Hey Guys, this video shows the 1970 Karmann Ghia convertible I picked up in Virginia in 2017 . I am looking forward to working on this vert in spring. Thank you for the comments & likes Guys , much appreciated !
One can tell by the way he speaks to his sonJosh has a loving father....what a difference a good father makes...wonderful to see...My stepfather came straight from hell..well thats almost 60 years ago..I healed-cheers.Rogers
Your lil' boy is so cute !!! And so helpful ! I love the way you guide him, patiently, letting him learn hands on. Precious moments for both of you. I wish I had a boy like that but we could'nt have kids. Oh well... maybe in another life.
I'd start with the Ghia. I saw a 65 bug the other day and ask the kid if it was for sale. He said he was going to try to restore it. It looked in pretty good shape. Mostly original I think. Always looking for cars to add to you collection.
I was Vw Hunting pretty hard from 2015-2018 , now it's time to set up shop and do some work.....with a few hunts mixed in here and there :) . Thank you VP.
hey RK02 , he is a very hard worker & loves yard work too ! I am looking forward to making it a driver this spring / summer . Thank you for the comment , i appreciate it !
1967 fun car nice looking convertible Ghia use to work on them in 70's had a good teacher's one work in the factory during the WW2, Josh is a hard worker for sure !!!; )
Jason, Josh is a great helper! I would put the 2384cc engine in the Ghia and the 1700cc in the black 67. That way the Ghia convertible would be a 356 killer and being a convertible would be a blast to drive fast!
:), Thanks Dave . The 1776 would be a 356 killer :)....the Ghia vert is just going get a refresh and driven , we shall see . Thank you for the comments👍
Great video! I want to reincarnate myself to be like Josh and live at your house! Great upbringing. It reminds me of me! My oldest brother ran an auto repair business out of our garage of my parents house. There would be 5 to 10 cars parked along the avenue that he and workers would complete work on daily. Amazed that he got away with that back then as he essentially ran a full-time business in a residential zone back in 1978-1986. I was always hanging out and watching VW's engine rebuilds and I also help striping junk VW's for parts. He would give me a Philips screw driver and I would remove all the light lenses and whatever I could before the junk wrecker came to remove the vehicle. -Let me know the next time your going back to Virginia and I can meet you along I-84! -LOL
Josh - great video, I have to take notes to stay straight on all your VW's. So many cars / projects. Maybe in the future we can see another collaboration with the boys up North and more sharing of your projects. Great collection - keep the videos coming. Chuck in NE Kansas
Thank you Chuck . You don't have to twist my arm to hang out with the NH boys . I expect a video in the next few weeks for that👍. Thank you for the kind words Chuck , much appreciated .
hard to believe but the videos get better every time. Can only dream of barn finds here in Atlantis Canada as the salt has devoured all our classic stuff.
Hi Brian , I shot a lot of video this weekend and nothing really came of it . SO , I though I'd show the vid of me picking up the 70 vert most of u have seen in the garage . thank you for the kind words , much appreciated !
You teaching your son some of the most valuable lessons he will learn about respecting the past as he looks to the future. he's going to grow up to be a fine young man.
Josh reminds me a lot of my girlfriend's youngest boy. So inquisitive and eager to help. Lucky his dad is into cars. It's a good foundation. Also nice find on that Ghia. It's a shame those two coupes were returning to the earth but at least you'll save this one and get her back on the road. You're lucky to have them be so available out east. Here in Dallas they're pretty difficult to come by as far as decent fixer uppers go. They're either REALLY bad or $10,000.
Thank you GP73 ...nice GP ! man , you do not see many of those early Grand Prix anymore or back then for that matter ! . My friend's Dad had a 73 or 74 back in like 81 , what a sweet car !
5150mxVW Thanks it's not worth a million dollars, but when I pull into any car show, w my factory sunroof open, it's a pretty certain thing that I'm the only one there with one, amongst 10,000 Camaros and Vettes, thats y I love your Karman Ghia, not many around, take care of that great kid, he's something else
Early Vw's had single stage paint with the clear coat mixed in the paint. Newer cars use stage 2 paint with baseboat/clearcoat and if you don't constantly wax stage 2 the clear peals off unless you lay extra clearcoat layers. I like stage one and have redone many.
awesome , careful with the Ghia's , the 1st one I bought was full of bondo ....i see Ghias on bring a trailer full of bondo selling for 40-50k , I feel really bad for the buyers . At least my bondo vert ghia only set me back 7500 .
Approx 8:00 minutes in is the best part. Good kid just wants to make dad happy while having a great time. Miss when mine were young bro. Enjoy it while it lasts. Best of luck my friend.
I was amazed at the white Beetle, because it seems to be that someone has surgically implanted the cool oval type rear window onto a later model with larger side windows! This would make it lighter inside, the original cars with oval windows were just too dark inside. If my eyesight was still precise enough for driving, I would buy it! Certainly, when it also is already fitted with a 1700 engine! But your red convertible K.G. is also beautiful AND so shiny! The paint is still good on this one!
Many thanks for sharing with us. I would keep the ghia stock and preserve it rather than restore it given it is in such a good condition. I would also fit a period correct stock engine. Nothing beats stock. A big well done for your young helper! Keeping the vw legend alive 😀
Hi 63vw , I do have a B6 motor for it somewhere , we shall see , I don't mind a stock 1600 at all . Thank you for the comment and kind words , I appreciate it
I thought the bumper was painted silver until you got close to it! It should be easy to polish right up with some 0000 steel wool and dish soap, too! I'll try the C. Brassy sometime soon, never used it!
