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Wonderful! Enjoy! Yes please more pics!
My wife had a red one of these back in the 90s, at which point she and I were in the Friend Zone. It lived outdoors in North London. She zoomed about in it. I recall a very fun drive in the car through the ratruns of Manor House, ending with the discovery of the one and only impossible to find parking space close to White Hart Lane at a Spurs-Arsenal Derby. Sadly, her then boyfriend crashed it badly on the way back from some 90s stylee late night capers in Soho, and it was scrapped.
My wife had a red one of these back in the 90s, at which point she and I were in the Friend Zone. It lived outdoors in North London. She zoomed about in it. I recall a very fun drive in the car through the ratruns of Manor House, ending with the discovery of the one and only impossible to find parking space close to White Hart Lane at a Spurs-Arsenal Derby. Sadly, her then boyfriend crashed it badly on the way back from some 90s stylee late night capers in Soho, and it was scrapped.
STURBO said:
Glad you like it. Great tales.
My Grandpa (owner of Yellow Peril) was a bit of a character, 6'4" with a moustache befitting his days as a Lancaster pilot in WWII.He repatriated the car after he'd sold his place in France, . One holiday at his house, aged about 6, he took me to town, top down one sunny Saturday morning to grab a paper. My first ever ride in a convertible
The journey was however best remembered for the 90yr old granny who stepped out on to the zebra crossing in front of us and, haunched over, slowly, ever so slowly crossed the road with her walking stick.
My Grandfather stared at her progress through squinting eyes and the moment she stepped onto the pavement, he revved the engine, flicked two fingers in the air and shouted C U N T!!!! at her at the top of his voice
Back when I was a student in London in the early 90s every yuppie street in Islington had one of these festering away.
I've had a soft spot for them but have no interest in air cooled VWs otherwise. If I had one I'd want disk brakes, sound deadening and engine upgrades.
Haven't seen one for years.
Yours looks great.
I've had a soft spot for them but have no interest in air cooled VWs otherwise. If I had one I'd want disk brakes, sound deadening and engine upgrades.
Haven't seen one for years.
Yours looks great.
That's reminded me of a red Karmann Ghia I spotted in a car park a couple years back - I took some pics of it because it was rather low slung! And I'm always snapping cars if out of the norm.
A 64 reg if I recall. I'll see if I can find them in a mo among my stash of car pics on the Mac/PC.
A guy I worked with in the 80s had one for years. He adhored his and we'd chat about it a lot mainly because of 'rear' engined stuff. I went out in it a few times, but not my cup of tea to drive. Looks appealed though. As they still do. Other than that I know nowt about them.
A 64 reg if I recall. I'll see if I can find them in a mo among my stash of car pics on the Mac/PC.
A guy I worked with in the 80s had one for years. He adhored his and we'd chat about it a lot mainly because of 'rear' engined stuff. I went out in it a few times, but not my cup of tea to drive. Looks appealed though. As they still do. Other than that I know nowt about them.
The yelling rude words at an aged lady story reminds me of one of my least proud moments. I yelled very mean things to an elderly lady in a Honda after she pulled out in front of me, but the fault was mine because the indicator on my festering old heap had not self cancelled and was signalling a turn. I was driving slowly enough through Islington to suggest that I was indeed about to turn. I was very vocal and egregiously rude to the lady when next to her at a red light further along the road, and ten years on I still feel bad about this. I hope my daughter, sat in the back and then aged five, does not recall this shabby behaviour.
Breadvan72 said:
The yelling rude words at an aged lady story reminds me of one of my least proud moments. I yelled very mean things to an elderly lady in a Honda after she pulled out in front of me, but the fault was mine because the indicator on my festering old heap had not self cancelled and was signalling a turn. I was driving slowly enough through Islington to suggest that I was indeed about to turn. I was very vocal and egregiously rude to the lady when next to her at a red light further along the road, and ten years on I still feel bad about this. I hope my daughter, sat in the back and then aged five, does not recall this shabby behaviour.
I'm sure she won't remember and write about it on the internet 40 years later it at all 
That's lovely...stunning colour
Where I used to work they manufactured kit for the US Navy the shipyard sent over inspectors to check the work, one of them a guy in his 60's was into cars and it was interesting to hear his thoughts about american cars when he was growing up...he remembered his dad brining home this weird looking car on which he learned to drive it was a Karman Gia, at that time in the US this must have been way out of the normal driving a German car and one so small...good on him.
Where I used to work they manufactured kit for the US Navy the shipyard sent over inspectors to check the work, one of them a guy in his 60's was into cars and it was interesting to hear his thoughts about american cars when he was growing up...he remembered his dad brining home this weird looking car on which he learned to drive it was a Karman Gia, at that time in the US this must have been way out of the normal driving a German car and one so small...good on him.
Told you it was 'low slung' - is this what the op means about avoiding the modded ghias?
Why would you lower a car like this? Mind you I know little about them.
Is a 1964 one so I remembered that correctly. The interior was really nice.
But it was a tad more than 2 yrs ago too, 3 yrs ago to this month that I grabbed these snaps while out and about.
Nobody else gave it a second look.
Just looked on dvla and its states it's now white.
Why would you lower a car like this? Mind you I know little about them.
Is a 1964 one so I remembered that correctly. The interior was really nice.
But it was a tad more than 2 yrs ago too, 3 yrs ago to this month that I grabbed these snaps while out and about.
Nobody else gave it a second look.
Just looked on dvla and its states it's now white.
There's a lovely sympathetically modded one just fetched £21.5k, above higher estimate
https://themarket.co.uk/listings/volkswagen/karman...
https://themarket.co.uk/listings/volkswagen/karman...
Boosted LS1 said:
I remember seeing a lowered stunner in Street Machine many years ago. It probably had a larger engine to. Op lovely car you have there. It will certainly stand out amongst the dross we see today.
Google brings this pic up. When I went to have a tyre fitted a few years ago it was parked there - I assume it the same one, unlikely there are 2 blue Cosworth Ghias - built by the owners dad who had a Cosworth, a Ghia and too much spare time! It's my regular tyre place and I'm there now and then with one or other of the family fleet but I've only seen it once, probably not a car to use commuting to work!
If you're going to do an engine swap, do an engine swap!
KG with a 993 flat 6
$260,000 conversion cost giving 321bhp....
https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=170
KG with a 993 flat 6
$260,000 conversion cost giving 321bhp....
https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=170
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