1974 VW Karmann Ghia

chris gosda

got bored with the hot rod scene in mn, happened to go to the only vw show on year and noticed there were only 3 Ghia's and all were from out of state. i decided to find and build a ghia

around 6 years. family, kids, work and life. i would do something major to it every year as the wallet allowed

i am 49 now and have been into cars all my life. started with bmx bikes doing my thing to them and that morphed into mopeds and then vw's. and dozens of other makes and genres of cars. the answer would be at least 35 years but didnt get real serious until my late 20's when i actually had money to blow on cars

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paint, change up the wheel/tire setup. i am pretty happy with this little car and she is a better runner than i am driver

found the car while driving around st paul sitting in a rickety old garage with the door half opened. got a hold of the guy, made a deal and towed it home. cleaned the mouse turds out, washed the gunk off of it, did a tune up and she fired up. originally i was doing restoration but soon found i just couldnt leave it that high and it just took off from there

my wife heather earl 'glenn' kelly freaks of nature minnesota chapter freaks of nature north carolina chapter fahromwerkin (a great herd of vw guys from st paul mn)

1972 vw westy, 1971 vw single cab transporter pickup, 1963 corvair convertible, 1956 chevy rat gasser, 1949 gmc truck, 1951 chevy truck, 1963 ford thunderbird

full flow header and open stinger

Monroe

Monroe

spring plates

Dual Viair

old school valves

fabshop 104 dual bag beam in the front

Sewfine and other handmade accents