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coad 
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 Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:42 pm Post subject: Bloomberg News Article on Ghias |
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Bloomberg declares Karmann Ghias the hot new thing:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-10/...lassic-car
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The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Is a Great Starter Classic Car
Real Italian design met the guts of Beetle in this under-valued model that's recently been picking up steam. |
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c21darrel
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John Moxon
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J1
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| Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:21 am Post subject: Re: Bloomberg News Article on Ghias |
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Serious question. If demand and prices for Ghias go up, will prices for parts (nos and reproductions) go up as well? In other words, should I start stocking up on parts before I get priced out? 
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John Moxon
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| Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:59 am Post subject: Re: Bloomberg News Article on Ghias |
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| J1 wrote: |
| Serious question. If demand and prices for Ghias go up, will prices for parts (nos and reproductions) go up as well? In other words, should I start stocking up on parts before I get priced out? |
Double edged sword really...higher prices might encourage more, formerly unavailable parts to be reproduced...sadly they won't be cheaper but maybe quality and fit will be better. The cheaper parts available now will always be there whilst there is a market for them.
One thing you can always be sure of...generally aircooled VW people are cheap 
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c21darrel
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Bloomberg News Article on Ghias |
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F*@% where's my real wood facia and electric sunroof...don't tell me I've been fobbed-off with a base model.  |
I thought it would have been obvious from the basic black colour that your Ghia was a base model.
The author merely said "Karmann and Ghia used high-end materials like hand-shaped English pewter to form the rounded taillights, wood-grain dashboards, and plush leather armrests in the cubicle cockpit" - "wood-grain" and "real wood" are two different things, and perhaps BITD plastic faux wood-grain was considered a "high-end" material.
As for the optional power-operated sunroof being offered from 1962 on, I assume the author was referring to the Type 34 Ghia which in her mind appears to be the same as a Type 14 Ghia. 
The comment about the "hand-shaped English pewter to form the rounded taillights" may also be a reference to the round Type 34 Ghia taillights, but I don't know enough about how the Type 34 Ghia body was made.
Were they put together the same way as the Type 14 Ghias were? |
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