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Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:46 am

prostreetnotch wrote: one more little pic for you!

Love it!

Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:37 pm

ok you hungry guys (and girls too), here is another newspaper ad from the sixties. i hope you like it! (and this time with the air intakes for the motor cooling!!)

Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:06 pm

here is one more nice little photoshop thing for you!

Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:11 am

here is another sort of "fastback" version for the karmann ghia:

not a perfect look, but as you know i´m still in the "learning mode"!

i just made a karmann "delivery van" for you. looks mean so low
and seen under this angle!

Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:31 pm

for 1976 there was a four seater convertible version planned; base was a stock karmann chassis lengthened for about 12 inches:

Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:59 am

Never really PhotoShopped a full Karmen Ghia, but a few transplanted Ghia body components (roofs for the most part) onto other rides worked out OK:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/914ghiacabrio.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/914ghia-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/1960-MGA-Ghiaroof.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/Project.jpg

And vise versa:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/1971_VW_Karmann-Ghia.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/Ghia%20Parts/OvalGhia.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/Ghia%20Parts/914.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/Ghia%20Parts/VWSpeedster.jpg

Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:52 pm

cool mods!

but what about this; one german soccer star of the seventies was paul breitner. he too was a proud owner of this karmann ghia kombi! :wink:

Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:33 pm

here is my newest pic:

Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:09 pm

prostreetnotch wrote: here is my newest pic:

Great job. It almost looks like a hearse.

Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:30 am

in :wink: that case it had to be longer! LOL!

Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:56 am

prostreetnotch wrote: cool mods!

but what about this; one german soccer star of the seventies was paul breitner. he too was a proud owner of this karmann ghia kombi! :wink:

Frenchy played soccer?

Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:11 am

is that frenchy dehoux? well, i made a joke out of it, cause he looks on distance alike our soccer player paul breitner.

Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:45 am

there is a new 1:16 scale model of the karmann ghia type 146 on the market; looks pretty nice!

noooo! before you run to your local toy dealer! this is a fake!!!! :wink:

Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:38 am

Modification request -- Can you make the 146 roofline a little longer with a flatter, more upright hatch, similar to that of a Squareback?

Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:41 am

i could, but for me, this "falling" roof line to the back of the car is my favorite "look" at the moment! u see, i´m still on work and did this in my noon break. maybe i´ll do this this evening. :wink:

Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:38 pm

Stop teasing us and build it!!

By the way, I assume this one was fake as well? Only reason I can think of VW considering this is to add a real back seat with proper seatbelts, and possible body mods to meet safety regulations. But then, we already know they had locked the 74 as the last year so they could switch production...

Still, if they ever built a prototype it would be interesting. Would be nice for those summer drives with more than one person. I'd buy one.

Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:14 am

yes you´re right! production stopped in 74. due to falling buyers interests in this "antique looking" car if you compare to the 74 scirocco, golf (rabbit) and passat generation.

Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:57 am

Gary wrote: Modification request -- Can you make the 146 roofline a little longer with a flatter, more upright hatch, similar to that of a Squareback?

well, then it looks like a squareback!! :?

Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:27 pm

in 1970, karmann displayed in sao paulo the cars they were building for the south american market. did you notice the kombi version of the type 34?!

8)

Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:34 pm

seen this summer on germany´s "autobahn"; a karmann ghia station wagon: