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c21darrel Samba Member
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Larmo63 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:53 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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It seems that the rounded Ghia body was getting a bit "long in the tooth" and out of style at some point, so they commissioned drawings/mockups of this which looks somewhat BMW-ish or Opel.
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Larmo63 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:53 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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More......The rear looks like an Opel or Volvo P1800
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kurt912 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Two more.
_________________ 1964 MG Midget MK1 Monte Carlo Replica
1969 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1972 Mercedes 250 Coupe |
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KGCoupe Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:52 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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I know, I know ... this is not a "vintage" Karmann Ghia photo ...
... but it IS a photo of a vintage Karmann Ghia, and it does fit in with the long string of "motor sporting" Karmann Ghias just previously posted. |
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kurt912 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Cibie Oscars _________________ 1964 MG Midget MK1 Monte Carlo Replica
1969 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1972 Mercedes 250 Coupe |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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_________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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kurt912 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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A few more.
_________________ 1964 MG Midget MK1 Monte Carlo Replica
1969 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1972 Mercedes 250 Coupe |
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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retrowagen Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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sputnick60 wrote: |
kurt912 wrote: |
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Wow! Those bumpers . I've never seen that before.
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This was a styling study worked up by Ghia as a follow-up to the production model, circa 1957, featuring a revised windshield shape and A-pillar solution, as well as those distinctive bumpers. The work was attributed to Pietro Frua, who had just sold his eponymous coachbuilding firm (noted for their bodies penned for the Ferrari 250 and Maserati A6G) to Carrozzeria Ghia, where Luigi Segre made him Head of Design.
Obviously, the bumpers were not signed off by Karmann or Volkswagen, nor was the windshield modification deemed necessary. The bumper design did, however, live in in the first iteration of the 1961 Volvo P1800 sports coupe, which was styled by Pietro Frua's intern, a Swede by the name of Pelle Petterson:
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retrowagen Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:09 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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John Moxon wrote: |
Thanks Dave, I knew you'd know
Had all the hallmarks of an official Karmann design exercise...i.e. not a hack. |
Ghia, not Karmann, this time. _________________ David Ruby
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Viktor Cz. Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:59 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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Intrestesting that Frua used the same bumperdesign for several cars.
Some more info about the P1800.
There were 3 prototype cars made by Frua already in 57/-58 called P958 (X1, X2, X3).
https://www.v1800.org/index.php/sv/historien-om-volvo-p1800/prototyperna/frua-p958-x1.html
All three cars now lives in Sweden, X3 is under renovation
http://projektx3.blogspot.com
retrowagen wrote: |
sputnick60 wrote: |
kurt912 wrote: |
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Wow! Those bumpers . I've never seen that before.
Nicholas |
This was a styling study worked up by Ghia as a follow-up to the production model, circa 1957, featuring a revised windshield shape and A-pillar solution, as well as those distinctive bumpers. The work was attributed to Pietro Frua, who had just sold his eponymous coachbuilding firm (noted for their bodies penned for the Ferrari 250 and Maserati A6G) to Carrozzeria Ghia, where Luigi Segre made him Head of Design.
Obviously, the bumpers were not signed off by Karmann or Volkswagen, nor was the windshield modification deemed necessary. The bumper design did, however, live in in the first iteration of the 1961 Volvo P1800 sports coupe, which was styled by Pietro Frua's intern, a Swede by the name of Pelle Petterson:
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Karmann Ghia coupe 1966
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:10 am Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos |
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mcdonaldneal wrote: |
...excellent video clip/short film... |
"Schöne Zeit!" Thanks for posting this! |
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