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Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:36 pm

No price as he didnt know what it was(Karmann Ghia). When I said it was a VW he said "weve got those" so I am sending my friend with a pic of the car so it can be indentified by the guys who work there,but I cant imagine it will be much. I am hoping for 200 or 300 dollars but I am never that lucky. I guess I will have to not seem too desperate but it
will be tough.

RICH

Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:02 pm

58lolight wrote: No price as he didnt know what it was(Karmann Ghia). When I said it was a VW he said "weve got those" so I am sending my friend with a pic of the car so it can be indentified by the guys who work there,but I cant imagine it will be much. I am hoping for 200 or 300 dollars but I am never that lucky. I guess I will have to not seem too desperate but it
will be tough.

RICH

Go easy on her getting her out of the ground and good luck!

Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:19 pm

Shit, That lowlight needs to be pulled out and rolled! ( OR fixed.. )

My new POS - 68 ghia vert... sitting in the woods for ATLEAST 20 years the man said. Here is EXACTLY as I found it

Hung out with the old man and worked out a price... $75 bucks. Drug it out and got it home just a few days back!

He had the OG decklid so thats a plus!

Bought those haggard bumpers for $60 yesterday... great deal for two bumpers

That HUGE dent in the front fender and the pass. 1/4 panel were both done with the mans tractor years ago :roll:

Found the Nosebadge, headlight rings, nose grilles and taillight parts from an early ghia sitting in my town for cheap
The car has 0% of the floors left but its in the works!

Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:16 am

Dad bought it in 80's, and after 21 years of sitting in a garage....
It's mine :twisted: :twisted:

I guess he's getting old to be working on cars. Oh well. I'll let him drive it at least once when I'm done with it. (whenever that may be.)

Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:07 pm

I found this one last year, I still have it, it is looking much better now. Added disc brakes, Repo Porsche Gasburners, narrowed front,

NOW!

Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:17 pm

Damn, the pictures don't work. Post them here on the samba and link them!

Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:16 am

Wiggy wrote: Damn, the pictures don't work. Post them here on the samba and link them!

I think they are in his gallery Kevin.

Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:28 am

70 140 wrote: Wiggy wrote: Damn, the pictures don't work. Post them here on the samba and link them!

I think they are in his gallery Kevin.

They weren't before.

Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:35 am

Wiggy wrote: 70 140 wrote: Wiggy wrote: Damn, the pictures don't work. Post them here on the samba and link them!

I think they are in his gallery Kevin.

They weren't before.

But they are now :wink:

Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:29 am

Rich's 50 wrote: Wiggy wrote: 70 140 wrote: Wiggy wrote: Damn, the pictures don't work. Post them here on the samba and link them!

I think they are in his gallery Kevin.

They weren't before.

But they are now :wink:

And it looks like they were before too....added in October 2006 :wink:

Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:51 am

70 140 wrote: Rich's 50 wrote: Wiggy wrote: 70 140 wrote: Wiggy wrote: Damn, the pictures don't work. Post them here on the samba and link them!

I think they are in his gallery Kevin.

They weren't before.

But they are now :wink:

And it looks like they were before too....added in October 2006 :wink:

You guys are brutal. :wink:

When people link them to photo hosting sites that the link doesn't work, its really not up to the reader to search to see if perhaps the person also added it to the gallery....

Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:01 pm

Wiggy wrote: You guys are brutal. :wink:

When people link them to photo hosting sites that the link doesn't work, its really not up to the reader to search to see if perhaps the person also added it to the gallery....

I agree, I'm too lazy and don't have enough time to search for photos. Go get em Wiggy.

Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:03 pm

From the lowlight in the junkyard. Photos courtesy of Rome

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Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:29 pm

Have you not drug it out yet!?!!?!?

:shock: :shock:

Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:37 pm

go to junkyard post

Sat Mar 31, 2007 5:16 pm

I just got back from a local hunting spot where there was some ghia stuff. here are some of the parts I got:

here is the april 1957 ghia that I didn't buy. it is available, and can be had for a few hundred dollars. it is in northern idaho, about 15 miles from moscow, idaho. if anyone is interested, let me know and I will hook you up.

Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:15 pm

Nice Okrasa head Lind!

Hopefully some decides to save that ghia. It looks a little rough, but not gone. Quite the paint scheme on it too. I like the burlap seat cover..

Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:32 am

A neighbor of mine had a car covered for about 8-10yrs, couldn't hardly see it much less tell what it was. Last year the cover rotted off..... this was underneath.

'1968'

He said the motor was seized/didn't run and the tranny was shot. Pretty much all original, good bumpers, glass, ect.... Got it for $500 :shock:

Took it home and had it running in 2 hrs and on the road 8)

Straight has hell, minor damage on the passenger front panel, little rust in the usual places but not too bad, nose cone is perfect :D

Not bad for my first Ghia. Planning on doing a body off restoration.

Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:11 am

I hate you :evil: why can't I find deals like that! I don't see any rust. If that's original paint, I would wax the crap off it and leave everything how it is.

Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:17 am

juki48 wrote: I hate you :evil: why can't I find deals like that! I don't see any rust. If that's original paint, I would wax the crap off it and leave everything how it is.

Yeah I deserve that, it's the story you always hear about but never happens to you, the only way to buy old veedubs :P Rust in the headlight buckets and a couple holes down low along the bottom of the panels but minimal. Original color but painted over...and looking up close probably by Earl Scheib :roll: