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Unusual Car Alert #1029438 06/01/11 01:39 AM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 402
Hang Dong/Chiang Mai Thailand
Pete_D Offline OP
Mudrunner
Went by AJ's shop today which is always fun due to the hot rods, race cars, drag race cars, etc.

Sticking out of one of the doors was the unusal shape of a car - an old Karmann Ghia <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Yeah - I know YAWN <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/sleeping.gif" alt="" />

It was sitting high with big tires in the back and I went to the front to see what they'd done to this thing......

In front where the trunk used to be sat a Chrysler HEMI - old style built with dual four barrels.

This thing had to scream........

Owned by a 60ish lady that I guess likes to terrorize the others on the street that are foolish enough to think it's a rear engined VW.

Pretty cool - no camera with me though.... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

3=(PI.98 SWB 2.8TD-TH92.LWB 2.8TD)Red90 SWB.V6/bal,forged pistons,bore/95SR lkr&spr/2 bouncies/(ARB.w/Gorilla 12K winch/new stg gear/stg&sus/CJ side mirr/cust tow rec/01 SR wh w/Mich 265-70-16LTX/Rancho5000's/Candy Apple/rock crawlers/Hellas/KC's
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: Pete_D] #1029439 06/01/11 01:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 70
Ontario, Canada
L
LeeForget Offline
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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Went by AJ's shop today which is always fun due to the hot rods, race cars, drag race cars, etc.

Sticking out of one of the doors was the unusal shape of a car - an old Karmann Ghia <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Yeah - I know YAWN <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/sleeping.gif" alt="" />

It was sitting high with big tires in the back and I went to the front to see what they'd done to this thing......

In front where the trunk used to be sat a Chrysler HEMI - old style built with dual four barrels.

This thing had to scream........

Owned by a 60ish lady that I guess likes to terrorize the others on the street that are foolish enough to think it's a rear engined VW.

Pretty cool - no camera with me though.... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />


Oh, i remember you now. Your that guy from riplys believe it or not. The only person without a cell phone.

~88 Raider 2.6L 5 speed
~35"x14.5"r15
~SOA(Spring Over Axle)
~TT(Torsion Twist)
~SBL(Sloped body lift)
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: LeeForget] #1029440 06/01/11 03:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 402
Hang Dong/Chiang Mai Thailand
Pete_D Offline OP
Mudrunner
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Oh, i remember you now. Your that guy from riplys believe it or not. The only person without a cell phone.


Mr. Ripley would be quite happy to know - not guilty as charged. Cell phone present - but it's a recent replacement for my trusty Nokia 6133. This Samsung Gravity thing I now have sucks, goes to silent by itself - turns off by itself. I don't even like to use it as a phone.

Basically, picture a mustard yellow Karmann Ghia with big tires on it and that's all that gives it away. Had the owner not been there I would have liked to looked at it some more. If for nothing else to see what they did to cool the thing.

There was also a model A pick up there with a big @ss engine and the functional radiator mounted in the back in the bed along with a few other toy cars scattered around.

My gal liked the Karmann Ghia - I tried to explain what it actually was - she's not a car person.

3=(PI.98 SWB 2.8TD-TH92.LWB 2.8TD)Red90 SWB.V6/bal,forged pistons,bore/95SR lkr&spr/2 bouncies/(ARB.w/Gorilla 12K winch/new stg gear/stg&sus/CJ side mirr/cust tow rec/01 SR wh w/Mich 265-70-16LTX/Rancho5000's/Candy Apple/rock crawlers/Hellas/KC's
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: Pete_D] #1029441 06/01/11 03:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,348
Orange Park, FL
Mudraider Offline
Body Damage is Cool
Yeah, good luck trying to explain a KG to a non car person. They just don't get it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: Mudraider] #1029442 06/01/11 04:33 PM
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,484
Grand Jct. Colorado
highmtndesert Offline
Body Damage is Cool
Who needs a Hemi to go fast. [Linked Image]

Well on my way to becoming that eccentric old man in every town.(crazy as a s#@thouse rat) With a yard full of desireable old vehicles that tells you, Sorry they're not for sale..... Someday I'm going to fix them.
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: highmtndesert] #1029443 06/01/11 09:47 PM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 402
Hang Dong/Chiang Mai Thailand
Pete_D Offline OP
Mudrunner
Wow - some fast KG's around - the rear engined one looks more straight lined.

After having a 60 300G convert in my past and building a hemi Stude (53) pickup. I'm kind of partial to that engine. Just wish the new ones weren't so expensive. I wouldn't mind building another Stude. Actually had one located in Oregon last year....

3=(PI.98 SWB 2.8TD-TH92.LWB 2.8TD)Red90 SWB.V6/bal,forged pistons,bore/95SR lkr&spr/2 bouncies/(ARB.w/Gorilla 12K winch/new stg gear/stg&sus/CJ side mirr/cust tow rec/01 SR wh w/Mich 265-70-16LTX/Rancho5000's/Candy Apple/rock crawlers/Hellas/KC's
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: highmtndesert] #1029444 06/02/11 12:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,348
Orange Park, FL
Mudraider Offline
Body Damage is Cool
That is sweet.Is that a T4 or T1 with a porsche shroud? Is it running a side draft? Man. we did that in the late 80's, I would of thought they had fuel injection available by now.
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: Mudraider] #1029445 06/02/11 12:58 AM
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,649
Helen , GA
fasteddy Offline
Web Wheeler
*****
Was the 300G engine a retrofit? The last stock gen1 hemi was in '58, and the later models got 413's, some with the hairy cross ram intake with a carb over each fenderwell, feeding the opposite bank. Very late (mid/late 60's), the 300 series was watered down, and some even had the 383. Don't know if any had the gen2 426 hemi or 426 max wedge, or the 440.

Not responsible for advice not taken...
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: Mudraider] #1029446 06/02/11 01:08 AM
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,484
Grand Jct. Colorado
highmtndesert Offline
Body Damage is Cool
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That is sweet.Is that a T4 or T1 with a porsche shroud? Is it running a side draft? Man. we did that in the late 80's, I would of thought they had fuel injection available by now.

It is fuel injection, type I 2332 Porsche shroud . [Linked Image]

Well on my way to becoming that eccentric old man in every town.(crazy as a s#@thouse rat) With a yard full of desireable old vehicles that tells you, Sorry they're not for sale..... Someday I'm going to fix them.
Re: Unusual Car Alert [Re: highmtndesert] #1029447 06/02/11 01:21 AM
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,348
Orange Park, FL
Mudraider Offline
Body Damage is Cool
Awesome figures.Makes me want to put my 78X94 baack together and get the buggy running again. Ran 13's in a full bodied sedan running 44 IDF's. That was back in 93.
Dang, that makes me feel old! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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