1964 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

Coupe

1500

manual

0390620

Clear

Gasoline

For sale: 1964 Type 34 Karmann Ghia This is a numbers matching (according to the German title) body off restoration. VIN #0390620 This car was purchased new at Josef Huber VW, on April 11th 1964, by a US serviceman and driven in Germany. It was then shipped to the USA (Port of Seattle) in late June/early July 1964, where it spent the next several years in the Seattle area, until the first owner moved to the Des Moines area in 1968 when it got involved in an accident. A salvage yard operator (2nd owner) bought it with hopes of replacing the damaged parts and reselling it, but found parts were impossible to find, so he put it into storage (a large field) until 2004 when he listed the car on E-bay. Russ Wolfe (3rd owner) purchased the car from him, with the intention of rebuilding/restoring the car and returning it to the road. Russ sourced the front clip and floor pans, along with rebuilding the original engine, and replacing the pans and front clip in 2008. On Thanksgiving weekend of 2009, Russ called me and accepted my offer on the car, and on April 28th 2010, I became the 4th owner. Once home, I proceeded to tear it down, inventory what I had, make a list of what was needed, and went from there. I spent the next 2 years sourcing parts, taking the car to bare metal, and removing rust. The first part I needed was the behind the rear seat metal (over the transaxle), as this area was completely rusted out. I was able to get it, along with a VW logoed safety glass windshield as the car still had it’s tempered glass one in place. That piece was installed, along with rebuilding the front of the rear trunk floor, before the body was separated from the pan. The pan along with the front and rear suspension assemblies were then sandblasted, epoxy primered, then painted black, and finally clear coated, then set off to the side, while the body got it’s share of attention. The pan also got new ball joints, tie rod ends and new boots for the swing axle trans. The body shell got all of it’s existing paint removed, rusty metal cut out, new metal installed, more sandblasting, and finally sealed in epoxy primer, before the entire bottom of the car was painted and clear coated before being set back on the pan. The roof was then shot in bright white, then covered to keep any overspray off it. The rest of the body was then block sanded, and epoxy primed several times, before the inside of both trunks and the interior were painted a custom mixed (no formula existed) Sea Blue #2 (the original color) Concept paint, that was scanned from the inside of the glove box door. In the mean time, the door hinges were rebushed, inside of the doors painted, then a door check rod kit was installed, then the doors were attached, and aligned to the body for final body working and paint (Dec of 2010). At this time winter arrived and work stopped until early March, when the body was final sanded, sealed and a fresh coat of Sea Blue #2 was applied, along with a clear coat. In April of 2011, the car started to get reassembled with a new headliner from Sew Fine, along with new seals from ISP West, KGPR, and several other sources. In June of 2011, I ordered up a wide 5 disc kit from SoCal Imports, and purchased a set of disc brake spindles to modify for the wide 5 disc brake kit. I also purchased rebuilt a dual circuit master cylinder, and a new steel brake line kit from Wolfsburg West. New rear wheel cylinders were also installed along with new hoses to finish the brake system. I also converted to DoT 5 brake fluid at this time. It was at this time that I cherry picked 5 rims, that got sandblasted, epoxy primed, painted black, then the outsides were painted 2 tone in matching body colors, along with getting 4 new tires installed (the spare was a low mileage radial I already had). I then ordered up a carpet set, along with seat covers from Sew Fine, and these were installed, as were the original rubber floor mat pieces with the 341 part number embossed on them. In June of 2012, I picked up a decent set of bumpers, and then about a month later, I also recieved another set from another source. I was then able to combine the best of the 2 sets to make a really nice set of bumpers for the car. I should mention here, that I converted the car to 12 volt, but I still have all of the 6 volt parts that came off the car that I didn’t re-use (they go with the car). Some of it was missing, so I went with the conversion, since I had what was needed to convert it to 12 volt. The same applies to the front drum brakes, as I did a disc brake conversion on the front (bolt on set up) mainly for safety. This includes a tub of wheel cylinders, brake shoes and drums. I’m also including the extra bumper parts, as I have multiples, but not in the best condition. I also have the service manual (with dates of service), and a type 34 owners manual (both in German), along with the German title. At present, there are 43,723 original miles. New parts: Front, rear, ¼ window seals, door seals, and tail light seals Front and rear trunk seals from ISP West Door seals (lower), check rod kit, upper trim to roof seals from KGPR Door window trim with seal, and a bunch of other small trinket parts from AirHead parts Wide 5 disc brake kit from SoCal Imports Brake line kit from Wolfsburg West Carpet kit, seat covers and headliner from Sew Fine NOS wiper arms NOS muffler and tail pipe Reproduction hood striker plate Reproduction inner ¼ window latch parts Front turn signal seals This car is one of 7,000 built in 1964 for world wide sales, and one of 256 known to exist world wide. listing the car for a friend of mine. any ?s please contact Bob by phone only at 1-810-357-3073 or by email @ bobsnotch@aol.com thanks for looking