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udo dreisoerner
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 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:55 am Post subject: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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hi from germany.
some days ago my friend wolfgang shows me a lowlight offer at german market place. it is a lowlight from a famous german car racer, from German Demokratic Republik, called GDR or DDR
here the offer:
https://www.chromecars.de/showroom/1959-vw-karmann-ghia-158/
in 2018 at Bremen Classic Motorshow the offer the car and i have made some pics. enjoy the low............
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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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calexican
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:08 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| Very cool. It’s originally Aerosilver looks like…no pictures of the engine, I wonder since he was race car driver if the engine had any modifications. Great photos, thanks Udo! |
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John Moxon 
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VeloMikey
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:35 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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Yes, Aerosilver 59. What's with the Karmann badge screwed to the left fender? Looks like the recessed area is filled in on right fender. Are there really only 7 Golde Sunroof Lowlights?
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calexican
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| You would think he would’ve kept it Aerosilver…since he drove a sliver arrow…great story. |
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banana split
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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Awesome car! It's amazing that it still exists! With all of that bondo and rust, I bet it would be one heck of a restoration project.
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ghianowbug
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:36 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| 40k us for a ghia sculpted out of bondo what are lowlights going for that would make this worthwhile? |
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wheel607
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:18 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| ghianowbug wrote: |
| 40k us for a ghia sculpted out of bondo what are lowlights going for that would make this worthwhile? |
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John Moxon
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wheel607
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:00 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| John Moxon wrote: |
| ghianowbug wrote: |
| 40k us for a ghia sculpted out of bondo what are lowlights going for that would make this worthwhile? |
Celebrity sells. |
John, I have to agree with you on that. But I believe where you and I might disagree is in the definition of celebrity. I just dont believe a clapped out Ghia with a 1930s team member of Mercedes has the kind of celebrity status you speak of. This might be one of seven Golde sunroofs.....but it is only about 7% metal and really the rest is filler, rust and for $40,000 USD......now maybe your Ghia. |
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John Moxon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 5:16 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| wheel607 wrote: |
| John Moxon wrote: |
| ghianowbug wrote: |
| 40k us for a ghia sculpted out of bondo what are lowlights going for that would make this worthwhile? |
Celebrity sells. |
John, I have to agree with you on that. But I believe where you and I might disagree is in the definition of celebrity. I just dont believe a clapped out Ghia with a 1930s team member of Mercedes has the kind of celebrity status you speak of. This might be one of seven Golde sunroofs.....but it is only about 7% metal and really the rest is filler, rust and for $40,000 USD......now maybe your Ghia. |
Yep...my comment was from someone who doesn't ascribe to the "Celebrity Culture." Having said that the owner is marketing his tired Ghia as something special and I suppose, as you say for most Ghia fans an original steel Golde sunroof does make it one of only a handful of Ghias. I had to Google Manfred von Brauchitsch. 
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calexican
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 8:13 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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“I had to Google Manfred von Brauchitsch.”
Indeed the car is a mess and overpriced…but when a race car driver chooses a VW Karmann Ghia after racing a Mercedes, there is something special going on. Makes me wonder if Luigi Segre owned a Lowlight, the car of his own design, and if he did, where is that car now? |
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John Moxon
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:29 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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Celebrity status is somewhat relative.
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itsawesty
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:40 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| ghianowbug wrote: |
| 40k us for a ghia sculpted out of bondo what are lowlights going for that would make this worthwhile? |
the golde sunroof goes a long way (prob not the whole way) to justify the price
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John Moxon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:54 am Post subject: Re: some lowlight pics about a vip car from GDR with golde roof |
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| itsawesty wrote: |
| ghianowbug wrote: |
| 40k us for a ghia sculpted out of bondo what are lowlights going for that would make this worthwhile? |
the golde sunroof goes a long way (prob not the whole way) to justify the price |
Very difficult to quantify a rare feature because every Ghia is unique in its own way. It just depends on how much the prospective buyer wants the rare feature being offered. When I was looking for a Ghia I was chasing a Golde sunroof Ghia here in the UK. I didn't get it as I obviously wasn't prepared to match the asking price but that was a long time ago.
Today I have my unique Ghia.
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