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dltracy Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:24 am Post subject: |
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We changed the wheels for sport Wheel (4.5 front and 914 5.5 rear) I know that 5.5 are wrong but.. We really enjoy driving it and it is an head turner! The Ghia is not perfect but a really nice driver.
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I had the 5.5 wheels on the back of mine at one point, but the tires rubbed on the rear quarter panel. Do yours? I thought about rolling the fender, or I could get a different size tire. I Almost thought about getting just a different brand tire. Sometimes a different brand will have a slightly smaller size.
Anyway, do yours rub? If so, what did you do to remedy that? |
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SportGhia Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2013 Posts: 4 Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:12 pm Post subject: Sport in PA |
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Bought my sport ghia in 1991 from a priest at the University where I taught.
VIN 1432622540 bought originally in Princeton NJ. Undergoing restoration
and I was researching the stripes when I came upon this thread...MUCH
APPRECIATED information as my car had been repainted and I wasnt sure what would be correct. I have the original window sticker (somewhere!) if anybody is interested. _________________ 73 Ghia Sport edition
85 SVO Mustang
89 SHO Taurus
96 Taurus SHOwagon
07 Impala SS |
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pbaptist Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2005 Posts: 1204 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Sport in PA |
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SportGhia wrote: |
Bought my sport ghia in 1991 from a priest at the University where I taught.
VIN 1432622540 bought originally in Princeton NJ. Undergoing restoration
and I was researching the stripes when I came upon this thread...MUCH
APPRECIATED information as my car had been repainted and I wasnt sure what would be correct. I have the original window sticker (somewhere!) if anybody is interested. |
Hallo fellow sport ghia owner and welcome on thesamba.
Do you have a coupe or convertible?
Also what kind of Information do you have about the original decal sceme from your car. (Maybe you have old pictures of the car or from the window sticker ) We are still not sure if there was a difference between the coupe versus convertible or a difference between early and late.
Regards
Patrick _________________ Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)
Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database |
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dltracy Samba Member
Joined: May 09, 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Mesa
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:22 am Post subject: Re: Sport in PA |
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SportGhia wrote: |
Bought my sport ghia in 1991 from a priest at the University where I taught.
VIN 1432622540 bought originally in Princeton NJ. Undergoing restoration
and I was researching the stripes when I came upon this thread...MUCH
APPRECIATED information as my car had been repainted and I wasnt sure what would be correct. I have the original window sticker (somewhere!) if anybody is interested. |
I would love to see your window sticker. Could you scan it and post it? or take a picture of it?
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vwclap Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2004 Posts: 519 Location: Qc, Canada
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Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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dltracy wrote: |
vwclap wrote: |
We changed the wheels for sport Wheel (4.5 front and 914 5.5 rear) I know that 5.5 are wrong but.. We really enjoy driving it and it is an head turner! The Ghia is not perfect but a really nice driver.
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I had the 5.5 wheels on the back of mine at one point, but the tires rubbed on the rear quarter panel. Do yours? I thought about rolling the fender, or I could get a different size tire. I Almost thought about getting just a different brand tire. Sometimes a different brand will have a slightly smaller size.
Anyway, do yours rub? If so, what did you do to remedy that? |
I put 914 5.5 sport Wheel with a ET40 offset not the sportbug Et26 offset Wheel. No rubbing at all with the Porsche Wheel in my case
Claude _________________ Claude
cox 1956, 1962 et 1975
Split panel 1963
Samba 21 fenetres 1966
Ghia 1968
Sport Ghia 73
West 1970
Jetta 1992
Jetta TDI 2015
West Multivan 2002 |
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SportGhia Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2013 Posts: 4 Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:09 am Post subject: sport in PA |
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My car is a coupe and was repainted when I bought it. If the repainter was
true to the original striping, it would be the "thick" version, black rally stripe extended from the bottom chrome strip about halfway to bottom of door, rocker itself yellow. No striping behind the rear wheel. I will make copies of the window sticker and send one to any sport ghia owner.
cheers,
dan _________________ 73 Ghia Sport edition
85 SVO Mustang
89 SHO Taurus
96 Taurus SHOwagon
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pbaptist Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2005 Posts: 1204 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:58 am Post subject: |
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vwclap wrote: |
dltracy wrote: |
vwclap wrote: |
We changed the wheels for sport Wheel (4.5 front and 914 5.5 rear) I know that 5.5 are wrong but.. We really enjoy driving it and it is an head turner! The Ghia is not perfect but a really nice driver.
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I had the 5.5 wheels on the back of mine at one point, but the tires rubbed on the rear quarter panel. Do yours? I thought about rolling the fender, or I could get a different size tire. I Almost thought about getting just a different brand tire. Sometimes a different brand will have a slightly smaller size.
