Uh oh too high, time to rip everything out and lower the suspension #karmannghia
#volkswagen
05.10.2025 06:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Has it been done before? Maybe not. Should I be doing it? Probably not. Am I gonna do it anyway? Yeah, righto.
Reduction hub kombi gearbox conversion for the #karmannghia hoping for a bit of extra rear clearance before my incoming trip to the beach
#volkswagen
05.10.2025 02:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Temporarily taking her out of camping mode and into car mode while I recover from the petrol bill might even give her a lick of paint who knows, one things for sure she looks wierd now lol #volkswagen #karmannghia
24.09.2025 23:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Hell yeah #boggang
02.06.2025 04:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If you love Karmann Ghias, look away ๐ considering this was the first car I learnt to weld on, some of it is still holding up strong, I have neither time or money so just doing a 2 year fix on the worst parts #volkswagen
#rustgang
01.06.2025 03:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Finally got around to welding a strip around the tinware to meet up with the engine seal, hopefully will keep some of the exhaust heat out of the engine bay
28.05.2025 23:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐คซ
14.05.2025 02:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Quiet Easter camp out! #camping
#volkswagen
19.04.2025 05:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ruh roh
10.03.2025 04:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Also made a tappet cover racer for our #volkswagen show that has been cancelled due to the incoming cyclone so here's a sneak preview lol
04.03.2025 07:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Finally, the combo between the Temp Matador 16" rims with the 205r16 all terrain tyres has jacked the back up just a lol bit more, pretty much maxed out for a swing axle. Looking beastly
04.03.2025 07:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ruh roh my flywheel has been getting nice and toasty
27.02.2025 14:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The wheels on my #karmannghia compared to stock, was lucky enough to find a pair of wide 5 pattern 5.5x 16 inch wheels that came off a Tempo Matador, one of the funkiest looking vehicles ever made. Just need to find a nice 7.5 r16 mud terrain tyre to fit them ๐ extremely hard in Australia.
11.01.2025 07:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Day 3: disaster lol, the gear box is a dud, locked in 1st gear, looks like I'm temporarily borrowing the gearbox from my 58 Baja beetle for the meantime, until I do an irs conversion
27.12.2024 05:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
How my clutch plate looks ๐ซฃ (normal worn out one on right by comparison) looks like she didn't like my 4wd track shenanigans as much as I thought
25.12.2024 04:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Just #volkswagen things lol
25.12.2024 00:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Merry Christmas! Engine out, now for gear box
25.12.2024 00:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tomorrow is Christmas, so time for some festival changes ๐
24.12.2024 06:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Old rack came off a beetle, I didn't like how it looked on the roof though so I pushed it back further, body lift is custom, front end 4mm cut and turn, rear suspension is basically all stock, maxed out the torsion bars but it's basically all I can do without converting to IRS
12.12.2024 20:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The rack on the front is just a Rola roof rack I found in the back yard lol, designed for small cars but it has a wide gutter mount so I figured it could support a fair amount of weight, the rear is something I whipped up in a few hours with some RHS and aluminium base plate
12.12.2024 08:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
World first maybe? Probably not lol, hard shell rooftop tent install complete for now, just need to pick a weekend to test it out ๐ #volkswagen
#karmannghia
#camping
12.12.2024 08:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Does it count as a secret project if you post it online? ๐ Only just finished tacking together the bracket to hold it onto the roof, but what is it?
11.12.2024 09:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Carrying camping gear for 2 is difficult but not impossible, camping trip last weekend
#karmannghia
08.12.2024 00:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#karmannghia
05.12.2024 21:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
How she used to look before I decided on a paint job (primer) to get a roadworthy and registration
#karmannghia #volkswagen
04.12.2024 01:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sometimes modding your #Volkswagen goes wrong, exhibit A. Silly me decided to do a cut and turn on the front beam for some extra clearance, what I didn't know was that 10mm turn meant a height gain of 100mm, learnt my lesson, I swapped the front beam back out with another one I had laying around
04.12.2024 00:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0