Back in 2006, I wrote in my blog a glimpse of my liking of a weekend warrior….
http://ekomenda.blogspot.com/2006/08/rebel-racer-weekend-warrior-everyone.html
It is this blue Karmann Ghia I sketched.
3 years after, a few weeks back….I gave it a go!
I did though revised a bit, since after that blog entry….both HW and Jada had some pretty wild concepts of Karmann coupe racer and I wouldn’t want to repeat them in this custom. Sticking to my wanting of a vintage weekend racer, but in another guise is the route I pursued. I always loved to have some Matchbox regular wheel VW’s (donations, RAOK are welcomed :) ), and this is a good excuse to make one.
From the recent MB Karmann Ghia…
Initially I wanted it to be just a lazy custom, but the original stance is too high. So a new chassis was grafted, then fitted with skinny regular wheels from a beater Siku…
To make this Karmann Speedster in one of my fav livery.
Some more views.
Showing the fabricated front lip spoiler,
tonneau cover, roll bar & twin tail pipes.
Cheers and Enjoy!
Erwin
12 comments:
Mine!!! =)
I love it Erwin, great work on this speedster.
See you at the swap meet on Sunday.
Hello Jovet,
Wow that response was fast! Appreciate it much :-)
I'll be there on Sunday & excited to go, See you soon :-)
wow!!! i love that gulf karman! :-)
remember that husky vw van i told you, i'll bring it on sunday, btw i have to look for it again hehe! hope to see you there Erwin!
Hi Mike,Thanks!
Yup I remember that one :-) I'm looking forward to seeing you in the flesh most of all. Regards!
Very cool! Love it!
cheers
David
Greetings David!
Glad you liked it :-)
Thanks for viewing my blog! My warmest welcome and invite for you to visit again.
Enjoy,
Erwin
nice custom karmann speedster!! you tranforms the standard car to this racing spec and i really likes it!!
good custom, and very neat job!!
two thumbs up!
Hi Danielh!
Appreciate your comments, and so happy to share this one with you :-)
Cheers!
i easily adore all your writing kind, very exciting.
don't quit and keep posting simply because it just simply truly worth to look through it,
excited to read even more of your well written articles, good bye!
good points and the details are more precise than somewhere else, thanks.
- Murk
superb karmann!
i love the style of cabrio coupes switched into racing barchettas by covering the passenger seat.
the new look fits just into the vintage look of the little karmann.
suggestion to try on another karmann: take of the windscreen but keep racing decoration and seat cover.
Thanks Gaucho!
The theme is vintage racing and is a favorite.
Thanks for the nice suggestion too :-)
Mucho Gracias!
Erwin
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