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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:36 pm    Post subject: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Spotted anything topical out on the web that's of interest and orbits around Karmann Ghias? Then post a link in this thread and share it with your fellow enthusiasts. Any event or discussion that doesn't fit in existing threads (like the Ghia Shopping Guide, Essential guided, Ghia hunting, Ghia info on the web etc) can go here.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Firstly, off topic for the BAT thread ( because it isn't BAT) we have the results from the Shannons spring auction where a fairly stock '61 coupe fetched a reasonable price. The Aussie dollar is about 72c US
https://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/2021-shannons-spring-timed-online-auction/NFMBDEKF597GY3C0/


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

......and then on YouTube there's a guy who likes to build things and he's started on a Ghia. It's a '71. He seems to have never done one before but he does a decent job of video production. He's always dreamed of owning one

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:36 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

I like this Cool
I'll be following and searching
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Subscribed.


Should be a good watch over the winter.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 8:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

my dad has been watching this on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNby7NV6zLUKc9BhfylxmL8ozXnhJwWY_

Then there's this(dont recall if it has been posted before)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vefCMRWulWE&ab_channel=RCAutokino
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

[email protected] wrote:
my dad has been watching this on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNby7NV6zLUKc9BhfylxmL8ozXnhJwWY_
A little under the weather today so I binge watched his Ghia pan work YT channel. Some of the footage shows he really doesn't work much on Ghias but I have to give him some credit for getting in there and making it happen. I had never seen what needed to be done to replace floor pan halves so I learned something. Thanks for the link!
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 1:31 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

https://www.hotcars.com/karmann-ghia-facts/
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 2:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Very cool article, thanks for the link!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Thought this article may be of interest


https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-secret-agent-who-created-the-karmann-ghia/

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:40 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Great article. Thank you!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:23 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Wonderful article, thanks for sharing the link
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:50 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

https://www.hagerty.com/media/automobilia/the-inte...e-to-live/


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:37 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

This is an awesome pic! I always love seeing architecture matched with cars. I like how the metal doors and screening share a similar color to the Ghia, I wonder which came first?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:40 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

rbsurfguy wrote:
This is an awesome pic! I always love seeing architecture matched with cars. I like how the metal doors and screening share a similar color to the Ghia, I wonder which came first?
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We’re loving the color matching of the industrial mesh frontage with the little VW Karmann Ghia that lives in the car port of this studio in Bruges, Belgium, created by BASIL Architecture.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia News of the day Reply with quote

Both those Hagerty articles are great. Would like to know more about Luigi Segre… fascinating story, and such a tragically short life…
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