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Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:28 pm

Looks like the body to glass ratio is a bit off... too much glass!
However, I do like the roofline on this one.

Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:59 am

stored now in the holy halls... right beside a 77 mustang 2, my karmann gf buggy and the 67 beetle i restored for my wife...

Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:34 pm

Squareback Ghia?
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Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:43 pm

Altema wrote: Looks like the body to glass ratio is a bit off... too much glass!
However, I do like the roofline on this one.

well, indeed, the roofline is the best!
if you look to the orange karmann with a type 3 roof, (please excuse me, just an open opinion) its too square!
thats why they called it the squareback :wink: .
the round and smooth lines is the thing that makes the karmann so attractive. and its a beginning fifties design. so i planned for my karmann this "falling" roof line that makes it more "old", wind channel alike and on the other hand more actual in comparison to new cars.

Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:52 pm

OK a tad sleaker Squareback Ghia? lol

Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:03 pm

Or .. Ghia Delivery ?

Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:57 pm

Ghia TT

Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:00 pm

Ghia E-Type Cabriolet

Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:16 pm

Ghia Targa

Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:01 am

LOLZ! Complete with 30 Gallon fuel tank and a trunk that will fit short surfboards! Let's see... 30 gallons time 36mpg equals... 1080 miles on one tank!

Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:15 pm

Ghia Carrera RS

Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:25 pm

Call me a grumpy old git but this seems to be an exercise in proving how good the original design was. :?

Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:26 pm

cseay1 wrote: Ghia Targa

I'm not actually a big fan of the 911 targa, but I think it suits a Ghia !

Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:25 am

John Moxon wrote: Call me a grumpy old git but this seems to be an exercise in proving how good the original design was. :?
We can play around and find some designs that might be useful or interesting (or humorus), but I don't think we could improve upon the real thing either :)

Paul

Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:45 am

Someone built it:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6287857#6287857

Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:59 pm

Gary wrote: Someone built it

And interestingly enough, that actually looks pretty good. I normally don't like the headlights canted back like that either, but it fits the character of the car. I'd drive it.

Paul

Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:59 pm

Who said fat chicks can't jump?

Yeeeeeee-Hawwwww!!!!

Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:12 am

cseay1 wrote: Who said fat chicks can't jump?
At least the front subframe won't bend EVERY time like the real thing :lol:
The framehead may crack, but I think you could get a couple jumps out of it. Interestingly, the Fast Five has a scene where Corvette jumps off a train and races through the desert. The problem they had during filming was that the Corvette chassis was not tough enough for the stunts. They had to build something stronger, so they put a Corvette body on a VW chassis. The scene is just past 15 minutes into the movie, and when they jump off the cliff, you can see the VW engine in back...

Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:00 am

That yellow station wagon (translates to "break" in French, pronounced as brekk, and goes by the name of a car-a-van in England) looks allright (personally would swap the mirrors for original goose necks though). A squareback Type3 was used for the body mods. I noticed that the airvents were put into the rear fender wing in an estetically not too obstructive way.
Nice job.

Now I'm not familiar with photoshopping, so here might be a good challenge for all you artists out there: a karmann ghia with a porsche 356 style rounder rear end (from beneath the original ghia rear window back)! 8)

Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:21 pm

Gary wrote: Someone built it:

Someone actually build it in this moment:

http://forumkarmannghia.forum-actif.net/t5157-break-de-chasse