I'll Always Love the Ghias

Kinja'd!!! "vdubyajohn" (vdubyajohn)
05/03/2020 at 10:45 • Filed to: volkswagen

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Spotted in the Town of Kent, NY. I believe this is a ‘70 or ‘71...

Quarantined Car Spotting...


DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > vdubyajohn
05/03/2020 at 11:11

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Ghias never look real to me. Like they're some Disney/cartoon representation of a car. 


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > vdubyajohn
05/03/2020 at 14:11

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Kinja'd!!! Stef Schrader > vdubyajohn
05/04/2020 at 04:26

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Same.


Kinja'd!!! vdubyajohn > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
05/04/2020 at 19:58

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Drive one, you’ll still have a big grin...


Kinja'd!!! Gertman2000 > vdubyajohn
05/29/2020 at 14:54

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I have too but let’s see what you know about them. Did you know/ can you tell me which of the big 3 had a concept car that predated the Karmen Ghia that was designed by Ghia that had the same side styling?


Kinja'd!!! vdubyajohn > Gertman2000
05/29/2020 at 19:27

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I seem to recall a mopar product by Virgil Exner that looked like vw ripped off. Chrysler? (I have a lot of coffee table car books, so don’t think I have a great memory for automotive designer trivia...lol)


Kinja'd!!! Gertman2000 > vdubyajohn
05/29/2020 at 22:55

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you are CORRECT my good sir!!!! Here it is:

AND Jalopnik did an article a while back:


Kinja'd!!! vdubyajohn > Gertman2000
05/30/2020 at 11:39

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Maybe it was the Jalop post that sparked my memory...