The debut of a VW Karmann Ghia 'lowlight' | Day of the Volkswagen 2024 | The Purist | Damian Arber

Описание: Join Damian Arber on a 2000 mile roadtrip across Australia to unveil his freshly built 1958 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia at the Day of the Volkswagen show.

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I'd only met Damian once for about five minutes before I got a Instagram message from him asking if I was going to the 2024 Day of the Volkswagen show in Melbourne. I wasn't planning to, but welcomed this near complete stranger to stay at my house on his 3500km (2000 mile) journey from Brisbane, Queensland.

When I learnt he had just finished restoring a now infamous 'lowlight' Ghia and was debuting it at the show, I jumped at the chance to interview him and before long realised I needed to join him to document his epic road trip across Australia.

Over the next four days, not only did I learn about the huge effort it was to acquire and rebuild the car, I was reminded about the value of friendship and the unique bonds that connect the Australian Volkswagen community. And even though we reminisce about the good old days, the trip made me realise there's still more to come and new friends to be made.

And the car. The car is so beautiful. I would say one of the most beautiful cars ever made and it couldn't belong to a nicer person. Whilst humble and full of praise for others, Damian is an exceptional builder and shows what can be done at home with patience, determination, passion and a huge amount of style and talent. He also built Tex:    • A slammed patina VW Oval named Tex | The P...  

If you'd like to hear our full hour long conversation with all the fine details about the build process, plus some amazing rolling shots of this slammed Ghia with full ASMR 36hp engine sounds, please let me know in the comments ;)

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