The 67 Ghia coupe, also had some serious engine mods, close ratio gearing in the transmission and suspension mods. That didn't keep me from flipping it over for a good three flip roll over where it landed upright on the wheels. Car was destroyed, but I walked away without a scratch. The engine and transmission found their way into a 66 VW bug (I returned the tranny to stock gear ratios). The disk brakes, Hurst shifter and a few other parts from the ill fated Ghia also went into the bug.
That was one of three bad "accidents" I had with VWs. I was seriously injured in a collision while driving a 61 VW bus (bus was a total loss but, there would a string of split window busses after that one). I tore a customer's 69 VW bug almost in half (Bug VS Tractor Trailer) and walked away from that one too. My first accident in a VW was as a passenger, with three other guys, in a VW bus. Our surf boards were on the roof and destroyed. We were on a notorious stretch of two lane road when an oncoming pick up truck pulled into our lane (to pass a larger truck). The driver had no option but to quickly pull off the road. There was no shoulder, only a water filled ditch. The van rolled over and ended up upside down in the ditch. There were some cut up and banged up guys, I had a broken arm and a deep cut on my back. All of our surf boards were destroyed and I was most upset about that. I had just bought a new board and had only used it once the weekend before. It was broken styrofoam and fiberglass in the blink of an eye.
Here's the customer's bug I drove under a Semi Trailer.
Ghosty.