a face that only a mother could love....

even this might be one of the ugliest "pretty car"

it could be better, so i ordered some panels from 

www.karmannghia.de to get the face look decent.

The guys at texas modified the front ...well ...badly.

now it really needs the help of the "plastic surgery".

i don't know, should i just give up or go with the flow?

it is ...a beauty indeed. :-) but i love "layout" :-)

 you got to have faith? don't know anymore... ;-)

some parts still needed, especially the nose panel.

veljekset hämärä - strikes the karmann!

heheh, ok, this time i got things a bit forward... 

in the "no cuts – no glory" way.

one rear valance got out of the way :-) 

and i tryed the pop-up a bit higher, 

but it needs a bit tweaking, welding and a lot of magic. :-)

it looks promising though... i  also started to lower the rear, 

but the bolts are pretty tought to open, when your 

muscles are 50% of the old ones. ;-( 

i also took one old front light to get the some mock ups, 

and i have some ideas of some smaller details too..

what would look also cool... but that comes later...

 

have to locate more old school fuel tank cap.

but if nothing will show up, this will do fine.

these fookses, well, ....you will see pretty fast...

 these are the openings that i wanted to try, :-) meow?

hmmmm... what to do with the headlights?
good for me i have a solution in monday. :-)
...hmmmm..more secrets?

ghia update - getting the BMW M3 looks

dual-bolt pattern, 5-130 mm porsche, and 4,5" mopar bolt pattern, ARP race studs,

pretty long, but looks correct to the this application, i cut some 5 cm of the wheel arches, 

to get more space.  have to get a welder to make it pretty, ;-)

theres gonna be more tricks, when i have to power to carry on.

its getting a bit of BMW M3 looks

 

ghia update - stance try out (rear)

i dont know, but it doesnt look right.  somewhat too low, 

have to have it a bit higher. and use a small spacer... maybe. lets see, 

...how it will look when the front drops 7-10 cm. :-) or, what do you think?

skunk-werks. with love

this is something that i want to do, a karmann ghia road racer, with flat grey/brownish paint, pop-up flares, 17 inch wheels, slammed, and with some attitude. even some mercedes slr / bmw m3 air ducts behind the front wheel arches would be great. heh heh, this body is bad enough to have some experiment. n´est pas? 

have to get the brake parts from the machine shop, the arp-studs to the drums and disks, the suspension to some useful height, and then then some more tweaking, the body is next in the line, to have some new steel parts, and why not get a safety cage, welded to tie all things together. yeah! i get a good wibes from this. let me hear some comments...