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Madrad
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Location: Indiana
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 Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Just acquired this completely restored Gulf Blue '64 Coupe as a stablemate for our '67 Beetle Sedan.
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Very nice! |
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kiwighia68
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Joined: October 20, 2013
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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The most Ghias we've had in one place in New Zealand for quite a while - at the VW Jamboree in Auckland on 15 October 2017.
Typical Auckland weather - rain, sunshine, wind, sometimes all three at the same time.
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Festina lente - hasten slowly
1968 Ghia named Emiko
Resto completed Dec 2015 |
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Fiatdude
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Joined: April 20, 2009
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Location: now in MO.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Neighborhood going to hell
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OLD VW NUT
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Joined: February 23, 2011
Posts: 2776
Location: High Desert of Washington 98823
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Here's my 71.
And a video of me carving up Sheep Canyon Rd a few weeks ago. I love driving this car. The 2110 motor has enough torque that I don't need to bother with shifting if I'm doing at least 40mph. I never got below 45 and was probably doing 50-55 most of that drive. Lots of bugs not that long ago - now they're all but gone for the season.
Link
And the 'business' end of the Ghia.
And the car the way I found it:
It started life with a Bahi Red paint job. I have no idea why the nice red paint would be covered up with this crappy black. Previous owners! Damn.
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71 Ghia Coupe - stock body - no rust! Powered by a 2110 W/Dual HPMX 44's - Rancho Pro Street Transaxle - A/C by Gilmore
Other car - 2013 VW Golf TDI |
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mnwesty
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Joined: June 30, 2010
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Location: St. Charles, MN
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| Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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We just bought this Sunday, 22 OCT 17.
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Brad Spear
1971 Karmann Ghia
1972 Westfalia
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Fiatdude
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Joined: April 20, 2009
Posts: 1218
Location: now in MO.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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at the drippers pre-Bug-in thingie -- --
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bellhp
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Joined: October 30, 2017
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Location: Ponchatoula , La
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:02 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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just purchased this 74 this week ... plan to tidy up a few things and then my 16 yr old son will drive it . Oh , and this is my first post here ... hi . |
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KGCoupe
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Joined: July 01, 2005
Posts: 3580
Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:13 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| bellhp wrote: |
just purchased this 74 this week ... plan to tidy up a few things and then my 16 yr old son will drive it . Oh , and this is my first post here ... hi . |
Hello, and welcome!
That's a pretty sweet looking Ghia you've picked up there, Congratulations.
Your boy is very lucky, and must be pretty darn excited. |
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c21darrel
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Joined: January 22, 2009
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Location: San Dimas
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marbel
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Joined: October 06, 2011
Posts: 6
Location: Fredrikstad, Norway
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:10 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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My recent 1963 find.
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63 Karmann Ghia Coupe
60 Beetle
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EverettB 
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Location: Phoenix Metro
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marbel
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Joined: October 06, 2011
Posts: 6
Location: Fredrikstad, Norway
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Oooh, looks nice.
Is the interior nice too? |
Original seat covers, but aftermarket door panels.
They are in ok condition, but need some tlc... 
Headliner and sun visors are good.
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63 Karmann Ghia Coupe
60 Beetle
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marbel
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Location: Fredrikstad, Norway
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:58 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Oooh, looks nice.
Is the interior nice too? |
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sputnick60
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c21darrel
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VWRESTOMODMAN
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Location: California
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Well here I am in the Ghia world. Just purchased this 1970 a few weeks ago and bringing it back to life after sitting since 2004. Mileage shows 55,880 which I believe to be original based on the paperwork and the fact that the tire date codes were from 1979 with like 90 percent tread still on them.
Photos are how I bought it and as it is now after sanding off most of the one respray it had back in the day. Only rust was surface rust in the rear driver's side floor pan with one very small hole, the rest of the metal was pristine with just a few small dings which is why I bought it.
I've rebuilt the suspension, all new brakes/lines/calipers, master cylinder, new tires (of course), wheels in the rear (ordered the fronts), and a good flush and reseal of the fuel tank and all new rubber lines. New oil and screen and lastly new ball joints/tie rods and 2" narrowed beam. Drives like a dream now, moving onto restoring the body, interior, fixing the floor pan, and new rubber and lights. Really looking forward to putting on some miles, really fun to drive, I had now idea what I was missing all these years!
After working on buses the past few years these Ghia's seem so small 
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benbear1122
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Joined: September 12, 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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1970 Karmann Ghia Convertible
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kombi kid
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Joined: December 08, 2005
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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here is my 1966 coupe project that i've been working on.
it's getting close and more info to follow!
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I asked god for my first VW, I know he doesn't work that way so I stole a bug and asked for forgiveness!
my "car guy 401k"
1963 kombi (now running and driving
1956 oval sad to see it go!
1966 ghia coupe
1963 bug (sold at prado)
1968 porsche 912
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| VWRESTOMODMAN wrote: |
Well here I am in the Ghia world. Just purchased this 1970 a few weeks ago and bringing it back to life after sitting since 2004. Mileage shows 55,880 which I believe to be original based on the paperwork and the fact that the tire date codes were from 1979 with like 90 percent tread still on them.
Photos are how I bought it and as it is now after sanding off most of the one respray it had back in the day. Only rust was surface rust in the rear driver's side floor pan with one very small hole, the rest of the metal was pristine with just a few small dings which is why I bought it.
I've rebuilt the suspension, all new brakes/lines/calipers, master cylinder, new tires (of course), wheels in the rear (ordered the fronts), and a good flush and reseal of the fuel tank and all new rubber lines. New oil and screen and lastly new ball joints/tie rods and 2" narrowed beam. Drives like a dream now, moving onto restoring the body, interior, fixing the floor pan, and new rubber and lights. Really looking forward to putting on some miles, really fun to drive, I had now idea what I was missing all these years!
After working on buses the past few years these Ghia's seem so small
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Welcome from the Ghia World.
What did you do with the riviera wheels or were they too beat up? |
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jeffrey8164
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Here’s my 1970/71 Bastard Child
He’s about to get a new 2276 instead of his old 1915.
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