1969 Karmann GhiaRu

[mdmvisuals]

I got together with a friend and local Calgary photographer the other night to do some shooting. Here's the Blog post and some photos from said blog!

Kinda nice seeing the car from someone elses perspective.

http://lifewithjson.com/2014/10/31/mike-mcconnells-subaru-powered-1968-karmann-ghia/

[speakerboy]

That is some great work my bearded friend. What's next for the car while it's away for the winter?

[MercTastic]

The lowness is real. This thing has my interest piqued.

[crxmarc]

Excellent work! What a thread you put together through all these posts! Makes me feel not so bad about all the body work i've been putting into my german rot machine this year! Gotta love the shit weather and salted roads wrecking cars in calgary eh?!

[mdmvisuals]

This weekend in Calgary it snowed. It snowed all night and all day and I was excited!













The plans of donuts were well under way for the evening!


First I had to hook up the heater core fan so the window wouldn't fog up too bad.


After the stores were closed we made our way to a near by parking lot... well acouple of them.

I don't really have much experience drifting around in a rear engine car... especially one that's so snappy!

Jesse did some laps and made for some good photos and video (which I will post later)

Heres some photos from last night!

Getting gas before the fun.











Good times and I have some learning to do!

Video soon to follow!

Cheers!

[Miroteknik]

mad cool

cant wait for the vid

[mdmvisuals]

ok so enough photos. heres some video from the other night when we got the snow fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR6mWhlyDyo

[SnazzyQ]

ok so enough photos. heres some video from the other night when we got the snow fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR6mWhlyDyo

It took me way too long to notice that the video is in black and white.

[ryanjblajda]

i just read through the entire build thread, this thing is awesome. At first i didnt like the exhaust, but it grew on me (sounds mean too.)

[mdmvisuals]

cause the snow is here now and I have to tend to some things on the car real soon...

Here's a photo from the summer.

[mdmvisuals]

I was approached by some people from Driving.ca (cause I'm in Canada, Eh) and they wanted to shoot a little feature on the ghia. I had no objection!

Here's the link to the Article and Video.

http://driving.ca/volkswagen/auto-news/entertainment/this-pavement-scraping-turbocharged-franken-ghia-is-the-coolest-winter-car-ever

Cheers!

[nicolas_w]

Just read the whole thing,love it man.Props on all the work you've done!

[mdmvisuals]

Just read the whole thing,love it man.Props on all the work you've done!

Thank you, Sir!! I appreciate the kind words! Your ghia is one of my favorites!

[nicolas_w]

Thanks man!It's just missing a Subaru engine,lol
Would concider it if it wasn't that much cutting involved

[Miroteknik]

ok so enough photos. heres some video from the other night when we got the snow fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR6mWhlyDyo

thank you for making this