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Old 04-18-2008, 10:26 AM
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Default Karmann Ghia 993 RS

I've never seen anyone do this but I've always though it was a good idea.

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That car is sick! Reminds me a little of the race taxi VW Bus at the Spa
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I dunno it's cute, but that car has so much oversteer and body roll, it doesn't seem well balanced at all.
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Ahh, reminds me of my first baby, a blue 1973 Karmann Ghia with Weber carbs. If I'd only had a 993 engine to put in it. I would have gotten all the chicks in high school.
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I like it.
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I like it too.. I think the Karmann is a nice looking car. Don't know how well it would perform... and honestly I wouldn't care it's just nice to look at.
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Sidesaddle on a boar hog.
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I think it's great. I had a friend back in the early nineties who put an SC engine in a Ghia and it was fantastic..... although a bit of a handful.
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I saw a Karmann Ghia with an older 911 motor shoe-horned in it at Import Carlisle about 10 years
ago. As for the Ghia in the video, I think it could use a few more cooling louvers on the rear deck!
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Porsche 993 mit Karmann Ghia karosserie ist die beste Kombination!
Old 04-19-2008, 02:20 AM
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Karmann Goer!
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That thing is cool...I have always liked the Karmann body.
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It looks great in silver and with the wide tires/track.
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As someone who was born in Germany just after the war and immigrated here while still in "lederhosen" the thing that really struck me is that the owner said it was a 993 modified to S specs and the biggest problem was keeping it under control. It was tested at 320 PS which is substantially more than HP. I had a 63 which I loved.


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