Friday, November 1, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Coupe

09 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe air-cooled Volkswagen was so rust-prone that it managed to get serious cancer in the normally rust-free San Francisco Bay Area, but quite a few have managed to hang on to life in that region. This last-year-of-production Karmann Ghia coupe showed up at the same Oakland wrecking yard that gave us the beachfront rust victim '84 Toyota MasterAce and the gory Integra Halloween display last week. Its rust isn't quite in the same league as the van's, but then it probably lived further from the ocean.
10 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinIt rains a lot during Northern California winters (in fact, it only rains during the winter there), so bad weatherstripping leads to this sort of thing around Volkswagen windows.
16 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinHere's a San Francisco residential parking ticket from 1983, when the car was just 9 years old.
13 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe engine is still intact, and will probably add some crunchiness for The Crusher's enjoyment.
14 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinYou see, nobody wants an EGR-equipped VW Type 1 smog motor, for good reason.
11 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinHere's something you often see on these cars: rust where the paint burned off during a minor engine fire. Looks like concentric rust circles, probably from multiple engine fires. That's life with an air-cooled VW!
03 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinStill plenty of interior bits left.
04 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe clock/gas gauge/idiot-light panel looked pretty good, so I bought it. Normally, I wouldn't buy a car clock for my collection without testing it first, but Bosch quartz clocks usually function just fine. When I got it home and hooked it up to 12 volts, it worked perfectly. Score!

02 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 17 - 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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