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indian640
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Location: Boca Raton, Fla.
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... a little small for a Studebaker..... |
...are you sure?
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I`ve been into Indian Motocycles for over 35 years now.... if I had a dollar for everyone that asked me " wurnt they made by Harley-Davidson?"... I could buy another Ghia
Nice smoothies on that Ghia you have there John...... |
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toddb_67
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Location: Hansville, WA
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Little Harry
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Location: Marquez, Texas
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I went into an O'Reillys to pick up some ball joints for my sister-in-law's '69 Beetle. It was starting to get hot out, I live in Texas. He started asking me about the car...what it looked like, wheels, interior, etc. When I was on my way out the door this is what he said, " Hey man, don't forget to service your radiator in that Bug. It is already hot and the summer is going to be brutal." I didn't even bother telling him it was air-cooled. I just said uh-huh and walked out the door.
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1973 VW Karmann Ghia - 1679cc, Kadrons, MoFoCo 041's, Tri-Mil Euro, Interstate Battery, and a little rust.
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| From my perspective vintage VW's are beyond being used for daily driver purposes. It would be best to have your car parked in a garage, and kept away from the elements on a daily basis. Zack |
Uhhh...yeah...I disagree |
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Altema
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Location: Lower Michigan
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| Little Harry wrote: |
| When I was on my way out the door this is what he said, " Hey man, don't forget to service your radiator in that Bug. It is already hot and the summer is going to be brutal." I didn't even bother telling him it was air-cooled. I just said uh-huh and walked out the door. |
You know what I would have done? I would have turned around and said "You know what? Maybe I should order another radiator for it... can you look it up for me?"
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DarthWeber
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That's what you call a "Dry Sense of Humor". 
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| Swapped the Compufire for a Bosch blue and some points I had sitting around, started 1st crank. Took her out for a drive, pulls harder, more RPM, and runs smoother. I think I'll be sticking with points from now on. |
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| JB weld the case halves....that'll keep the fretting to a minimum. |
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Altema
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Groan...
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Era Vulgaris
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: It's always 5 o'clock |
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The clock didn't work in my '70 coupe so I set it to 5:00. I would always say "it's always 5 o'clock in the Karmann Ghia." For my birthday my better half made up a t shirt that had my quote.
I wore it to Disney World & had about 20 people start telling me their stories of this old Ghia they used to have or their friend had.
Of course, the younger people would ask "where is Karmann Ghia?"
I replied Cary, NC.
On a side note the local MG club invited me to their monthly breakfast. I love to discuss fine German engineering with them:D |
As the owner of a '74 KG and a '74 TR6...I resemble that remark! 
BTW, great forum "name"! And you're probably not that for from me. My neighborhood is off Trinity Rd.
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Currently own:
66 Karmann Ghia, L390 Gulf Blue, under construction, here: www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=760505&highlight=
99 Mazda MX-5 10AE, Sapphire Blue Mica, 6 speed, LSD
Previously owned:
98 Porsche Boxster, silver, 2.5L -- 67 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1500sp -- 98 BMW Z3, Atlanta Blue Metallic, 2.8L I6 -- 75 Porsche 914, Laguna Blue, 2270cc -- 72 Porsche 914, Signal Orange, 1.7 FI -- 74 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1600dp -- 74 Triumph TR6 with O.D., sapphire blue |
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Basketcase
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hmmmmmmm....
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jwold
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At an auction today...(see the hunting history thread for pics) guy said, "Oh hey, a Fiat!"
Another gem, "VW's are slow, you oughta just put a V-8 in it."
A gentlemen that I had struck up a conversation with earlier just rolled his eyes...he builds VW racing engines. |
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John Moxon 
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NWGhiaGuy
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Just flipping through the ghia parts classifieds this morning and felt the need to make this comment.....
Don't use "NOS" and "used" in the same posting, that's a contradiction of terms. NOS means "new old stock", which means IT CAN'T BE A USED PART!
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DrakeB
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This has to be the strangest T34 that I have ever seen, in fact, it might actually be an unknown prototype!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1496737
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Bondo? Bondo? We don't need no stinking Bondo!
How is it 'NOS' if it has been modified?
The Thread Killer. |
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FergU
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Bobnotch
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Yeah, but VW stopped building T-34's (in 1969) by the time that Squareback was built (it's a 70 to 73 body style).
It was also brought up in the type 3 forum as a strange looking Ghia. 
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71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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| People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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swavananda
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John Moxon
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c21darrel
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Anyone know what "a bathtub Porsche" means.
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kman
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'' This car was designed by Doctor Porsche himself looks a lot like a bathtub Porsche'' |
Was that THE Doctor Reginald Porsche the well know bathroom and kitchen designer? BTW Anyone know what "a bathtub Porsche" means.  |
Porsche 356, which kind of looks like a bathtub turned upside down. |
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KGCoupe
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'' This car was designed by Doctor Porsche himself looks a lot like a bathtub Porsche'' |
Was that THE Doctor Reginald Porsche the well know bathroom and kitchen designer? BTW Anyone know what "a bathtub Porsche" means. |
Porsche 356, which kind of looks like a bathtub turned upside down. |
One legend states that during prohibition, bootleggers used to make their illegal gin in stripped out Porsche body shells turned upside down.
Apparently this helped impart an imported taste to the final product that allowed them to charge more for it.
There's another legend that goes back to the days when Porsche was having great success in the Pan American road rallies.
Apparently one rather spectacular crash ended with a 356 Cabriolet standing on end perpendicular to the ground, with the front end completely buried up to the base of the windshield.
It was weeks before a work crew was available to dig the wreck out, and many people had begun to leave flowers around it as a memorial to the fallen driver.
A near sighted passerby mistook the wreck for one of those bathtub grottos in which a statue of a certain religious icon is often found, and the term "Bathtub Porsche" just stuck ever since.
Believe it ... or NOT. |
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FAS
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| after going thru a couple karmann ghias and several bugs in the late 70's-early 80's,we just got a 73 vert for my wifes summer ride.luvin the response on the road.put a pict on facebook and everyone in their 50's has a ghia story.Back then,we would drive them NY to Fla like nothing. even NY to calif ,then shipped to Hawaii for the winter ,sell it there and pay for college.Had a kid come over to visit ,27 years old,said it looked like a cross between a james bond car and a car he never knew existed.cool stuff!Ghias! |
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