The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #152391   Message #3564074
Posted By: Bobert
03-Oct-13 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bobert opens old brain file and...
Subject: BS: Bobert opens old brain file and...
...wow!!!

So, a long, long time ago I had a auto shop where I restored Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertibles and sent them to California to be sold to So Cal cool people like Amos...

That business lasted about 3 years and in 1985 I packed up and left to live in Wes Ginny...

A couple years ago I met this young man at Lowes who is a VW nut and we've become friends and he uses my garage to work on his old VW and pick my brain... Well, this has forced me to bring up torque specs and all kinds of VW stuff and that was all locked up in this brain file...

Opening this file has been kinda fun but it also brought forth a major memory that is quite intriguing... Ya' see, my shop was way out in the country in an old converted chicken house... Next to that shop was a large barn where I left...

...about 8 or 9, maybe as many as 12, parts Karmann Ghias...

"8 or 9, maybe as many as 12, parts Karmann Ghias", did you say, Boberdz...

Yup, that's what I said so...

...I Googled up Google Images and took a look at my old shop and guess what...

Yup, you guessed it... There is a high probability that those "8 or 9, maybe as many as 12, parts Karmann Ghias" are still there...

So, of course, I called my old Richmond homies, the other 2 of the "Curious Three" who are going to *sneak* out there and check things out...

Now, here's the deal... Karmann Ghias are bringing real & serious money these days so even parts cars might be like a gold mine...

I mean, I might even be able to make one car out of 'um for me and still have plenty to sell off...

I'll keep ya'll posted...

B:~)