Anyway, do yours rub? If so, what did you do to remedy that? |
I put 914 5.5 sport Wheel with a ET40 offset not the sportbug Et26 offset Wheel. No rubbing at all with the Porsche Wheel in my case
Claude |
Mine is missing the Original rims.
What is the correct ET value for the 4.5 inch sport rims.
I have found them in ET 34 and ET 41.
And also with raised edges and non raised edges.
What is correct for the sport ghia?
_________________ Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)
Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database |
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pbaptist Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2005 Posts: 1204 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Found these pictures on Flickr
These were taken in montreal this summer
So, it looks like there is a second Sport ghia in Canada?
_________________ Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)
Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database |
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vwclap Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2004 Posts: 519 Location: Qc, Canada
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:39 am Post subject: |
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It looks like a second Sport Ghia in the province of Quebec. I was not sure that it was Montréal because of the English publicity in the window of the Library behind the Ghia but after a search on Google I found that Drawn and Quaterly is a canadian comic book Publisher based in Montréal so I learned something today
I will check with some friends that works VWs in Montréal if they know the car _________________ Claude
cox 1956, 1962 et 1975
Split panel 1963
Samba 21 fenetres 1966
Ghia 1968
Sport Ghia 73
West 1970
Jetta 1992
Jetta TDI 2015
West Multivan 2002 |
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StradMan Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2013 Posts: 1 Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:41 am Post subject: 73 sport ghia |
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Mine is Vin 14325429xx
Owned it now 16 years. Previous owner painted the rims to match the car and did away with the stripes. Seats and steering wheel are correct. |
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pbaptist Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2005 Posts: 1204 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:25 am Post subject: Re: 73 sport ghia |
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StradMan wrote: |
Mine is Vin 14325429xx
Owned it now 16 years. Previous owner painted the rims to match the car and did away with the stripes. Seats and steering wheel are correct. |
Cool, another sport ghia.
Do you also have pictures from the previous owner. Off course, we would love to see pictures of the car in the balck stripe.
Your VIN is earlier than the ones we allready had. Did you ever bought the birth certificate for the car?
If not, cal you tell me the number of the build tag that it fitted next to the front bonnet locking mechanism
Patrick _________________ Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)
Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database |
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SportGhia Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2013 Posts: 4 Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:59 am Post subject: sport ghia window sticker copies |
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I made copies today of the original window sticker for our 73 Sport edition
ghia. email me at [email protected] if you'd like one free of charge.
cheers,
dan _________________ 73 Ghia Sport edition
85 SVO Mustang
89 SHO Taurus
96 Taurus SHOwagon
07 Impala SS |
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pbaptist Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2005 Posts: 1204 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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In the last months I collected proof that the convertible and coupe were build next to each other. I have found a convertible with an early VIN number 14326201xx and a coupe with a late VIN number 14326225xx
That gives the conclusion that the striping for the convertible is different than the striping for the coupe.
One other interesting fact is that the model was named 1471 for the convertible and 1491 for the coupe.
_________________ Dutch Karmann-Ghia and coachbuild lover.
1* Karmann Ghia Coupe (1966 Teak)
2* Karmann Ghia Convertible (1958, 1971)
4* Rometsch Lawrence (nr 534, 555, 558 and 561)
Karmann-Ghia Lowlight page and registry
Karmann-Ghia Collectibles database |
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retrowagen Samba Member
Joined: October 11, 2004 Posts: 1856
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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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That's interesting information - the Sport Ghia equipment did not come at extra cost!
I wonder if "1471" and "1491" were internal model numbers at Volkswagen of America (since the Sport Ghia was only offered in the USA via Volkswagen of America distributorship, which undoubtedly commissioned this "special edition" in an attempt to stimulate sales against newer, cheaper, sportier models such as the Toyota Celica). _________________ David Ruby
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carl4x4 Samba Member
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patato Samba Member
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13943 Location: Southampton U.K.
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patato Samba Member
Joined: October 23, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: Bartlesville
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help, it's been a long time since I have trolled a forum. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13943 Location: Southampton U.K.
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The Kesthely Kid Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2013 Posts: 3 Location: England (& Occasionally Hungary)
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:58 am Post subject: I have a '73 Sport Ghia Convertible here in Blighty and ... |
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Hello fellow Karmann Ghia Fetishists,
I've also spotted this one over in the old country in Budapest no less ....
http://www.hasznaltauto.hu/auto/volkswagen/karmann...aj-8541315
My own example is chassis #143 2620***
Sadly I've done nothing to her since shipping her over the pond in the spring of 2014 as my step father also passed away during that time
However her insurance value has certainly made me smile
Warmest Regards from KGOC-GB member #2463 |
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