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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:22 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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do you have this Picture in higher Quality? i cant read the words under the pic... |
Just enlarge the entire screen using the toolbar command "View-zoom in"-
Caption reads: The parade of the new vehicles was led by the Berlin actress Christiane Jansen. And for good reason, since Osnabrueck builder Karmann says: "We built this car especially for women." Karmann used a designer from the Turin company Carozzeria Ghia who mounted the elegant Coupe body onto the VW export sedan chassis. The sporty car is a 2-seater, has a maximum cruising speed of 115 km/h (Rome: 71 mph). Price point: 7500 DM.
handwritten: Stern (magazine), 31. July 1955.
Title: Volkswagen in Sunday state
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udo dreisoerner Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:25 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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I've tried several times to contact the Karmann family. She does not want to be contacted. Certainly there will be photos in the family to Georgsmarienhütte, but unfortunately I have not been able to convince the family that we are concerned that the karmann Ghia will not be forgotten. I'll try again. _________________ Searching for a 1956 lowlight karmann ghia with a VIN number between1273054 and 1273440, and the matching engine with an Engine Number between
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Rome wrote: |
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do you have this Picture in higher Quality? i cant read the words under the pic... |
Just enlarge the entire screen using the toolbar command "View-zoom in"-
Caption reads: The parade of the new vehicles was led by the Berlin actress Christiane Jansen. And for good reason, since Osnabrueck builder Karmann says: "We built this car especially for women." Karmann used a designer from the Turin company Carozzeria Ghia who mounted the elegant Coupe body onto the VW export sedan chassis. The sporty car is a 2-seater, has a maximum cruising speed of 115 km/h (Rome: 71 mph). Price point: 7500 DM.
handwritten: Stern (magazine), 31. July 1955.
Title: Volkswagen in Sunday state |
Well I guess there's no longer any point in trying to deny the fact that the Karmann Ghia is in fact truly a "Chick Car", huh?
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Hey, hold on there just one minute.
I suddenly realize that what he really meant to say was that they designed the car specifically to attract women!
So the Karmann Ghia is in fact NOT a "chick car", but rather is in fact a "chick magnet car".
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udo dreisoerner Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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(perhaps we need a new thread SEXY GIRLS AND SEXY GHIAS) _________________ Searching for a 1956 lowlight karmann ghia with a VIN number between1273054 and 1273440, and the matching engine with an Engine Number between
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aerosilver Samba Member
Joined: July 29, 2006 Posts: 878 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:06 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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I picked up a 9/55 copy of Gute Fahrt yesterday, it has one of the launch cars on the wraparound cover, and a small article as posted up before..
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GHIA Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005 Posts: 345 Location: FRANCE
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:21 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Note the color difference of the license plate for the same number
GHIA - PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:07 pm wrote: |
License plate gazelle beige car BN59-0336 / BN59-0324 / BN59-0354
I haven't yet found with certainty, the number licence plate of the fourth gazelle beige car, but it may be BN59-358
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Did we find the 4 beige Gazelle cars license plates presented at the Kasino hotel on July 14, 1955? |
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udo dreisoerner Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:55 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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GHIA wrote: |
Did we find the 4 beige Gazelle cars license plates presented at the Kasino hotel on July 14, 1955? |
i'm seraching for Color Pictures in Germany. but it is diffcult. i know that a lot of photographers have been in Georgsmarienhütte at 14 july of 1955. BUT: i cant find the Pictures. _________________ Searching for a 1956 lowlight karmann ghia with a VIN number between1273054 and 1273440, and the matching engine with an Engine Number between
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13943 Location: Southampton U.K.
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:36 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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GHIA wrote: |
Thanks Russ for this confirmation.
Russ, here is the back side of your last photo
Does anyone have any other photos of this event of July 14, 1955 ? |
This is the back of one of the official colour pictures taken on the day...or even before the day of the official unveiling. Just Googled "Foto Koltzenburg Osnabrück" and the company seem to be still in business. Has anyone been in touch with the company?
If I know anything about photographic studios, it's they keep meticulous records...they catalog everything. If this company were hired to do the official photoshoot, they would have had several photographers covering the event and most of it in colour. Most of those colour pictures will have been unused but still in their archives.
Someone, I mean Udo should check with them to see if they still have a Photo Archive. _________________ John.
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aerosilver Samba Member
Joined: July 29, 2006 Posts: 878 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 3:21 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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GHIA wrote: |
Another pics from Gute Fahrt, September 1955, but the photo was taken on 14 July 1955
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A clearer picture of the above..
Has anyone found any new images from this event? Still looking! |
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aerosilver Samba Member
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 3:28 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Another clearer image of the Gazelle beige coupe that was on display inside the Kasino hotel.
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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aerosilver wrote: |
Another clearer image of the Gazelle beige coupe that was on display inside the Kasino hotel.
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What is it about the Karmann Ghia in that photo that makes it look like a plastic scale model - the fact that everything on the vehicle is so extraordinarily shiny, perhaps? |
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aerosilver Samba Member
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 9:31 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Yes, it is super shiny, even the tyres, I think the stage/background also affects your view, doesn't make it appear to be in real life I guess.
A couple more pictures which I don't think are in the thread..
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udo dreisoerner Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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happy Birthday karmann ghia. 65 years, yeahhhhhhhhhhh
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cruiser Samba Member
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itsawesty Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:30 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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66 years ago on this day...our favorite car was introduced to the public. Happy anniversary Karmann Ghia !!
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udo dreisoerner Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2005 Posts: 1153 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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hi from germany. at last saturday some karmann enthusiasts have had a little meetin g to celebrate the 66th birthday. we meet us at KASINO IM PARK georgsmarienhütte to go to a beautyful trip around georgsmarienhütte and osnabrück. we visit the Automuseum Melle, a nice little mueseum with a nice carcollection. after the trip a barbecue with german bratwurst was the end of this fantastic day. the barbecue was directly near the old karmann factory, now VW Osnabrück. all togehther 15 cars, a lot type 14, 1 type34, some Pirsche 911 and some beetle convertibles. regards, udo
here the original tower, source: wikipedia
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aerosilver Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:49 am Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Nice meeting Udo Hope to get back there one day!
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: 14 july 1955 Kasino Hotel Georgsmarienhutte |
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Was the left one a Brazilian-built Ghia? |
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