Ascort number 19 of 19 biult located in sydney you will need $10,000 no pics as have to clear area to take decent pics call me u2u me
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascort
hey Ryan you are quick well done chappy
cheers mate,..
sounds like a sweet arse rat in the making...
thought i found a 356 had a smile ear 2ear oh well!!!!
The Ascort - 1959
A Victorian Czech immigrant with an early Karmann Ghia decided he could make an Australian built sports car from the Beetle chassis. Using his
Ghia as the basis of his design he built a light steel tubular frame and around it built a body of fibreglass, epoxy resin and foam rubber for
insulation. The 2-door car featured 4 seats, a roll bar and reinforced dash. He also added a stronger, stiffer anti-roll bar to the front to provide
better stability. Standard brakes were left to pull up the Okrasa powered car.
The rear armrests housed the fuel tanks leaving the front vacant for increased luggage space - something the Ghia lacked in abundance. The two
tanks gave a combined volume of over 40 litres. The spare was also mounted forward of the torsion bars in a horizontal position.
Only 19 Ascorts were made and few remain today.
copied from an article on flat four web site , i think submitted by hot rod matt
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that be a bit weird in that he & his company were Sydney based & I dont think he ever owned a Karmann Ghia, the Ascort was never designed to be a
sports car, rather it was a luxury touring GT, it was very quiet, & exceptional safety was also an important feature, & most importantly the two fuel
tanks were 36 litres EACH which meant you could drive a very long way
few remain today isnt all that accurate either, I dont know the exact number, but a high percentage still exist
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whats the colour of this one ???
21 were built
navy blue and from what i can see its in great shape it doesnt have the okrassa engine it is a 40 horse
did it come from Sydney ???
yes it did come from sydney and it is in sydney in bass hill buried under many good vw parts am waiting for hm to clear the area so i can post pics maybe tomorrow keep u posted
I love these things
Had a chance to buy this one
Wasnt in this condition though
Just posting so people get an idea of how beautiful these things can be
wow, that one is coming on well, they looked best in metallic colours
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love it
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Man.... if i was going to do a project - it would be one of these.
That looks complete.
Any idea about the interior??
Petri steering wheel etc??
rubbed the window the car is full of stuff but it had a 40hp steering wheel i could see about a eight of the wheel it would take a week to move the
stuff around it and in it man this guy is a horder notice the manta body on top of it?
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D'oh
Thought it was a dog kennel 
Bizzare that silver one looks awsome looks like a project to get it to that stage
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sold to a very lucky person
Sexy looking car. Look how similar the Alpine 110 is in shape, these started in 1961.
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just finished unloading it.
u must have driven straight over to Sydney
This is an Un Used BRAND NEW Ascort Did Eddie tell you the history ???
I used to work with Eddie at Qantas
I 4 got to mention NEVER BEEN DRIVEN