Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But different dialect! Screws up your punchlines on your standup. Mark William Rabiner > From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:43:59 -0500 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Re: Karmann Ghia > > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 1:23 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >> Nice shot Mark, saw one recently in immaculate condition. >> >> Douglas >> _________ >> Douglas Barry >> Bray, Co. Wicklow >> Republic of Ireland >> >> resubbing after being away >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 5:12 AM >> Subject: [Leica] 1973 Karmann Ghia in Rhinebeck >> >> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/automobiles/collectibles/08EGO.html?_r=1&n >>> =Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/A/Auto%20Ego >>> Or >>> http://tinyurl.com/dgevhy >>> >>> >>> Since you guys are talking about cars take a lot at this months car >>> I did >>> for these guys. My 20th in 20 months. >>> A nice Lady who has owned it since she was 19. >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >> > > > If any of you guys lust after a Karmann Ghia, a foreign car repair > shop in my area, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, has one in scruffy condition. > The owner defaulted on paying for a repair and left the car. The > finish is deplorable but the bodywork is good. A good paint job would > restore it to acceptable condition. I don't know about the engine but > old VW air cooled engines are a dime a dozen. I even have a Judson > supercharger in my garage that I could give to the lucky buyer. It > would boost the horsepower from a lowly 42 all the way to 56 or 60 > depending on the pulley ratio. Use the car as a case for your IIIf > Leica. Both are about the same age and speak the same language. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information