Obituary
Wilhelm Karmann Jr The creator of the Karmann Ghia coupe, Wilhelm Karmann Jr, has died, aged 83. When his father passed on in 1952, Karmann Jr took the reins of…
VIVE LE SPORT! Makers and drivers of sports cars might, before the war, have been thought a rather odd bunch by some more utilitarian motorists. But the war has justified up to the hilt their enthusiasm, their constant experimentation, their =resting search for something better. More than one discovery due to ” spoils ” motoring has found application in the design of our aircraft and our tanks . . . This advancement of the art is only one of the reasons why Blakes have always taken a special interest in sports cars and their keen owners. It’s an interest we look forward to developing again after the war — not only by supplying cars but in supplying also that specialised kind of service the sports motorist looks for and has a right to expect. Keep this in mind for the day when victory opens the roads again, and motoring-for
motoring’s-sake is permitted. • 110 BOLD STREET. LIVERPOOL 1 : koy,/ 66.22