1973 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Restoration Project

Yet another year and no Ghia here.  I’m beginning to wonder if it’ll ever be here.

…well not really.  More like I gave it away.  It’s going to a good home though to a 9 year old boy who has hope of one day becoming the next generation of lowriders.

This has really got me in the mood to get the Ghia down here.  Actually, the father of this boy has told me that after the first of the year, he’d go to Ohio with me and get the Ghia.  I want to do this badly.

Mike Herbert <ranchopartsguy@gmail.com>
07/21/2011 01:46 PM

Hi

I would suggest our Pro Street Plus. The Quaife would be a nice upgrade. It takes about 3-4 weeks to get a Quaife right now. We are about 3 weeks out before we could start the build. A 3.88 R/P would work well with the Turbo Engine.

Pro Street Plus    $1199
3.88 R/P                $195
Quaife                     $1295
Trans Core            $195 refunded on return of good core.

Total                        $2884

Thanks
Mike

GearsVideo

Here’s a video of how the gears work.

DifferentialVideo

Here’s one of the differential in action.

The last couple days, I’ve been looking at engines and transaxles.  Here’s some of what I found.

This longblock 2110 stroker (90.5 x 84) is available from LB Engines for $1979.

The 2000TS turbo kit from LowBugget.com for $2395.  Got Boost?

Rancho Performance offers several performance transaxle options at really good prices.

Yet another link from Dad.

http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles/mods.htm

Cool link my Dad sent me.

http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles/t1hpeng.htm

Ok…  with major life changes currently in the works, it is looking like 2011 might just be the year I finally get this Ghia down to Georgia.  I’m very excited to start work on this.

I know I keep saying that, but it has to happen at some point.

Wish me luck.

I think I found the lights.  $185 or so for the set.

I think, but I’m not positive, the headlights from the below conversion are aftermarket Mercedes E430 projectors.  Maybe???