1972 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, mild custom

This car was bought new by my father, then it was passed down to me. It started out as a stock restoration. Now it's a custom sleeper that turns heads where ever it goes, and is extremely quick on the street. Car is mostly stock, but I've added:

-Aluminum Porsche 914 Rivera style wheels
-"The Conductor's Special" hidden air horn kit with compressor and tank (Hornblasters.com)
-Diamond style headlights with H4 Halogen 90/100 watt blue bulbs
-Chrome type 3 tail lamp bulb holder
-Custom fiberglass center console and front speaker panels (VWinnovations.com)
-VDO Series 1 gauges
-Tech Edge Air/Fuel Ratio gauge - LA1
-Tech Edge Wideband Controller - 2J1
-Custom built tachometer
-TMI upholstry and panels
-Limited Editon '73 Sports Beetle steering wheel fitted with Wolfsburg horn button
-Sony CDX-F7715X AM/FM CD with XM receiver
-Alpine 300 Watt amp
-2 6 1/2" Kickers (front)
-2 6x9" Kickers with 10" sub (rear)
-Custom decklid emblem
-Custom discontinued carbon fiber firewall (Airkewld.com)
-NOS Hella lenses

Engine Specs:
TYPE 1, 1915cc, 4 cylinder

1. C.W. Crankshaft forged DPR 8 dowel
2. AS41 (Brazilian) case opened to 94mm
3. German rebuilt connecting rods
4. Engle 120 camshaft (294° duration) with Norris racing lifters
5. Bugpack magnum straight cut cam gears
6. German forged reground flywheel 8" dowel
7. Gene Berg chromoly racing gland nut
8. 8mm chromoly head studs
9. 94mm Mahale pistons/cylinders with Grant rings.
10. 043 heads ported & polished with 42 x 37.5 stainless steel valves 3/8 chromoly push rods
11. Scat 1.25 ratio rockerarms
12. Stainless steel windage push rod tubes
13. OEM vented valve covers
14. Schadeck aluminum 26mm H.D. oil pump modified for full flow with K&N oil filter
15. Bosch 51 amp alternator
16. CB performance aluminum polished breather box
17. Kennedy stage 1 pressure plate with Dankin racing disk
18. Ceramic coated 1 5/8" merged header with stainless steel phat boy muffler
19. Dynamically balanced crank, rods, pistons, flywheel, pressure plate, and front pulley
20. 8.5:1 compression
21. BMD aluminum pulley system
22. Prostreet I.R.S supension, 72 ghia transmission with 0.82 fourth gear

Cooling:
23. DTM fan shroud (aircooledtechnology.com)
24. Welded & balanced fan
25. Custom hidden "Ram Air" scoop

Fuel Delivery & Ignition:
26. Dual 44mm IDF Weber carburetor kit, 36 vent, F11 emulsion tubes, 52 idle, 165 air, 125 main
27. Carter electric fuel pump
28. Bosch 010 distributor (timed @29.5°)
29. Mallory Hyfire 6A CD ignition system
30. Pertronix Flame Thrower II ignition coil (45,000 volts max)
31. Aurora 8.5mm silicone Super Mag Plus spark plug wires
32. NGK D6EA 12mm spark plugs, gapped to .040"