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Another serviceman’s car: ’60 VW Karmann Ghia

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We know that the Karmann Ghia was designed for VW to be a Halo car. A car that would enhance the brand and attract people to the showroom. They were built with VW Type 1 components but the body was built with lots of love by the folks at Karmann. The Ghia folks designed such beautiful lines on this little jewel that Karmann had to do a lot of hand work to get all the panels to fit just so. Now this find was purchased new in Germany by a US Serviceman. They must have given him a German language Owner's Manual by mistake because after the initial service at 238 miles in Germany, he never serviced the car again.We know that the Karmann Ghia was designed for VW to be a Halo car. A car that would enhance the brand and attract people to the showroom. They were built with VW Type 1 components but the body was built with lots of love by the folks at Karmann. The Ghia folks designed such beautiful lines on this little jewel that Karmann had to do a lot of hand work to get all the panels to fit just so. Now this find was purchased new in Germany by a US Serviceman. They must have given him a German language Owner’s Manual by mistake because after the initial service at 238 miles in Germany, he never serviced the car again. Read More

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Earn your stripes: ’74 Volkswagen Acapulco Thing

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1974 Volkswagen Acapulco Thing

The VW Thing had a rather limited run here in the states. The Type 181, known in the US as The Thing, shared its mechanicals with Volkswagen’s Type 1 (Beetle), its platform with the pre-1968 Microbus and its concept with the company’s renowned Kublewagen, which had been used by the German military during World War II. VW sold many 181s to NATO as an interim model during the development of NATO’s Europa JEEP Concept vehicle. The civilian version was a bare bones beach buggy in the US and a more capable mode of transport in 3rd world countries with poor roads. Read More

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Not really a pickup: ’65 Ford Ranchero

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65 Ford Ranchero

Way back in the early days of Mint2Me, we had a similar Ranchero to today’s find and was really surprised by the level of interest in it. Coincidentally, we mentioned Ranchero yesterday when we offered that interesting looking Dodge Sweptline. Ford downsized the Ranchero to the Falcon platform and that just made it ripe for a little tweaking. Read More