1958 Karmann Ghia Cabriolet Body

NOTE!
This web page is under-construction!
To make construction easier, the page for this other Karmann Ghia was used as a template!
This notice will be removed when all the old data from the other web page has been correctly converted over for this Ghia.

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Here we are NOT considering issues with the dash! It has its own page here.

When Karmann was building these cars in Osnabrueck in Germany, they called the act of pairing a body on its chassis "Marriage." Therefore, the act of removal, we call Divorce!

Here, this Ghia is going through a divorce! Notice the late wheels and hub-caps, and the late style transaxle carrier are visible. Also notice the hideous location the 1974 wiring loom was run into the engine bay! You can also still see, on the firewall, the mounting point for the '74 era comptuer interconnection plug! Remarkably, in 1986, when the car was restored, someone went to the trouble to cut that bracket out of the '74 and weld it in the right spot on this body! More sensibly, you can also see here the bracket for the voltage regulator (on the left inner fender) from that same car.

Prior to Divorce, however, most of the 1974 bracketry had already been removed and the holes that resulted welded up, as can be seen here. Note that the brackets removed include the 1974 evaporative control system, battery hold down and air cleaner stand. And, there were also a few random holes made for who knows what reason that were also welded up at the same time.

Here's the cockpit - not quite finished, but almost. At this point the car drives just fine!

Here's the only notable body damage on the whole car! I considered fixing it, but it's just too much work. It can only be seen by looking inside the trunk at the right wheelhouse. The other side is just fine. Clearly the outer skin has been replaced. If you look at the "underneath" area, found here, you can see that whoever did the work did a fantastic job as there's no indication where they welded it in!

Here you can see what it now looks like under the rear seat bottom. Note the plated mounting parts.

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