The Perfect Classic Car? Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Test Drive! (1970 Import 1500 Road Test)
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The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia is, in theory, the perfect classic car - gorgeous Italian styling, built by two coachbuilder legends, with German mechanicals and engineering. Is this air-cooled coupe as good in reality as in theory? Jack took a gorgeous 1500 example for a test drive!
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Chapters
0:00 The Karmann Ghia
0:37 Why Build A Beetle Coupe? History
1:57 Karmann's Brainwave
2:57 The Karmann Ghia!
3:12 Coachbuilt Construction & Design
3:51 Performance
4:17 Sales Success
4:28 Aircooled Engine
5:04 Suspension & Driving Impressions
5:52 Well Engineered Feel
6:24 Ride & Handling
7:12 The Perfect Classic Car? - Auta a dopravní prostředky
My Ghia is a 1969. She is an absolute dream to drive and I treat her with especial care. My only complaint is the placement of the pedals. They're so tiny and close together that the safest way to use them is to drive barefoot. I don't know how a man can drive a Ghia without catching his shoes under one or the other pedal.
Can you custom it? Weld it to make the pedal wider
@SirYus99 Good idea. She's currently undergoing some restoration, so maybe that's something I can ask the mechanic.
people were smaller in those days!
About time Volkswagen produced a new one!!!
What a lovely little car! So simple and elegant.
It really is!
Just brought a '62 Ghia home today. very excited to get her running
I had a '62 back in Boston in the late 60s. It had so much rust that if the door was slammed, pieces of the fender would fall off. Sure was fun, though.
It's not the only German-built Italian-styled classic out there... And the others are pretty good classics too. But it's true, the Karmann Ghia is particularly pretty!
Like the MGB, this car is the equivalent of a human "supermodel" On (human) supermodels - all clothes of course WOULD look good! On an MGB, or MGB GT, or these Karmanns (PLUS the American styled type 34 Karmann Ghia) , ALL WHEELS look sensational! No wonder ! These particular wheels look perhaps the best I've ever seen on this model!
🤔 Maybe so, but you are forgetting that beauty is and always will be in the eye 👁🗨 of the beholder !!.
Nice example, made even nicer with a healthy engine. Volkswagen didn't want it at first, so Karmann built one themselves and presented it to Volkswagen, and they fell in love with it. We have a 1970 with a balanced and blueprinted 1600cc, and it's a joy to drive.
Oh yes, they are gorgeous cars. I'd love to have one, particularly in 1500 form. But not with those wheels! They just look wrong, though less wrong at least than the hideous ones shown on the Beetle!
I've just purchased a 1968 convertible. Excited to tinker with it...😃😃
I loved the Karmann Ghia
A well presented, nicely produced video. Thanks.
Thanks very much!
Had a 67 convertable model .. Red .. loved it 😅
Very nice!
Beautiful, Timeless and as good as any 60+ years old designs...
Couldn't agree more!
I have both a vw bug and a karmann ghia, it's basically the same but funny thing is, they both drive and feel different
Funny how different they feel, isn't it?
I too have a 70 bug and a 69 ghia. Man do they handle differently. Put a 3/4 in.sway bar on the bug and it's on rails now. The ghia I show so leaving the suspension stock.
I have a 1969 Karmann Ghia convertible and I really love driving it.
My first car was a 1960 VW bus. I should have kept that one. My second car was a 1963 VW Squareback. Again, should have not let that on go.
They were quite pricey and of course competed with its not-so-distant relative the Porsche 356….
It is the perfect car for me, its basically a classic porsch a kind of perfect prototype, its understated though not garish subtle but a real attention grabber none the less, if I chose silver I'm going to go w cream baige cross light coloured leather. Though the stitching on the leather will be white it will be a synthetic type of thread as it will not stain! A darker, slightly darker shade of crea if I where to go with the red body!
0:02 note the front fender is not a separate panel, rather it's part of the entire structure. If it gets hit, not an easy fix. But it sure does look pretty.
The cost of those gorgeous looks, sadly...
The Humbugs brought me here (they have a song called "Cream Green Karmann Ghia")
I have a 72 that I had restored by the House of Ghia in Salem OR. I love my car. It’s got 110 hp which more than makes up for the original lack of power.
@Davesghiaguy What engine did you upgrade to?
@@Christoph-br2ui my motor is a 2187. I’m running dual 44’s.
The perfect classic car is - whatever blows your hair back.😊
🤔 That's one way of putting it !. I would say instead - what ever floats your boat !..
Be prepared to find some rust. The body is made of one peace. No separate fenders.
🤔 Most old classic cars will have some rust hiding some where ,if you look hard enough for it !... we are talking machines made of metal after all...............
So I’m looking for one I can afford in good shape, esp. body, pans etc. I’ve a question. Convertible or hardtop? Convertible: Did they beef up the structure to account for lack of a top? Also, estheticly, the convertible top some what screws up the lines. They also tend to be more expensive. Hardtop:they’re not a convertible! I also like the look of the older ones but am concerned they would have more to fix, and they have a smaller engine. I’ve asked for a lot here, TIA!
Its my dream car❤
Lovely car 🚘 🚙🚗👏👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍
It sure is!
It was 1972, I was 18 and had just passed my test, and this was my first ever car. I loved it, that is until some idiot jumped a stop sign writing it off and almost me with it (poor crash protection). Nevertheless happy memories
As a kid I thought they were funny looking, almost inflated. Now I think they are cool!
1:23 What! That's not a Ki#/&Ghia
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I meant: "♥" from Denmark!
a volkswagen karmann ghia has no radiator
They were crap when new and slow and noisy and didn't sell well either.
Bro what 😭