Karmann Ghia streamlining with Photoshop

[freebeard]

How many other VW threads are there lurking in the archives I've never seen before?

Did you know there's a whole website full of the is stuff?

Originally Posted by Cd

I wonder how much headroom that the car would have chopped.

An aeromodded EV Ghia would be uber cool, but also a huge money pit.

That and the safety aspect is why I gave up on the idea of something like this.

I think a reasonable build scenario would be to add an 8-Point roll cage to the vehicle and use that for mounting the battery boxes. Or were you concerned with becoming and impromptu ramp-bed truck?

Did you ever find a replacement for Softimage-XSI? Or do anything with 3D modelling at all?

[Cd]

Originally Posted by freebeard

How many other VW threads are there lurking in the archives I've never seen before?

Did you know there's a whole website full of the is stuff?





I think a reasonable build scenario would be to add an 8-Point roll cage to the vehicle and use that for mounting the battery boxes. Or were you concerned with becoming and impromptu ramp-bed truck?

Did you ever find a replacement for Softimage-XSI? Or do anything with 3D modelling at all?

Sorry to be so late on my response here. I have been away from this site for quite some time since my car broke down,( actually it just broke down again )

My main concern would be having my head taken off by the SUV behind me as it uses the rear of the car as a ramp.

That, and of course the lack of money on my part.

As far as the XSI replacement, I am on a mac now and all my software is for PC. I can try to reboot to my Windows partition and use the software that way, but what a drag !!
Also, all my keyboard shortcuts are different on this thing.

I tried Blender for a short time, but then gave up since it is yet another steep learning curve.

I'm wondering what happened to that one fellow that posted a while back on this forum with the real life chopped Karmann Ghia. ( post # 48 on the last page ) He has never posted since :-(

[kach22i]

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Originally Posted by jerryd

except....
a guy I knew had dropped a 911 turbo into his ghia, can you say rocket powered ?
that thing was FAST

There is only one project like that (that I know of), very difficult and expensive. Cost somewhere around $100,000 if I recall correctly.

Here it is: Bader racing and it's $260,000
Karmann Ghia with Porsche 993 Engine | Engine Swap Depot

Jalopnik says the swap costs $260,000 and takes around 18 months.

Details:
Bader Racing

I guess the van engine swap is the economical one to do.
TheSamba.com :: View topic - Porsche 911 2.4 in a Ghia?

[kach22i]

Awesome site freebeard, thanks.

Fake Volkswagen

Best find ever!!
von karmann-coupe @ 2012-01-19 – 21:48:37
I found this ´71 karmann ghia station wagon not that far away! almost complete (except the rear windows and the front seats), but in a poor condition!!