O.K., so let's cover a few bases here....

The following are all facts:

- I am a lover of Air - cooled VWs.
- I have owned buses and beetles, early and late.  I won't say how many.
- I have ALWAYS wanted a type 1 Karmann Ghia
- I am cheap, and as such, my cars are often a bit on the rough side.
- I have searched for a Ghia for years, but rust buckets run over $2000
- I am cheap.
- Parts for Ghias are not.
- I basically wanted an intact car for a parted out price.
- I am cheap.  No, really cheap.
As such, my life has had a void... untill the other day when KC placed the sale ad on here for the Ghia he needed out of his yard so that he might not incurr the wrath of his loving spouse with the impending arrival of his new Westy (and a pretty cool one at that).  It seemed like the perfect opportunity to help out a fellow human being.  Then I saw the car for myself, and couldn't get the money in his hands fast enough.  It's later than anything i would normally go for, but the price was right, so it's mine.
Pics when i towed it to the shop.  eeeewwwww it needed a bath BAD.

This should be one of the easier builds i have done.  It's a big bumper, "fat chick" Ghia.  As such, the cool factor is seemingly reduced, so i don't think i'll try to mess with that.  Basically, fix the rot, replace the pans, clean up, paint the jambs, trunk, and engine compartment, refurbish the interior, fix the mechanicals, put in an engine,  and roll it as-is for now.  The body is in really good shape, and the paint was re-sprayed a long time ago, but looks pretty good.  I figured I will fix dents and dings as time goes on, but drive it while i do so.  I needed this car pretty bad to cure my air-cooled withdrawls so i can pace myself and do my other ride up the right way.  

And, most importantly, the color is absolutely the sickest i have ever seen on a car.  

There, I said it....

Dang Casey . . . If you had washed it, you could have got twice as much for it!  :lol:  Cleaned up it does look awfully close to Clarklift green . . .

My uncle was a salesman at Hailey Porsche/Audi in the 70's. I'm pretty sure one of his demo's was a 914 in this color. I kept it a secret but I actually liked it (I was jacked-up on more than Mountain Dew back then, though). Okay, I still like it and I'm only jacked-up on Master Blend.

Sam.....  


 

"low light" refers to the early cars where the headlamps are positioned lower.  I believe it's like 1958 or older cars that it refers to.

Dude,
I found a large piece of your ghia's interior in my shed.
It appears that it is the fold down part in the back.
Let me know and I can meet you again.
Kc

it look like little sad froggy...ribbet....ribbet......... :?