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I was 16 in 1981 and these cars were plentiful to find, there were 4 at my highschool driven by students, minor engine problems, alot of fun to drive , good memories

I always liked the Karmann Ghia. They were quite popular back in the day. This 1965 example is in awesome condition, and I love that exterior color. The engine sounds healthy, and it looks like a blast to drive!

On a glum day driving Randy's sweet car would instantly improve your mood. Thanks for this feature and all the great variety this year Lou!

This VW looks fantastic inside and out! It's the perfect colors to compliment the wonderful AZ landscapes. Mr. Smalley definitely has a great car. Thanks, Lou!

Great video. These were incredibly popular as college students’ cars in the ‘60s and ‘70s. A nice design helped keep them on the road, but salty roads spelled the end for far too many prematurely. Repair of the monocoque body was expensive if done right. I hope more meet today’s restorers with high-tech materials and processes. These need to be saved. Thanks again Lou.

Always loved these Karmann Ghias ! "The Poor Mans Porsche " Such a blast to drive ! Great lines ! They sure do get better with age ! Thanks for posting Lou !

Back in the 60's I didn't care for the looks of the Karmann Ghia , but over the years they've grown on me.... particularly the coupes . Nowadays I'm always happy to see one on the road and my hot rodder instincts kick in , and imagine how much fun they could be with the full big bore , dual Weber , cam and header treatment.. This a beautiful factory car, thanks for the memories.

It would be a fun car to drive. Had a manager at my part time job, way back in the mid 70’s with a Karmann Ghia yellow colour not a convertible? Had a ride on it once, it was just a noisy as this one and just about as powerful too!👍😃

Jeez Lou, an absolutely charming VW! It is in astounding condition. As the owner of several Volkswagens [currently - MK7 GTI) it is always good to see the pedigree. Fun feature 4 sure!

Thanks Lou and Randy. What a car! It made me smile too. I love the OEM interior in this car, I think it's one of the most beautiful interiors that VW had. Interesting color combination here, very masculine. I love Karmann Ghia's from this vintage prior to 5-MPH Bumpers. I've always been fascinated with the 1300cc engine, and here's a number's matching car. Amazing! That sure is a big thick shop manual in the trunk, I'd enjoy having that and the car. The under-hood shots are a delight! Volkswagen changed to 12V two years later, in 1967.

That's the car I learned to drive in! Yeah, no automatic trans for me! 1972 South Florida...great cars and great memories right here on My Car Story , thanks Lou!

The 1965 Volkswagen gives me good memories when I was 9 years old. Although my dad had a 1961 Impala, I remember the classic Volkswagen sound, the most popular car brand in town. The Karmann Ghia was the rare sporty version. These classic air cooled car were the world's number one economic car until Datsun 210 appeared in market. Thanks for your living history car videos.

Love this car. I grew up in the 60's and will always remember the VW engine sound. I went to buy a used Ghia from a dealership in 1975. My mechanic said the clutch wouldn't last long. When I made an offer to the dealer,(minus the cost of a new clutch), he blew me off. Oh well.

The poor man's Porsche love the body style of them as any VW it's got to be the air cooled motors over the newer ones of today to appeal to me to find one today makes a great restoration project

nothing like a classic VW, especially a Karmann Ghia convertible! thanx lou!

Ahhh , my favorite color Sea Sand! I painted both my 72 camper and my 79 CJ Jeep in it.

When I was a teenager my friends parents drove nothing but VW’s. I remember them having a couple of Ghia’s as they started “moving up”. The Ghia’s were a lot more car than the Beetle.

A friend of mine said that a VW never runs right, but it always runs. Based on the limited sounds I hear, it does have a unique sound that is different from most everything else. Neat!

I restored one of these several years ago, a 74' coup though! Awesome guys! Thanks for sharing, Lou!🤟

Great Karmann Ghia! Like the other commenters, I like the colour combination a lot. This one is a great example - wonderful condition. Thanks Lou!

A friend had a 65 beetle, I remember that sound and him constantly wiping the windshield with his coat sleeves to get the ice off the inside so we could see, he shifted through the gears wiped the windshield and answered my questions why the heater levers between the seats were apparently hooked to absolutely nothing, they were only there to give you hope that maybe eventually heat would come from somewhere 😂🤣😂🤣 beautiful old gal and that sound brings back great memories

I always enjoyed how these VW Karmann Ghia's looked, so I appreciate your showing this one. If you had a small car in 1965, that usually meant it was a slow vehicle! How times have changed!

Such a jewel! Love love the color, very elegant. I would add thin whitewalls just to give it a little pop and harmonize with the color . Tks for the video Lou, brings back memories of our childhood seeing all the VW’s parading on the streets of São Paulo back in the day

One of my brothers had a 72 Karmann Gaia when I was 16. It was faster than our.Beetle. The cool thing was that you road closer to the ground, LOL.

I always wanted one of these. What a great car!

Those were cool little cars. Fun to drive inexpensive to repair, and looked pretty damn good. In 1974 I was 22 and a friend of mine had one. If you needed to rebuild a VW engine two people could pick it up and put it on a bench. I did that with my 72 VW van.

The Kahrman Ghia always was beautifully styled....

Nice Ghia ! I had a 66 ghia vert triple black for ten years... the single blade bumper is euro spec also amber rear turn single lens along with kph speedo. This car is built for US market like mine was ... fun cars... thanks for sharing

Neighbor had a 71 in British Racing Green. Neat car, but rusted away VERY quickly in the IL winters. I'll never forget the day it was towed away for scrap, after his daughter sat down and the seat went through the floor. She was a very skinny gal at the time. It was just that rotten.

