1969 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia on 2040-cars
North Bend, Ohio, United States
Just email me at: kalynkhhurrington@ukbig.com . This is an excellent condition early 1969 VW Karmann Ghia convertible with the rare Automatic Stickshift
transmission. The Ghia drives and shifts flawlessly. This is a solid body car and is originally from southern
California where it spent the majority of its life except for the last few years which were in S. Carolina. I
purchased the car in 2014 and I had the car totally gone over mechanically including new brake shoes in the rear,
new brake master cylinder, new tires, rebuilt engine with new seals including the automatic transmission, replaced
all 4 CV joints, got speedometer and odometer working, new Stayfast canvas convertible top w /headliner and boot,
along with some additional maintenance and repairs. It is not the original engine. The horn does not work and the
interior dash lights do not work. All exterior lights work correctly - brakes, brights, hazard, parking, license
plate, turn signals, back-up, etc. The interior was re-done by a previous owner and it has nice light blue piping.
The interior is in excellent condition. The body has been repainted once, as far as we know, and it is in excellent
condition. The car is clean and only has a few dings or scrapes. One dent is on the front bumper. These are shown
in the photos. The automatic stickshift transmission works fine. It has reverse, low, first and second. There is no
clutch. To switch from first to second you just lift off of the gas pedal, shift, then push the gas pedal. When we
received the car the speedometer and odometer were not working. They are both working now but the odometer reading
is not correct and we have no way of knowing the correct mileage. When we purchased the car the odometer read
47,019 and the previous owner thought she had not put 10,000 miles on it and we probably haven't put 500 miles on
it. The clock is working but not keeping perfect time. The vintage Blaupunkt radio is still there, but not working.
There is an under dash Blaupunkt radio with a cassette player in the vehicle but the radio stations often don't
come in well. It has a new speaker for when the radio stations do come in well or if you are using a cassette. I
just got the car the way I wanted it when I found a car that I wanted more! Non-smoking home. Feel free to ask
questions before you buy! You will be responsible for pick up of the vehicle or arranging for transport.
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