For Sale - 71 Karmann Ghia

1971 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupe.

This is my 1971 Karmann Ghia Coupe fitted with a 1914cc engine.
This car has undergone a complete nut and bolt restoration only being finished in time for the VolksWorld Show in March 2013 where it was on show.
The car has just been photographed and will be featured in Volksworld magazine in the not too distant future.

The car was originally built in January 1971 and shipped to Boston in the USA. The car was imported to the UK from California in 2002 and spent the next six years in storage before I purchased it. The car was a very good solid example and required only replacement floor pans, all other bodywork is original. As can be seen from the pictures above and below this car has wanted for nothing.

The restoration included the body and floor pan being split, the body was then media blasted and a full professional bare metal respray carried out in an original VW colour, Prairie Beige before the car was rebuilt. The underside of this car has been finished to the same high quality as the parts you can see. The rebuild included many new parts such as new replacement wiring harness, uprated and lowered suspension, all braking system has been replaced and a complete interior retrim was undertaken. Many period accessories have been fitted such as the original Hurst Shifter, Momo steering wheel and Performance Industries wheels. I have pages and pages of receipts and invoices for thousands of pounds and have records of everything that has been spent.

The car is MOT'd until March 2015 and is tax exempt.

Specifications :-

Engine & Gearbox.

The engine is a 1914cc Type 1 duel relief case, running a counter weighted crank, lightened flywheel and an uprated clutch. Camshaft is an Engle 120. All pistons and conrods were match weighted. Carbs are Dellorto Twin 40's with K&N filters. These have had a complete rebuild and have been jetted and set up on a rolling road.
Ignition system is a Pertronics Flame Thrower II distributor and coil with uprated 8mm leads.
Fuel sytem runs a CB rotary pump with a Malpasi Filter King filter and pressure regulator.
Full flow oil system with remote filter, 13 row cooler, CB wide sump and custom made breather box.
Exhaust system is a full stainless CSP Competion system with big bore heat exchangers.
Engine pulls like a train, is very torquey and produced 120bhp on the rolling road. In such a lightweight car this makes for a fun and fast drive.
Gearbox is a 1600 3.875 final drive with brand new Genuine VW mounts and an additional intermediate gearbox mount.

Suspension & Brakes.

Slamwerks 4" narrowed and adjustable front beam fitted along with CB dropped spindles. Front and rear uprated and lowered KYB shock absorbers. Replacement rear trailing arm bushes.Being a 71 car this is an IRS rear end for improved handling.
Front disc brakes with refurbished calipers and rear drum brakes. All brake linings, wheel cylinders, brake lines and handbrake cables replaced.

Interior.

Complete retrim including front high back Beard Race Seats and rear seats. Work was carried out by Trimming Tonic. Replacement door cards from West Coast Metric, replacement carpet set from Newton Commercial, Simpson harnesses, Hurst Shifter, Momo Steering wheel. Auto Meter rev counter with shift light plus Taylor mounting bracket Auto Meter oil pressure and oil temperature gauges fitted in a polished stainless steel footwell mounted pod. New dash top and dash face fitted.
Amp with ipod connection fitted in glove box powering Rockford Fosgate speakers.
Original instruments have undergone a full refurbishment.

Exterior.

Original bumpers have been rechromed and European over riders fitted, new old stock door top chrome and rear pop out window chrome trims fitted. Replacement side trims fitted.
Complete full set of West Coast Metric window, door and trim seals fitted.
Genuine clear front indicator lenses.

Wheels & Tyres.

Original and rare Performance Industries alloy wheels fitted with a full matching set of Michelin XZX tyres.

Since finishing the car it has been to many VW shows including several trips abroad including a recent trip to Belgium. I would not hesitate to jump in this car and set of anywhere. I'm only selling as a bigger house is required.
I have just added some pictures from Freddy Files 2014 in Ninove.
The car drives, handles and sounds lovely.

£18495.00 ovno

I can be contacted on lancs_914@yahoo.co.uk