GREETINGS. From Venezuela, IMPRESSIVE KARMANN GHIA CONVERTIBLE. Mr. Lou, Thank you very much for showing us this VERY NICE CONVERTIBLE. Mr. Lou, Thank for taking us along for a ride. ............................As always an EXCELLENT AUTOMOBILE VIDEO.

I had a low opinion of the Karmann Ghia when I was young in the '70s. But as you said, the styling looks very good now. Beautiful car.

Cool 😎 that it actually has dual exhausts!!

Do not change a thing. Perfect

Very Handsome little car, I actually like it as a convertible more than a hard top. Thank you Lou.

Nice Ghia, my family are big VW people, my Dad had 2 Karmann Ghia when he was a kid, a 57 and 64, both hard tops.

Lou, you were asking about the signal lights. In the North American market they were a clear white. In our younger days we coveted the amber lenses and called them ‘Euro’.

Hermoso este Karmann Ghia color arena de mar! Este es el vehículo que conducía el protagonista de la serie de TV de los 60s "Get Smart", o "El Super Agente 86", en su segunda introducción. Diseño Italiano e ingeniería alemana, que más puedes pedir... Saludos!

"Some bad memories" ... I concur! 😁 Time for a flat six Subaru swap 😉

Nice Lou, You're having a nice run of uniquely colored cars 🌈

as a kid our barber had 2 daughters went to school from first grade till 12th they both had a ghia in high school then on to college i had a fast back vw had to take the tourch and put some space inbetween the brake and gas pedal nice cars

❤ olive.....

This is a super nice classic. Thanks for vid guys.

Lou always has great content. Such wonderful vehicles.

Gorgeous V Dub!!

The father of a good friend of mine in sixth grade had a white '65 coupe. I've always loved the amazing accessibility of the engine compartment compared to my two beetles. Thanks for sharing with us! Somehow (I had a '65 white Beetle with red interior in the seventies in college) the six-volt system didn't seem as awful as those early-fifties American cars...

I have seen many Karmann Ghia over the years, always a desirable car. The convertible is more rare than the coupe.

Mine was a '68 cabrio which got me college and back, would love to have another. When th temp would get up to 40 F we would take the top down, roll up the windows and turn the heat on and just drive.

ecco un esempio di restauro all'americana. E mi fermo soltanto a ciò che rivela il rumore lamentato dal motore e al rivestimento della palpebra del cruscotto ...

My school principle, Mr. Leadbetter had an orange one with white interior back in the late 60's. Cool dude.I'd say you both ran the red light, but that car doesn't go fast enough to run anything.

You can tell a vintage VW from a mile away.... 😆!!

These were a lot nicer car than the standard VW beetle, but they rusted out something terrible unless you kept them out of winter driving, which most people didn't do. They were a lot more expensive than the Beetle so not many people bought them.

I used to think these cars were weird. Now i can't say enough about them. Just like the 914.

At the car shows the color is referred to as booger brown; just kidding, it is certainly a little beauty and no surprise it took that trophy, love these Ghias, thanks Lou and owner. . . :>/

The rear arch line owes much to Virgil Exner's 1953 Chrysler d'Elegance concept, somuchso that Luigi Segre at Ghia is believed to have sent Exner an early production Karmann Ghia as a thank you.

I definitely remember the crime again I don't remember what year it was I hadn't been in the car business long and I had to go to a shop in Houston to pick up a karmagia that been restored and bring it to the dealership for the customer and I had a blast driving it back wouldn't it be strange if this was the same car that I brought back I doubt it very seriously but it was the same color with the same color interior been so many years ago can't remember what equipment was on it but they were a blast to drive good memories today of course I was more than a few years younger than what I am now

Interesting car, but the front legroom seems a bit short for taller drivers. You might be interested to know that actor Don Adams drove a Karmann Ghia convertible in Get Smart in 1967.

Nice !!! family about 15 years ago. Gal says "I want the Porsche Boxter. It;'s like the Karmann Ghia i always wanted" Yes, nice car for awhile. I think its gone but not sure. A restored KG would have been a better investment....yes, they had a Bug in like '68. '65 Chevelle Malibu gone.

The bumper with the "towel bars" were stock on the '65. The motor would have been a 1300 I believe with a single port head. My son has a '67 convertible with a '73 1600 dual port with twin carbs. The '67 had front disc brakes which was an improvement over the '66 with drums.

Always liked the Karmann Ghia, nice Car.Always thought they would be quicker though.🙂

Nice 😀

Excellence

+1 .. Chinchilla is the color name .. 1965 Karmann Ghia Convertible ,,

So stylish, yet so slow! But who cares if the engine sounds like a popcorn maker, this is much more than the practical, but bland Beatle. I ❤️ Karmann Ghias!

chingon

I have a 65 Carmia automatic convertible. I hear that it’s kind of a rarity. Mine was a parts car when I got it. The only thing that worked was the engine and transmission.

I had a 1970 convertible one Brasilian made.

Very nice car but that engine sounds “loose”! Could be the microphone? Maybe needs a valve adjustment? I would love to have it! I passed on one a few years ago and regret it now.

Great car, all 39 BHP, with a fuel gauge no less; why twin exhaust? Oldest VW joke; thanks to you both.

Sure is a cool little car. Though, I would be hooking up an oil pressure gauge..soon.

The bumper is an over-rider it was required in the U.S.

What year did he had this car and I like this car and how many mpg

Beautiful car. When you pan the camera, go slow.

Does this car have v8 engine

If it's original, it's 1200cc. 40hp, top speed 75mph.

You could get the 1965 in two-tone, and this looks like a single design in "sea sand" color..... I think...

I think Bullit's girlfriend drove one of those. Or was it a Porsche?