Vintage VOLKSWAGEN KARMANN GHIA Sold for CHEAP $$ | Pawn-Stars #pawnstars

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How much would it cost us to restore it?

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A full restoration, $30,000.

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Ha ha ha!

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Watch what happened when this honest guy stumbled upon a Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. But when the expert revealed this one shocking detail, it left everyone absolutely speechless.

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64 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia.

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Yeah.

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The thing is, I'm looking for cars I can buy and restore and make a little money.

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Let me have a buddy look at it, all right?

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OK. How do you look at it, all right? Okay. Volkswagen's first production sports car, it was always called the poor man's Porsche. The seats, those are some big'uns.

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You can climb all the way flat.

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Can we take a look at the motor? Wow, that's a lot of oil-covered insulation there.

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That's good, actually.

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Can we take her for a test drive?

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Sure.

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That noise that you hear is your transaxle is pretty low on gear oil. Brakes are a little low. You see the shifter move like that? You've got broken motor mounts. There's no emergency brake either? No.

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Well, what if we have an emergency?

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Obviously, there's a few problems. Yeah. But basically, there's no money to be made on it But basically, there's no money to be made on it if I restore it.

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