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Yep, going fi was going to be major. If I had just replaced the case and kept the carbed setup, even good samples of those were getting hard to find at the time. So I bought a Tacoma I still drive today, never looked back.  Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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A '67 model in college and loved it - baby blue; ultimately put over 100k miles on it, but you definitely need to be familiar with metric tools. Lots of 'em. And a parts supplier in the pipeline. An added bonus is that the gas tank is conveniently located between you, the electrical system and the front bumper. What's not to like? "And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" | |||
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I've still got this in my bookcase. A classic! I drove my friend's green KG on several occasions. It was nice! | |||
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My mother had one, a 1971 yellow hard top in great condition. It was her daily driver and she loved the car. She put lots of miles on it, and then sold it for 25% more than she paid for it. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Early Ghia just because --  Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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My first car a 66, my grandfather gave it to me for my 15th bday. It was a faded pale yellow and I must say I was not all that impressed but it beat the crap out of the 100cc yamaha that I had been riding to school and work for the previous year. | |||
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The thing that surprises me is the number of members who had Karmann Ghias. I didn’t see all that many of them as a youth, and didn’t know anybody else who drove one. I had a lot of fun in mine, it was a great car with the top down. In hot weather with the top up, the glass rear window could be lowered on its hinges for more air flow. Which was good because there was no a/c. Because it was my “good car” it made round trips from Colorado Springs to Houston many times. And I drove it to the wedding in Austin where I met the girl who would become my beautiful, fume-hating bride. Air cooled VWs require more frequent oil changes and valve checking/adjustments than most other vehicles. That didn’t bother me then because I enjoyed working on my cars. If I had to pay a mechanic to do the work I might not be that enthused about it, though. The shitty ethanol fuel we have today is bad on VW fuel pumps and carburetors in my experience. Which is the main reason my ‘66 Beetle stays in the barn all the time. You don’t want a Ghia with a/c. The compressor blocks access to two of the cylinders and eats a noticeable amount of the meager supply of horsepower produced by the engine. | |||
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Mine looked like this. Same color.  הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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This post is epic. The starter comment made me laugh. I love cars. Always thought beetles were a flawed novelty. Arfmel why would one be good in bad weather with a rear engine and ancient suspension? Im not knocking it. Old cars are COOL The Tacoma comment also made me laugh. Tacomas are the best! If you combined a honda civic, chevy s10, and a wrangler thats what you get. And nothing beats them for all-around runabout capability. | |||
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I said the Beetle was my bad weather car, not the convertible Ghia, because it didn’t leak like the convertible. But I never got stuck in snow with the old Beetle-I had the old fashioned studded mud and snow tires on my winter wheels, and kept a set of cable chains in the trunk, which I don’t think I ever used except in the mountains when the law required them. Ancient suspensions and rear engines work fine in snow if you know what you’re doing and aren’t in a race.  | |||
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Do not have sex in the KG... it will seriously cramp your back! No quarter .308/.223 | |||
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