I owned a 1964 rust bucket Karman Ghia back in the early 70's.  it had no
motor, and I had a used Porsche Super 90 motor in the garage, so after
adding my old Michelin XAS tires to the frame, we added the S-90 and went
autocrossin'

a broken throttle cable during the second lap of my second run at an event
in Ames IA cost me a top three finish against the likes of a mid engine 350
Chevy Corvair and several Corvettes.  I relished in the fact that a raggedly
old looking clapper like that could come close to kicking some Detroit butt.

I also had a 57 Ghia convertible sans top which I welded a full roll cage in
to.  Wanted to make it the full bore slalom car, but it became a real money
pit and I bought a real 1963 356B coupe and cruised for chicks instead.

Dimwitted Moose and Flying squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 5:46 AM
Subject: Its Frydaye...howmany remember the Karmann Ghia "sportscar" TV
commercial?

>All this talk about Karmann Ghias as "real sportscars" brings to mind a KG
>TV commercial from the 70s. It was a spoof on the Shell gasoline
>commercials of the time. In the Shell commercial two cars were driving down
>the road.....one finally runs out of gas, the other drives through a large
>paper barrier which signified greater mileage from using Shell gasoline....
>
>In the KG commercial the Ghia is driving down a similar road...the
>announcer talks about the KG as a sportscar, its reliability, etc... the
>Ghia approaches the paper barrier. The announcer says..."The Karman Ghia,
>its a sports car...." The Ghia hits the barrier but can't punch through it.
>The announcer continues..."its just not that powerful"....
>
>
>
>Ric