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Rome
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 Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:43 pm Post subject: White Ghia in NY Traffic: "A New Leaf" (1971) |
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Hard to take your eyes off the red Ferrari in center foreground, driven by main character played by Walter Matthau. Somewhere on Long Island, NY. Looks like a red Type 3 to the left of the Ghia, and there's another Ghia/Type 3 dark green merging into the fast lane a few cars behind as this clip ends.
Here's the amusing start of the movie, which contains the traffic shot-
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rcooled
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| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: White Ghia in NY Traffic: "A New Leaf" (1971) |
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OK...this has gotta be the most obscure Ghia sighting in this entire thread! Good eye there, Rome!
Sounds like they used a big-block American V8 for the dubbed-in engine note for Matthau's Ferrari 275GTB. That car would be worth about $2.5M now 
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NOVA Airhead
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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The latest episode of Chasing Classic Cars features Wayne Carini looking at a late 60s Ghia Vert for the Consours d'Lemons show in CA.
One of the event judges ended up taking the Ghia to the show.
Here is a photo of the Ghia from the event.
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Rome
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| Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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From the "small screen"- @ 1:30, a black low-light coupe. Comments mention the road is Ocean Blvd in Long Beach, CA:
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The light blue sedan 2 cars behind the Ghia, to the left of the '59 Caddy, appears to be a German Hansa, from the Borgward group! |
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Altema
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:48 am Post subject: Re: White Ghia in NY Traffic: "A New Leaf" (1971) |
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| rcooled wrote: |
| Sounds like they used a big-block American V8 for the dubbed-in engine note for Matthau's Ferrari 275GTB. That car would be worth about $2.5M now |
The fake sounds were the first thing I noticed. I was waiting for them to start it up, and when they did, I was like "Wait, what?!" I learned how to drive a stick in a Ferrari. |
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swhitcomb
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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| NOVA Airhead wrote: |
The latest episode of Chasing Classic Cars features Wayne Carini looking at a late 60s Ghia Vert for the Consours d'Lemons show in CA.
One of the event judges ended up taking the Ghia to the show.
Here is a photo of the Ghia from the event.
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Saw that episode. Car was in terrible shape. No idea how a car in CA was that bad off. Did you notice all the other VWs the guy had on the lot?
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NOVA Airhead
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:07 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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| NOVA Airhead wrote: |
The latest episode of Chasing Classic Cars features Wayne Carini looking at a late 60s Ghia Vert for the Consours d'Lemons show in CA.
One of the event judges ended up taking the Ghia to the show.
Here is a photo of the Ghia from the event.
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Saw that episode. Car was in terrible shape. No idea how a car in CA was that bad off. Did you notice all the other VWs the guy had on the lot? |
Yes I did. It was surprising to see a car in this bad of condition on a car lot.
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:35 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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| NOVA Airhead wrote: |
| swhitcomb wrote: |
| NOVA Airhead wrote: |
The latest episode of Chasing Classic Cars features Wayne Carini looking at a late 60s Ghia Vert for the Consours d'Lemons show in CA.
One of the event judges ended up taking the Ghia to the show.
Here is a photo of the Ghia from the event.
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Saw that episode. Car was in terrible shape. No idea how a car in CA was that bad off. Did you notice all the other VWs the guy had on the lot? |
Yes I did. t was surprising to see a car in this bad of condition on a car lot. |
I suppose it's too soon to get all excited about the notion that Karmann Ghias may have finally become SO desirable/valuable that car dealers will be more than happy to have one in any condition at all on their lot, huh?
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rcooled
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| Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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| It was surprising to see a car in this bad of condition on a car lot. |
Dodi's Auto Sales in Monterey, CA seems to specialize in clapped-out junkers. To be fair, he has some pretty nice stuff on his lot too, but many of his cars would more likely be found up on blocks in some hillbilly's front yard than on a car lot. The owner, Dodi, is quite a character...here's another of his prized offerings:
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:34 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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Usually I look at imcdb.org before watching a movie, so as to notice any interesting vehicles. However, this 1970 or '71 Karmann Ghia coupe about 14 minutes into The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973) took me by surprise. The movie was shot entirely on location in Boston, has a large number of street and parking lot scenes and just about every one of these scenes has an air cooled Volkswagen in it.
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rcooled
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| Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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In Led Zeppelin's 1976 film 'The Song Remains the Same', a yellow Ghia is seen up ahead as the band's limo comes up on traffic.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:22 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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Some Ghias and Beetles in this Virgin Islands Commercial.
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Don Radomski
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| Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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Watched an old goodie--the Quillar Memorandum--spy story of the early 60s in Berlin. Saw a Ghia coupe and lots of scenes driving a 356 cabriolet. Both favorites of mine. Great story too.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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The Best of Me, shown on TV in New Zealand on 5 Febr 2016
Now which of those cars has the nicest curves?
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:49 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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Saw a movie last night from 1987 call Three O'clock High. The main character in the film is a high school student who has a Karmann Ghia that will not start...so he takes his mom's car to school (the station wagon).
There is a quick shot of the Ghia near the beginning of the film. Its a red coupe that appears to me to be a 70 or 71 based on the way the rear bumper looks.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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Latest Kärcher "Ghostbusters" advert feature an early Coupe, being pressure washed. Sorry, can't add a link but try search in Youtube for it.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Ghias on the Silver Screen |
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Caught this Ghia on the show "Strike Back" S2E9
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