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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

Ghia Cabrio heading down the "test hill" at the Nuerburgring race track in Germany in a group for driver training, 1966. Caption mentions that Hans Stuck (Sr.) is driving the Fiat Abarth in front. Normally, cars would travel UP the 27% gradient hill. The test hill was a "shortcut" to bypass the famous left-banked Karussell curve, but was usually fenced off during active races.
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If the front blinkers on the Ghia are not clear, then they'd be amber and it'd be a mid '64 model year. If the front hubcaps are not visible because they are flat instead of domed, it'd be a '66. I can't clearly see the location of the driver's rearview mirror to further pinpoint the model year; if on front fender or on door.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2021 10:39 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2021 2:32 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:01 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2021 8:11 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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My they were shiny new weren’t they?
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 4:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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two more to add to the collection:

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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 9:26 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 10:07 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

Same car again I guess but no rear plate?
I wonder how many pics they took...
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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 10:45 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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Same car again I guess but no rear plate?
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The picture is from the Hotel Georgsmarienhütte KG launch in 1955. None of those cars had a decklid script nor were they called Karmann Ghias but Volkswagen Coupes. The scripts didn't appear until late December '55/early January '56.
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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 12:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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Same car again I guess but no rear plate?
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I thought so too, then I noticed the plates on the oval.
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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 12:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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I'm sure we've had that one before as I remember trying to find out where the pictures were taken. It's a very early car, very likely promotional shots as the rear decklid doesn't have the KG script.

The pictures were taken at the Angeles Abbey Memorial Park in Compton California. It’s a 1000 crypt mausoleum built in 1923 by George Clegg, and was suppose to resemble the Taj Mahal. The architecture it self, is a combination of moorish and Indian. So, not so much Taj Mahal.

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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 1:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage GhiL376 Gazelle Beige photos Reply with quote

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The pictures were taken at the Angeles Abbey Memorial Park in Compton California. It’s a 1000 crypt mausoleum built in 1923 by George Clegg, and was suppose to resemble the Taj Mahal. The architecture it self, is a combination of moorish and Indian. So, not so much Taj Mahal.

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Thanks for that "RUNKLE"...I thought it looked Moorish but didn't think they would have shipped an early KG to anywhere but Europe or US.

Although it appears white it's L376 Gazelle Beige with L379 Brown inner hubs.
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PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2021 7:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

^It reminded me of Tucson City Hall. It’s really a beautiful series of pictures.^
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PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 5:08 am    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

I love the ski's strapped to the convertibles!! Would be cooler if the top was down, that would show real hardcore life!! Great set of pics.
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PostPosted: Mon May 24, 2021 2:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Vintage Ghia photos Reply with quote

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Reminds me of the Rossfeld High Alpine Road at the SE tip of Germany, by Berchtesgaden... Lovely shot.
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