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How to restore your Karmann Ghia while having an existential crisis — Part 2

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    Aaron Marquis Aaron Marquis
    Writer, filmmaker, and co-founder of Null+Void Creative. Aaron's work covers culture, economics, and the occasional vintage Volkswagen. Media veteran and purpose-driven creative.
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How to restore your Karmann Ghia while having an existential crisis — Part 2
"Was it in a fire?" -- Random person at a Dallas gas station, eyeing the Karmann Ghia.

 “Basket case” is a term you don’t hear a lot these days. It originated from a (false) rumor around World War 1 about quadruple amputees coming back home and having to be carried in a basket. Then over the next few decades it was used to describe somebody who might throw all your clothes on the driveway and burn them while you’re at work. Eventually #TherapyTok came along and spoiled all the fun, making it a forbidden word in all but one circle: car culture.

When someone calls a car a basket case it means all of its parts are scattered in boxes & bags, and it’s more than likely a shell. Someone probably took it apart with great intentions, got overwhelmed, busy, or died, then abandoned it.

I’d made the trek from my failed Arkansas mountain expedition to a barn in Dallas to see the second cheapest Karmann Ghia convertible in the world. When I pulled up, it was exactly as advertised… a completely stripped car. A shell. Accompanied by boxes filled with bag after bag of parts. It was a basket case:

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Writer, filmmaker, and co-founder of Null+Void Creative. Aaron's work covers culture, economics, and the occasional vintage Volkswagen. Media veteran and purpose-driven creative.
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