You should do what you want and I'll respect it, but since you asked... that shell looks ready to make a solid baja! I kinda like the bugeye look myself. Whatever you choose, have fun with it!
👍👌👏 Your little chrome polishing son did well (5 yo at this time and a petrolhead already). Congrats for that and the Karmann convertible. Best regards luck and health to you, your family and all your VW colleagues/pals.
Karmann Ghias are absolutely gorgeous cars and their value has gone through the roof in the recent years, it's insane there are any of them abandoned and rotting away.
Looks gewd, looks different now ! Looks smooth and shiny with col. Brassy lol.. all kiddin a side that chrome cleaner did a great job. As for 67 ....take cleanest 1 and you got to use 1776cc in the Ghia, after mouse cleaning !..haha :)
Josh does a good job, "probably" he had a good teacher. grins The Karmann is a beauty, with some polishing (the paint isnt acryl yet?) and welding you could bring it back to its former glory.
That Ghia's pretty clean, and a Big vote for putting the 1776 in that one, as the Karmann's are Sporty, and that goes together even better than a fast Bug ;). Unbelievable that top isn't rotted away, and is in that good of shape, but you better inside storage that one, or it will quickly deteriorate. Maybe you and Mustie1 could do a joint channel 'engine refresh' on that 1776 in his garage? Just a thought, and maybe some extra Ghia or VW parts might help tempt him into it? btw, Josh is turning into a video producer/editor/star at such a young age, and bold prediction, 20 yrs. from now he has a subscriber base bigger than most or a tv show by then.
So let me get this straight ....you want me to hang out with Mustie1 and work on the 1776 in his garage ? Oh , AND bring him more parts than the load he just left with ? Consider it DONE LOL....on my end anyway. The Ghia is in the garage and good to know Joshua has something to fall back on in case baseball doesn't pan out lol . Thank you for the great comment 217👍
I'd use the good Beetle body to replace the rusted out one,the 1776cc engine would've been an improvement over the old 1100 & 1200 cc engine that my dad ran in his Baja Beetle,I know someone who had an early 1980's model Beetle which ran a Porsche independent rear end in it & I think it ran a big bore kit on a 1776 cc engine so it ended up being about 2 litres in capacity, it held onto the road really well at 160 km/h. With the Karman Ghia, it's good that the body is in good condition,it's just a matter of finding a motor for it. When I did work experience for a mechanic back in 1993,his son had a Karman Ghia wagon which he rebuilt the 1600cc engine in. He thrashed it & went on about it being 100% better when he first rebuilt it !
Hi James , thank you ! It was an older BMW and reminded me of a 2002 , but I think it was bigger . Someone commented on it and said what it was . It probably got scrapped :(
Haha, he gets paid pretty well and already has his first 3 cars picked out that will be his lol.....Mustie1 is more than welcome to come back and drag a chassis home for a trike ...I've still got some motocrossIN' to do in this old body :)
Uuuh, really fantastic! A great find, seems to be not in too bad shape, good luck with it. I simply love the design/the beautiful look of the Karmann Ghias (especially the older and first ones). For my kind of taste one of the best looking younger oldtimer cars of all time (like Plymouth Fury = Christine type, Opel GT, his bigger brother coke bottled Corvette, Ferrari Dino, Datsun Z/ZX, Citroen DS, AC Cobra etc.p.p.). Best regards. Postscriptum: Great little polishing man!
Thank you , it is very solid for an east coast Ghia , since east coast Ghia's rotted out 3 years from new . I like the design 60-66 Ghia's the best , thank you for the comment and droppin' in
Dear@@5150mxVW Thanks for answering. Also for making, taping, editing, uploading and sharing. Because I simply love everything that is green here comes my unstoppable question: Did you also buy the green and older Karmann Ghia? 3) The very first types with the really small rear lights I like the most. Only saw one in over 50 years. Best regards.
@@Chr.U.Cas1622 Hi , I did buy the 1969 green vert as well , I had to buy all 4 to get the verts . The early " low light " Ghias , made 1955 - 1959 , they are very rare indeed .
@@5150mxVW Don't know vert?? Maybe a short word for con vert ible? I forgot to mention that I like the "big Karnann Ghia" (type 34) very much also. It definitely looks a bit like its American role model, the Corsair.
The motor would work well in the Ghia, I like them but I way to big and tall cannot fit into the Ghia, your helper doing a great Job my son started helping me on his vw when he was 3 not he is 30 still like them but not so much into working on them once dad done all the work enjoy driving them, his hobby building computers, which is cool built me a super computer .
I always had issues with the 1776. My buddy had a '70 Ghia Pearl White 10k paint job and I built a 1776 for him from scratch. It had dual Dellortos 44's I think (25 years ago) and Engle 110 cam, couterweighted crank. Went to assemble and it seized. The line bore was cut wrong. Then he wanted those stupid elephant feet rocker screws one broke and he took to guy that balanced the carbs running wrong on 3 cyls. I fixed it right after that and ran great but still would go with all stock engine. Built over 85 from scratch with no fails. The main issue I had was the machine shop didn't know how to do it right.
I wouldn't have an issue with 1600 or 1641 with small duals , my stock 71 Ghia is a great driver ! 1776's are generally known as a great motor though .
5150mx, I’m really interested in getting an air cooled vw. Bug or ghia. I live in western mass and any tips or leads on any cars would be amazing. Seems like they are hard to find but your grabbing new ones all the time so you must know where to look. Thanks dude love the cars, movies, just everything Volkswagen in general. ✌️ one love
