Jeff McBride's 1971 Karmann Ghia



1971 Karmann Ghia

Jeff McBride


Here is my 1971 Ghia Coupe. I have owned her since 2012. I believe I am the sixth owner. She was originally bought in the San Francisco area and was in California until 1997. Then the car moved to the east coast to be restored, but was never finished and was sold again.

I purchased her and decided to redo her in 2014. I did a body-off resto with a friend doing the paint and body including shaving some trim and other custom touches in the House of Kolor's Sunrise Pearl paint. While the body work happened I refreshed the pan and mechanical parts and rebuilt the motor with some friends. I tried to stay close to the original lemon yellow color and later added Porsche 944 seats with a complimentary yellow plaid color and refreshed the carpet and interior along the way.

I thoroughly enjoy driving her and she gets lots of attention whenever we take her out.