mike6024 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Meets every Friday evening. The attendance varies. Different cars show up every week. The Ghia looks to be restored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TerryB Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Love it! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Neat photos...... My Dad purchased a brand new 1960 Ghia, just like the picture you posted...... Mom and Dad drove it from NY to Miami on their honeymoon ! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I remember when there were at least two VW beetles parked on every block when I grew up in Michigan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 I think they are the modern equivalent of a Ford Model A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Look across any college parking lot in the 1960"s and maybe 20% of the cars were Beetles, including my '68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 3 years ago we finished it's restoration and showed a '49 Bug at Hershey. Great car if you like mechanical brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 With the Ghia aside, they are all modified cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 We regularly drive up the mountain to Highlands NC for the Saturday car gathering called "Butts on the Bench." Last time we went a few weeks ago with our 57 Ranchero, there were two VW Beetles and a VW Microbus there among others, including a 24 Cadillac. Yesterday we took our 66 Beetle to join with a VW Thing, 3 Morgans. a Jag XK 140, a couple of Panzers, a Austin Healey 3000, a few MGB's and Porsches. Most Saturdays about a dozen cars of interest. We've seen everything there from a 1914 Model T to a 2019 Corvette and a McClaren. This group hosts the Highlands Motoring Festival the second weekend in June each year that draws cars from all over the southeast. This year the feature make was Shelby and next year it will be Packard, which proves to be a motoring festival with altitude. (4118 ft.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 7 hours ago, Paul Dobbin said: We regularly drive up the mountain to Highlands NC for the Saturday car gathering called "Butts on the Bench." Last time we went a few weeks ago with our 57 Ranchero, there were two VW Beetles and a VW Microbus there among others, including a 24 Cadillac. Yesterday we took our 66 Beetle to join with a VW Thing, 3 Morgans. a Jag XK 140, a couple of Panzers, a Austin Healey 3000, a few MGB's and Porsches. Most Saturdays about a dozen cars of interest. We've seen everything there from a 1914 Model T to a 2019 Corvette and a McClaren. This group hosts the Highlands Motoring Festival the second weekend in June each year that draws cars from all over the southeast. This year the feature make was Shelby and next year it will be Packard, which proves to be a motoring festival with altitude. (4118 ft.) What type of Panzers ? Tigers? Tiger 1, 2 etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 17 hours ago, Pfeil said: What type of Panzers ? Tigers? Tiger 1, 2 etc.? Some small assembled sporty little things with motorcycle front fenders. Not tanks. I may have the name wrong. But cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Paul Dobbin said: Some small assembled sporty little things with motorcycle front fenders. Not tanks. I may have the name wrong. But cute. Actually a Panzer is any type of armored vehicle. Tank, Armored Troop Carrier, Armored Half Track etc. Technically a armored Type 82 Beetle with machine gun by loose definition could be called Panzer. Most associate a Panzer with a Tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Your are correct, I was way off in the Brand. After a little research I found what I was talking about was not a Panzer, it was a Panther. Although older models than this one. Sorry. Photo: Metaweb (FB)/GNU Free Documentation License 1 Panther Kallista The Kallista replaced the Panther Lima as Panther Car Company's volume model for the 1980s. Unlike the Vauxhall-based Lima, the Kallista used Ford mechanicals, including a range of engines from 1.6 L straight-4 to 2.9 L Cologne V6. Like its predecessor, it featured styling resembling earlier Allard and Morgan cars. The later SsangYong-built models of the 1990s used a 2.3 L engine. The Kallista used an aluminium body over a purpose-built steel chassis. Performance was good, with a sprint to 60 mph taking under 8 seconds. The Kallista was produced from 1982 through 1990 until SsangYong Motor Company released a badge engineered version in 1992 called the SsangYong Kallista. Only 78 of the ...more on Wikipedia see more on Panther Kallista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 15 hours ago, Paul Dobbin said: Your are correct, I was way off in the Brand. After a little research I found what I was talking about was not a Panzer, it was a Panther. Although older models than this one. Sorry. Photo: Metaweb (FB)/GNU Free Documentation License 1 Panther Kallista The Kallista replaced the Panther Lima as Panther Car Company's volume model for the 1980s. Unlike the Vauxhall-based Lima, the Kallista used Ford mechanicals, including a range of engines from 1.6 L straight-4 to 2.9 L Cologne V6. Like its predecessor, it featured styling resembling earlier Allard and Morgan cars. The later SsangYong-built models of the 1990s used a 2.3 L engine. The Kallista used an aluminium body over a purpose-built steel chassis. Performance was good, with a sprint to 60 mph taking under 8 seconds. The Kallista was produced from 1982 through 1990 until SsangYong Motor Company released a badge engineered version in 1992 called the SsangYong Kallista. Only 78 of the ...more on Wikipedia see more on Panther Kallista Thanks Paul. There are four for sale in hemmings so I will be able to check them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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