Getting up to speed

Last fall I removed pretty much everything I could and still get to the body shop.

Here's the pictures of the tear down to get ready for the bodyshop.

Engine before removal. It has Automatic stickshift.

Rust in the floor, rear seat area, and dreaded battery acid in engine compartment.( not pictured drivers rocker eaten alive)

In the Beginning

In the beginning there was a guy and a dream to restore a VW Karmann Ghia....




Having failed to restore a rust bucket KG as a 15 year old, I guess I never lost the bug.








Now some 20 years later, more wisdom, know-how and money.(especially the money, if you've seen the rust on older VWs) One day, while surfing EBay, I realized you can get any car from anywhere, at anytime. So my first purchase ever off EBay was a 1969 VW Karmann Ghia convertible from California. In 2005, I had it shipped to Louisville, KY. I tinkered around with it for 3 1/2 years. Now 3 kids later, I decided to take the plunge and restore it to a lean, mean, driving machine . Last fall, I stripped everything except the transmission and suspension. Now, it is at the body shop to remove all the cancer(rust) and get it looking beautiful again. I will try to post pictures and updates along the way.











Ghiaguy