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crimson ghost
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| Altema wrote: | Your...
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looks great, and so does the rest of the car!
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Thanks ! Wet sand and polish tonight  |
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chipster
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Location: Ft. Pierce, FL
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:05 pm Post subject: Picked up my bumpers and overriders from chrome plating |
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Space Coast plating gave me an early bday present. They brought my completely rusted, pitted flaking front bumper back to show quality, and the rest of the stuff is equally amazing. dings, dents and scratches all removed to perfection. $380/bumper including the haz waste fees, +tax. can't touch the price, and let's face it, chrome is sexy!
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RubberDuck65
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Location: Novato
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Chisled 47 years of filth off of front end parts, got back steering knuckles from machine shop. Will install knuckles,wheel bearings and brakes this week! |
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foamermetal
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| Stripped the weights off my steel wheels repainted them and dropped 3 oz. Of bbs. into each tire. Some weights were missing already. WOW! What a difference. |
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Altema
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Location: Lower Michigan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| foamermetal wrote: | | Stripped the weights off my steel wheels repainted them and dropped 3 oz. Of bbs. into each tire. Some weights were missing already. WOW! What a difference. |
Is this a temporary measure until you can get them re-balanced, or do people leave them in long-term?
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Foss
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Location: French Gulch, CA
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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...and it keeps the inside of your tire clean...?
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foamermetal
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm going to leave them in there indefinitely. I really can tell a difference. If you don't mind getting your tires rebalanced if you don't like it try it. I didn't want to have the tires rebalanced after I painted the wheels while the tires were on the wheel, so this worked. Just went to Wal-mart and bought some bbs. Measured 3oz. broke the bead and poured them in. I'm sold. |
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chipster
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Location: Ft. Pierce, FL
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:40 am Post subject: bb tire balancing |
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| foamermetal wrote: | | I'm going to leave them in there indefinitely. I really can tell a difference. If you don't mind getting your tires rebalanced if you don't like it try it. I didn't want to have the tires rebalanced after I painted the wheels while the tires were on the wheel, so this worked. Just went to Wal-mart and bought some bbs. Measured 3oz. broke the bead and poured them in. I'm sold. |
Looks like you're onto something foamermetal, here's a chart for how much weight:
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/Classicchart.htm |
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Altema
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: bb tire balancing |
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I'm impressed. They don't seem to wear the inside of the tire even after 30,000 miles, and they have been used in vehicles at Bonneville at over 150mph. Looks like it would solve my bit of vibration between 75-80. My only concern is that they have nothing about what happens when you have to get a flat fixed or the tires dismounted... seems like it would be a big mess unless they stop mid-way with the dismount and vacuum them out 
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Altema
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Hey, I fixed the clock!!
Hard part was getting the bezel off. It was the thermal fuse, as is the case in most of them. I moved the link back into position and touched it with a soldering iron. Also cleaned up the bezel, oiled the non-jeweled bearings (grandfather was a watchmaker who taught me a few things), and polished the plastic lens with auto polish. The clock is a really cool design, and I like how it only uses a little zap of power at a time. Mine winds every 1 minute and 35.8 seconds.
I do have a theory as to why these are found blown so often: When the mainspring winds down, it makes an electrical contact which energizes the mechanism and flips the mainspring away from the contact.
If the car battery is low, it will get to the point where there is not enough voltage to move the mainspring, the electrical contacts remain engaged, and the thermal link that is used to only taking power for a fraction of a second at at time is now under continous load.
If this is correct, then it would be wise to disconnect the clock or the battery if your Ghia is going to sit for a while.
Paul
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foamermetal
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| I actually put to many bbs in the front wheels by 6 additional oz. Just broke the bead again and used an extendable magnet fo fish out 6 oz. I was done in five minutes. |
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foamermetal
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| Great looking Clock. I did the same thing to mine recently. Mine looses about five minutes a week, other than that she's still ticking. |
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kingkarmann
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| kingkarmann wrote: | Over the winter........
The engine started acting up and was only able to drive the Ghia a couple of times in 2011. 
I made a decision to rebuild. Was told by the PO that is was a 1641cc. It was actually a 1600. Now it's a 1641. Added a new alternator and few other engine accessories..... My UPS guy Eric just dropped of a MST Billet Alternator Stand. Sharp!!
Never being satisfied with leaving things alone I played around and made a few “improvements”….. Playing with the Ghia is definitely therapy for me
Repro Bambus under dash shelf.
A Shift Knob with a Karmann Ghia side badge embedded into it.
Added an Oil Temp. and Oil Pressure gauge to keep track better track of how the engine is behaving. I cold not bear to cut holes in the dash or add a pod because I felt it would detract from the original look. I decided run my wires from the engine to a female socket that I mounted to the rear seat bench crossmember. I ran a 6ft harness to the gauge set. I just plug it in while driving and when get to a show I just unplug and toss it behind the seat storage area.
