Race retro
The lowlight Karmann Ghia coupé is both a great looking car and also quite a rarity these days. The low-slung, swoopy bodywork looks sporty, but powered by the standard 1200cc motor from the Beetle, the accompanying drive is, to put it politely, slightly underwhelming.
Consequently, as far back as the 1950s, several companies marketed tuning kits for the model to give it the pep its looks promised. Okrasa produced twin-port heads and big bore cylinder kits, and companies such as Judson and Shorrock came up some neat supercharger kits.
Some more adventurous owners even went chose to fit contemporary Porsche 356 engines, and that is essentially the theme of this project.
’Wise words
Wawan Dalbo owns the car,
