Continuing my theme of foreign sports-oriented cars is this cute little VW Karmann Ghia. Being a Minnesota car, it does show signs of possible bondo and respray, but it's over 35 years old. Can you blame it?
This car makes me miss old cars. Not because of the "OMG classic" factor either. Older cars, as a rule, are far prettier than their modern counterparts. In addition to amazing overall shapes, the complex detail is what really makes older vehicles fascinating to me. This VW Karmann Ghia is no different.
Overall, the appearance of this example looked pretty good. No obvious dents or deep scratches, but wear and tear was abound. The paint had massive amounts of orange peel which suggests a repaint at some point. The hubcaps, too seemed a bit odd. They had no central VW logo, suggesting that they're replicas. Not bad, really, but I'd try to at least find correct hubcaps. Or maybe they're really early hubcaps. Again, not bad, but for that look to work, they'd need to find old steelies, too. The trim, though, appears in great shape. The intricate detail of the Karmann Ghia script is simply amazing. I only wish carmakers did that now. Although, that kind of scripture wouldn't work on today's modern cars. Shame, really, because it looks really neat.
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eThi is a 1970-72 model year Ghia, the body side moulding is not correct for the car but it is a very decent example, I am an owner of a VW only restoration faclity in north carolina
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