They were indeed neat little vehicles. One of my best friends in college had one, I remember three of us driving from Hanover New Hampshire to Philadelphia one weekend -- three of us in the Ghia, me sitting on the back, slipping my feet between the two front sets, windblown all the way. I couldn't hear properly for a week after we returned.
Dan On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:51 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > You're welcome. My second car was a '72 Ghia, (the only car I've ever > named, well Karman came with a name actually), and I've always had a soft > spot in my head for those dangerous little Porsche's. The image brings back > memories, mostly good. > > On 7/2/2011 10:38 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Thanks, PJ. >> >> Dan >> >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 4:47 PM, P. J. Alling<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I like the understatement. A stock'74 Ghia would do 0-60 faster than a >>> Corvette of the same era. That little bug derived car had a top speed of >>> 90mph and a cruising speed of 90mph. The only other car that had a top >>> speed and cruising speed that were the same was the VW Beetle which was >>> 87mph, only because the Ghia was more aerodynamic, otherwise the running >>> gear was petty much the same. >>> >>> On 6/16/2011 2:01 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>> >>>> Have not seen that logo for quite some time. I remember a commercial a >>>> long time ago with a Ghia trying to bust through a paper sign. The >>>> last comment was, after spouting all of the cars features was it was >>>> not the strongest car, as all you could see was the paper bulge in and >>>> out. Made me laugh >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Daniel J. Matyola<danmaty...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&webtag=djm1963&entry=101 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! >>> >>> --Marvin the Martian. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
