Sanyarco Motorsports

Well, I guess as far as car projects go, I have been restless lately.  I bought the Pickup, but that turned out to be a lot worse off than I had ever thought.  Do not get me wrong, its fixable,  but not in the time I want to spend on it.  I bought the red 1971 Squareback, which is a cool car, but again a lot of work and not really what I wanted.  Diane talked with me one night and said, Just make a plan, and stick to it.  That got me thinking.  I really did not have a plan.  I had ideas, (some great, some not so great) but no plan to execute.   First step to any plan is to decide the goal.   Goal: Build a nice track day / autocross car that you don't see everyday, but do it on a small budget and mostly on my own.  I also do not want to spend more time building than driving. My first thought was to tube chassis and mid engine the red 1971 Square.  That would be different, but I am not to a point where I trust myself to build a chassis from the ground up. When I told a VW Guru friend of mine about the Squareback idea, he said "if you want air cooled mid engine why not just build a Porsche 914".  So we went to his secret stash of air cooled goodness to look at the 914 he had.  It was rougher than rough, so I passed on it. We then started looking at Karmann Ghia Convertibles.  He had 2 good candidates, but one was more work than I wanted to do, and the other was more money. Then I got smart.  I asked the VW Guru if he had a Karmann Ghia that would fit with my goals.   After a little thought he remembered a 1970 Karmann Ghia coupe that was in the stash.  It had a "hot" motor built in his shop in the 70's and was a good runner until the owner dropped a valve on the way to work and traded the car in.  The car had sat forgotten in the barn ever since. That weekend I went back to the stash with him to take a peek at my barn find. The car was dark green with a white vinyl top and whit interior.  It did not have much rust or body damage, and was pretty much all there.  Not perfect by any means, but a nice project. We agreed on a price, and now all thats left to do is clear a space for it in my shop.