1965 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

Coupe

1600cc

Manual

Clear

Gasoline

Selling our Classic 1965 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia- The 65 ghia retains all the original charm of the early cars, including beautiful chrome overrider bumpers, small tail lamps, bullet front signals, painted dash, low back seats, and beautiful body lines. Quite a collectible car, these are getting quite difficult to find in this condition. This has been my wife's daily commuter until last week when she picked up her new mini, and has always been kept in the parking garage or under covered parking. The car starts easily, runs smooth, accellerates easily (quite peppy), tracks straight and stops correctly. The car has a nice smooth idle, and engine does not smoke. Engine professionally rebuilt at a vw specialty shop here in town, and has approx 10k miles on it since the rebuild. Nice and tight running car. Vehicle was repainted once in the 1980s, in the original two tone. We are the second family to own this car. We have the original owners manual and original window sticker for the car. The spare tire is the original bias ply whitewall. We have the original tire chains that came with the car for the snow. The paint has all the typical imperfections consistent with a car that is driver daily on public roads. It would need to be repainted if you wanted to show the car. The paint looks respectable enough for a daily driver though. The car is unusually rust free, including all those ghia trouble spots like rocker panels, under the nose, under the battery, and the floor pans themselves. This is a very solid car, and that is the reason I bought after looking at many other more rusty cars. Very nice chrome and aluminum trim bits. This car is sure to please and gets lots of compliments everywhere we take it. Great for a sunday afternoon cruise-in. This car is ready to drive home today, the engine is tuned and ready to drive across country tomorrow-Professionally Rebuilt 1600cc Dual Port EngineNew CoilNew distributorNew pointless maintenance-free electronic ignitionNew generatorNew fuel pumpNew carburetorNew German exhaust systemNew German ClutchFully functional electrics (except original blaupunkt radio, disconnected when car was converted to 12v system)Full 12v conversion, including 12v flywheelNew correct style black seat covers New carpetNew door panelsNew headlinerNew set of tiresNew Brakes (shoes and wheel cylinders)New Brake Master cylinderNew Steering tie rodsNew Steering dampenerOriginal bias ply white-wall spare tire and period tire snow chains.Clean and clear Oregon title will be provided to the buyer. Local buyers are welcome to come by and take a look at the car, just email me for an appointment. All buyers feel free to contact me with any questions, as I surely have left something out. $500 nonrefundable deposit due via paypal. Balance within 3 days, and car must be picked up within 14 days without prior alternate arrangement. Buyer responsible for shipping, however, I will be available anytime to help with loading the car for shipping. As with any used classic car, it is sold in as-is condition, where-is. Please ask any questions before bidding. Special bicycle plates are not included with the sale. Thanks for checking out our listing! On Jan-11-13 at 01:00:25 PST, seller added the following information:I made a little video of the engine running today, but I can't figure out how to add it to this listing. If you would like me to email you the video please send me your email address and I am happy to email you the video. Cheers, Jon