Another "new car" thread ;)

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:27 pm

Well we've bought our first car here in America. For those I've talked to, it's not exactly what I was planning to get! Quick hint:

It's a 1.6 litre rear engined sports car. Any ideas?

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:10 pm

toyota MR2 ?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:13 pm

Older... and German

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:15 pm

Porsche 911?

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:17 pm

Ooops just realised you said it was a 1.6L, I', stumped unless of course it's a VW Bug??

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:18 pm

think ya might be right frosty (fingers crossed)

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:20 am

Frosty, you're very close.

It's in fact a 1969 VW Karmann Ghia! Picking it up at the end of the week so will get some photos up.

It's a project car in need of some work (interior carpets, headliner, dashboard, exterior paint job etc) but runs perfectly well so we can use it for pottering to the malls and back.

Post by **Lyndon** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:50 am

very different from the cars ya was looking at

sounds good tho can't wait for the pictures

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:24 pm

GORGEOUS car. An absolute classic, and worthy of a good make-over.

Did you get the end of model version that had auto lights?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:33 pm

Yep we fell in love with it when we first saw the advert. A pic from the ad is below. I like the auto lights idea... however I doubt that the lights work at all let alone by themselves! The best thing about the KG is that the parts are readily & easily available so any work shuold be cheap & easy to do.

Post by **Lyndon** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:23 pm

very driving miss daisy

seriously tho nice retro car m8