Father/Son Project 1971 VW Karmann Ghia

So back in early July 1013, David found these 2 VW Karmann Ghia's for sale and thought they would be a  good project for us to work on together.

This is the car we primarily went to check out.  it is a 1971 VW Karmann Ghia.  It looked pretty cool from the picture so we headed down to Cahokia to take a look. When we got there, the car started right up and it had factory air conditioning installed, which I don't think was too common for these cars.  We were told the floor pans were in decent shape and the body looked to be in pretty good shape too, with the exception of the expected lower rust area that VWs are known for.  The interior was original and looked every bit of the 42 years it was.

So as part of the deal, this car, a 1974 KG was also included in the purchase price.  Of course, we were kind of excited and were talking about all the things we could do to each of them.  So we made the purchase and made arrangements to have them delivered to MBD Automotive in Cahokia where David's friends, Mike Bill, and Dave had recently opened their new automotive shop.  So Monday morning, Fred, true to his word, delivered both cars to MBD.  Upon further review of the cars, we decided that the 74 was really beyond restoration and would just be used as a donor car. So of course when dealing with older cars, we found a lot more problems than we originally thought when we got the 71 up on the rack. The Drivers side floor pan was pretty bad, there was a very large hole in the floor in the back seat, and some smaller holes on the passengers side floor pan.

Typical black vinyl interior

Ugly faux woodgrain dash

The engine is dirty, but runs!