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stale air
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Trylon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Well, you know they didn't get pulled over for speeding...
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Jacks
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Barney Fife wanted to check out the bouffant hairdos 
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Trylon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:51 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| Jacks wrote: |
| Barney Fife wanted to check out the bouffant hairdos |
I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on in that photo. The guy and two women were riding in the KG? Is that really possible? Or is it an episode of Mannix with the detective riding along with the cop? Or is this just one of John Moxon’s mockups?
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| "Why yes Officer, it's a Karmann Ghia! At least that's what our salesman was trying to explain to us from the backseat." |
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Trylon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| "Why yes Officer, it's a Karmann Ghia! At least that's what our salesman was trying to explain to us from the backseat." |
Or that.
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Trylon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Wait, do I see a small dent in the rear fender?
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calexican
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| I wonder who took the picture, and why? Interesting spot from where the photographer is standing, and I also like that there is a white Corvair in the shot. Pretty strange picture. I like it a lot though. |
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Trylon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:41 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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So, any more info about the origin of the photo, Stale?
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 12:26 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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So, any more info about the origin of the photo, Stale? |
Who actually stands like that officer is standing with his legs SO far apart? |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:19 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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So, any more info about the origin of the photo, Stale? |
My scenario:
There was a fender bender, and the couple on the left, showing obvious disdain for Volkswagens, hit the poor woman Karmann Ghia driver with some Detroit behemoth parked out of view. It's obvious Volkswagen persecution, and once again, the VW driver is victimized by the uglo-American car drivers.
Can you tell I'm a VW partisan?
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Trylon
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| Blue Baron wrote: |
| Trylon wrote: |
So, any more info about the origin of the photo, Stale? |
My scenario:
There was a fender bender, and the couple on the left, showing obvious disdain for Volkswagens, hit the poor woman Karmann Ghia driver with some Detroit behemoth parked out of view. It's obvious Volkswagen persecution, and once again, the VW driver is victimized by the uglo-American car drivers.
Can you tell I'm a VW partisan? |
Actually, I think you nailed it!
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kiwighia68
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:09 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| Trylon wrote: |
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So, any more info about the origin of the photo, Stale? |
My scenario:
There was a fender bender, and the couple on the left, showing obvious disdain for Volkswagens, hit the poor woman Karmann Ghia driver with some Detroit behemoth parked out of view. It's obvious Volkswagen persecution, and once again, the VW driver is victimized by the uglo-American car drivers.
Can you tell I'm a VW partisan? |
Actually, I think you nailed it! |
Nah. Persecuted for being blonde in charge of an automobile and obstructing traffic by distracting other drivers.
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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| kiwighia68 wrote: |
| Trylon wrote: |
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| Trylon wrote: |
So, any more info about the origin of the photo, Stale? |
My scenario:
There was a fender bender, and the couple on the left, showing obvious disdain for Volkswagens, hit the poor woman Karmann Ghia driver with some Detroit behemoth parked out of view. It's obvious Volkswagen persecution, and once again, the VW driver is victimized by the uglo-American car drivers.
Can you tell I'm a VW partisan? |
Actually, I think you nailed it! |
Nah. Persecuted for being blonde in charge of an automobile and obstructing traffic by distracting other drivers. |
A blonde in charge of a Karmann Ghia - an obvious case of driving too fast for all those curves. |
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Fish
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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No one saw the big dent in the right rear fender? She obviously clipped the car of the man standing next to the trooper. His car is stopped just out of frame.
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:05 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Nah.
They struck her.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Anyway …
Here's the latest from Pogel.
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aerosilver
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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I didn't think there was a vehicle that provided less protection to the politicians riding in it than the open roofed Lincoln Continental presidential limousine in which JFK was assasinated.
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