am Post subject: |
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The wife's Ghia and smile
It's even fun to work on it
My son when he drove it
Me at the show, he got the pic before I could say cheese, but I was smiling inside _________________ Current:74 Ghia Coupe w/ 2276
71 Ghia Vert w/ 1835
07 GMC Truck
12 Jeep Wrangler
73 Harley FLH 93 cid
89 Harley 883 Sportster (1200)
Owned before: 58, 69 Ghia Coupes, 64 Canvas Sunroof, 68, 72, 73, & 74 Bugs, 63 Single Cab, 65 Bus, 66 & 70 Camper
" Duct tape can't fix stupid, but it'll muffle the sound". |
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sancho58 Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2013 Posts: 92 Location: SAN JOSE
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:19 am Post subject: pictures |
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Greezy Joe wrote: |
The wife's Ghia and smile
It's even fun to work on it
My son when he drove it
Great Pic. Joe
Me at the show, he got the pic before I could say cheese, but I was smiling inside |
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