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#1 Posted : 28 June 2007 18:27:48(UTC)
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Our 1967 Karmann Ghia is a convertible. I am from the Philippines. Post your Karmann ghia here too.








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#2 Posted : 14 August 2007 13:29:16(UTC)
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#3 Posted : 14 August 2007 18:04:36(UTC)
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Cool i'm sure i remember this ghia on the show scene many years ago, i really liked it then Laugh

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#4 Posted : 14 September 2007 19:01:13(UTC)
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Is that dog doing what i think.
I'd kill him. Laugh
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#5 Posted : 26 September 2007 19:06:08(UTC)
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Sorry about the windswept look (me not the car). It should be registered next week and I'll then loose the reins on the throbbing 40 horses.

Plans for the car fall (unsurprisingly) into the Vintage Speed category BigGrin

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#6 Posted : 26 September 2007 22:17:46(UTC)
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Sorry about the windswept look (me not the car). It should be registered next week and I'll then loose the reins on the throbbing 40 horses.

Plans for the car fall (unsurprisingly) into the Vintage Speed category BigGrin


Looks a very nice Ghia John!!
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#7 Posted : 28 September 2007 14:31:11(UTC)
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Tell us more John! I know you told me it is a one previous owner car, but we need more info. Maybe see you at Brighton Breeze tomorrow??
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#8 Posted : 01 October 2007 19:08:28(UTC)
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Hi Rich,

Yes it was nice to see you in Brighton. As you know the car had one lady owner from new.

Betty was planning a trip to Germany in 1957 and investigated the cost of renting a car for the holiday. It was then pointed out by a friend that she could visit he local VW Dealer in California, order a new car and pick it up as part of VWs "Tourist Scheme" in Germany. That way she'd get her new car, drive it around Germany and France for the duration of her holiday and VW would take care of shipping it to her home in Berkeley, California when the trip was over.

By the time the holiday arrived it was April 1958 and she got the '58 model. Picked up from a dealer in Frankfurt, a girlfriend and Betty had a great holiday.

I'm guessing they spent a lot of the time painting the landscape as Betty is a watercolour artist and still teaches around the North Bay Area at the age of 81.

The car was in Betty's hands for 49 years.."my Baby" she calls it and in that time was her daily driver. She drove it everywhere and covered just about every scenic place on The West Coast.

She said the car was well known in the area. As you can imagine teaching watercolour for many years she had hundreds of pupils and all knew if they spotted Betty's distinctive Black Karmann Coupe she would be nearby painting, they'd just seek her out to pass the time of day.

Betty's husband Frank is now confined to a wheelchair so the time came to replace the Ghia with a car that would enable Frank to make local trips in comfort...and that why I'm the new owner BigGrin

Here's Betty holding court in San Francisco...she says now she has an anonymous Ford, her friends can't find her so easily. Sad

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#9 Posted : 04 October 2007 11:07:02(UTC)
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Is that dog doing what i think.
I'd kill him. Laugh


Ha ha ha. When I took that picture, my dog spared the tire of my KG cab. LOL
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#10 Posted : 15 November 2007 11:08:16(UTC)
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Heres my 66/67 german import. Raspberry

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#11 Posted : 08 December 2007 06:11:42(UTC)
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New look of our KG a.k.a Mickey. I removed the eight spoke- EMPI Style.

I prefer the stock rims for now. With those hubcaps and beauty rings, Mickey looks cool! On the Stocker side!

And I am planning of selling my eight spokes wheels!



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#12 Posted : 08 December 2007 16:48:49(UTC)
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hey there dongkg,

Yea ghia looks so Much cooler with those wheels,white wall tyre trims would finish it off perfect . check out the trims on my 66. take it easy.nicko. Cool
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#13 Posted : 08 December 2007 17:14:06(UTC)
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#14 Posted : 27 January 2008 15:02:58(UTC)
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My '58 Ghia Coupe. Previously one lady owner from new.





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#15 Posted : 27 January 2008 18:55:35(UTC)
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My '58 Ghia Coupe. Previously one lady owner from new.



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#16 Posted : 28 January 2008 21:32:16(UTC)
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#17 Posted : 02 March 2008 18:29:45(UTC)
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1966 ghia, bring on the summer
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