Repainted the cooling tins from a silver "Hammered" finish to a charcoal grey. Still keeping the "hammered" look.
I thought it was cool how the Porsche 356's used a leather "belt" to keep the spare tire in place. I found some black leather strap from an equine supply and fashioned a rather good looking leather belt to hold the spare in place. I will post some pics up soon.Now its just time to detail and get out and drive  |
Update with Pics
Got a couple of driving opportunities and was really happy with the rebuilt engine. More on that later in the engine forum.
Creative concepts shift knob
Grabbed it as they were going out of business. I also have their black Ghia knob without the shift pattern
The removable "Rat Look" Oil Temp. & Pressure gauge set.
Leather spare tire hold down strap
I wasn't really having any issues with the spare moving around. Kind of stole the idea from an old Porsche I saw at a show.
KGP&R "Bambus" Wicker under dash tray
I thought I may have a legroom issue with my 6'2" frame. It has been a non issue. It also gives me a place to set my gauge set.
Rebuilt 1641cc
Specs
DISPLACEMENT —————————————- 1641cc
CRANKSHAFT ——— Scat 69x87mm Counterweighted “Volkstroker III”
FLYWHEEL —— Stock weight, 8 dowel. Chromoly gland nut. Stock clutch
CONNECTING RODS —- Scat forged “I” Beam
PISTONS/CYLINDERS —- Mahle 87mm
CAMSHAFT —— Scat C35 .419 lift, 285° duration, 108° centers
LIFTERS —— Scat solid lightweight performance
OIL PUMP ——— Schadeck 26mm Heavy Duty
HEADS —— Mofoco 041 Ported & Polished by Mofoco
VALVES ——- Intake 39mm Exhaust 33mm
COMPRESSION RATIO ——— 8.3 : 1
ROCKER ARMS —— Scat 1.1:1 Ratio with swivel feet adjusters
PUSHRODS —— SCAT “Hi-Rev” Steel
IGNITION —- Bosch 034 SVDA Distributor . Pertronix “Flamethrower” coil. NGK plugs
CARBURETION —— Dual 36mm Dellorto DLRA’s
EXHAUST — “J”-Tubes Ceramic Coated . Okrasa styled stainless muffler
OTHER MODIFICATIONS — CB PERFORMANCE alloy crank pulley • SACO alt. pulley, billet oil sump plate • VINTAGE PARTS spark plug wires • PIERBURG fuel pump re-built for AN fuel fittings • MST alloy push rod tubes billet alternator stand stainless steel crank & alternator pulley nuts • ODYSSEY dry cell battery
Now I have to find out why my wipers won't work
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Pam's Miranda
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Location: Puget Sound
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject: My First Ghia |
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"Miranda: is our first Ghia. We had a bug and a couple of buses in the 70's and did a lot of traveling in them. I pic's no idea how to post them. Looking forward to following here and maybe getting some help.[/img] Pictures in gallery now
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John Moxon 
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foamermetal
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| Swapped out the 009 distributer for the correct 205T distributor that i got for 15 bucks. Who in the world thinks that 009 can make anything run right is beyond me. I had a bad shaking problem starting out in first gear pulled engine checked the clutch, clutch cable, bowden tube and couldn't trace it till today. I guess having that advance coming on sooner played some roll because it's gone. Just have to do a little monitoring of the new carb adjustments so i'm not to lean. Don't want to cook the engine. |
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Stonesrock
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:15 am Post subject: Ghia's emerging from NW Woods |
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Ghia's emerging from NW Woods and heading for the beach.
Point no point
Best parking spot at Point-no-Point
Coolers at Hi Lo's
Coolers at the beach
To the beach
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My Patches
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Location: Wheatley, Ontario
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:06 am Post subject: |
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took more paint off.
Found more bondo (Holy cow is there bondo! 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick) covering more patches, patches on patches (how she got her name 'Patches'), rust, dents, rips.
Scraped off the 1/2" thick undercoating sprayed in all the wheel wells. Found it was covering some eaten away metal and more rust.
Freaked out for a few seconds wondering what the hell have I gotten myself into.
Took a break and imagined how nice she will eventually look and settled down.
Cleaned out part of my brother's barn to move her into the workshop there. Found an old bus tranmission along with an autostick tranny hidden among all the auto parts my brother has laying around.
Will work on her again Thursday. |
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swavananda
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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finally got around to fixing the brake warning light, the brakes actually seem to work better,too!!
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nah, thats just in my head |
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RubberDuck65
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Went camping last week! Reassembled front end and did the brakes. Started to pull out the floor pans. |
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