Just have fun: ’68 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Convertible

Concept cars are created to judge public response and the possible success if it is placed in production. Well, back in 1953 VW executives felt they needed a halo vehicle to add to the line-up so they commissioned a styling concept created by Ghia’s Luigi Segre. It was a success. They contracted Karmann to build the car in Osnabruck using old style, time-consuming techniques like butt-welding body panels, hand-shaped and smoothed with English pewter – in other words, more money. The rest of the car is Type 1. The marketing people at Doyle, Dane, Bernbach created a classic campaign for the new car aiming at the excesses of true sports cars – Maybe you don’t want to drive a wild-horse, a man-eating tiger or a killer fish…Most Karmann Ghias had a hard life and few survived not having their nose broken by the time they were two. And then there are survivors like this one we found on eBay. This is just the kind of Ghia you want. It is in a great color with spiffy chrome wheels and many original documents come with the it. It has been restored and is said to be in fine mechanical condition. The Buy It Now is $23,750. Not too far off the mark. Click here for the eBay listing.