Corvair Ghia

[bonehead23]

Ever wonder if a Corvair six would fit into a Karmann Ghia??? Well, it does...and the hood shuts!!

Edited July 10, 2015 by bonehead23

[Guest]

Way cool. Nice work.

[vintagercr]

I like the color

[slusher]

Very nice..

[Snake45]

I like this a lot! Wish I'd built it!

[Danno]

Neat! Talk about an intercontinental sleeper!

[unclescott58]

Hot Rod magazine showed how to do the real conversion back in the 60's. And I've been thinking about doing it in model form for years now. Both the Karmann-Ghia and the VW buses will take the Corvair engine with no exterior body modifications.

What Ghia kit did you use? What Corvair engine? And can we see more of how you did your conversion? Did you use a Corvair or VW transaxle? I have a Tamiya Ghia that I go back and forth on doing this. But, the VW engine in that kit looks so very nice. I hate to not use it. Maybe I need to sneak a Corvair power plant into my Revell bus instead?

Scott

Edited December 18, 2014 by unclescott58

[1 bad55 stan]

Very nice!

[bonehead23]

Hot Rod magazine showed how to do the real conversion back in the 60's. And I've been thinking about doing it in model form for years now. Both the Karmann-Ghia and the VW buses will take the Corvair engine with no exterior body modifications.

What Ghia kit did you use? What Corvair engine? And can we see more of how you did your conversion? Did you use a Corvair or VW transaxle? I have a Tamiya Ghia that I go back and forth on doing this. But, the VW engine in that kit looks so very nice. I hate to not use it. Maybe I need to sneak a Corvair power plant into my Revell bus instead?

Scott

The kit was a Tamiya, I think. I had a resin Ghia body but then this kit came out, so i still have the rather crude resin body. I did not think to take construction photos,It uses the stock VW transaxle, which I imagine would have to be beefed up a lot in 1:1...I wonder if the "vair trans and suspension would fit? Another project perhaps! The mill is straight out of an old '69 AMT 'Vair with Webers and scratched exhaust.

[DumpyDan]

Alright, very cool!