I owned a 1964 rust bucket Karman Ghia back in the early 70's. it had no motor, and I had a used Porsche Super 90 motor in the garage, so after adding my old Michelin XAS tires to the frame, we added the S-90 and went autocrossin' a broken throttle cable during the second lap of my second run at an event in Ames IA cost me a top three finish against the likes of a mid engine 350 Chevy Corvair and several Corvettes. I relished in the fact that a raggedly old looking clapper like that could come close to kicking some Detroit butt. I also had a 57 Ghia convertible sans top which I welded a full roll cage in to. Wanted to make it the full bore slalom car, but it became a real money pit and I bought a real 1963 356B coupe and cruised for chicks instead. Dimwitted Moose and Flying squirrel -----Original Message----- From: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 5:46 AM Subject: Its Frydaye...howmany remember the Karmann Ghia "sportscar" TV commercial?
>All this talk about Karmann Ghias as "real sportscars" brings to mind a KG >TV commercial from the 70s. It was a spoof on the Shell gasoline >commercials of the time. In the Shell commercial two cars were driving down >the road.....one finally runs out of gas, the other drives through a large >paper barrier which signified greater mileage from using Shell gasoline.... > >In the KG commercial the Ghia is driving down a similar road...the >announcer talks about the KG as a sportscar, its reliability, etc... the >Ghia approaches the paper barrier. The announcer says..."The Karman Ghia, >its a sports car...." The Ghia hits the barrier but can't punch through it. >The announcer continues..."its just not that powerful".... > > > >Ric |
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