Vw Beetle Convertible 1979 Classic on 2040-cars
Severna Park, Maryland, United States
FRESH REBUILT ENGINE
NEW DUAL CARBS NEW BRAKES NEW TIRES NEW BATTERY NEW TOP This is the last year made, Champagne Blue 65.000 miles on odometer, which works. The under body and floors are solid Tight and quiet, nice to drive. Perfect for a daily driver, No problems. Has been repainted. There is paint chipping at some edges which has been touched up. The engine has been just freshly gone through, rebuilt. less than 200 miles since then It is a 1600 carburetor engine, all stock, except dual carbs for more power The engine had to be rebuilt because water got inside it. The problem has been corrected. 4 speed trans in good order, no problems There is the optional clock in dash, which works All windows are operable. work fine The convertible top is vinyl. It also has the original glass rear window. The wheels are the original VW sport wheels with new tires. The front seats are also original with no tears. The interior panels are great. Owned by a professional VW mechanic that drove it, maintained and keeps everything working. |
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Mark Smith knows a thing about building a vehicle at home. He has over two decades in the DIY-car business as a co-founder of Local Motors and the company that became Factory Five Racing. His latest venture is Smyth Performance and already offers a mid-engine, VW-based kit called the G3F. His new product, though, started as a fluke. "I just wanted a shop truck," said Smith to Autoblog. He already had a Ford F-450 but found that he was driving around with the bed empty most of the time. The result was a pickup truck based on the fourth-generation Jetta that he dubbed the Ute.
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Happy 60th to the VW Karmann Ghia
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Sixty years ago Wilhelm Karmann (founder of the eponymous coachbuilder) was in Paris for the auto salon and met up with Luigi Segre and his team from Carrozzeria Ghia who showed him what was essentially a "Beetle in a sports coat." A month later they showed it to Volkswagen chief Heinrich Nordhoff who, setting aside his conservative tastes, approved it for production. And so the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia was born, giving the German marque a second product line. It still used Beetle mechanicals and was built at the same Karmann factory in Onsabrück that was already assembling the Beetle Cabriolet.
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