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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

c21darrel wrote:
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toushea, as is the norm...i thieved the idea Cool

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Thanks Darrel , yet another thing to add to the ever growing list of jobs !
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Finished cobbling my EMPI steering wheel together a few months back.
I waited several months for HOG to use their mold to build more dash caps....
Yesterday I ordered a dash cap......... from Glass-Action. We shall check this option out for everyone. Instead of their mounting system, Im going to epoxy bolts in the stock location to hold it down. I also plan on covering it in matching black vinyl. Not sure if I will swap in a lowlight grab handle or just keep with the current one, decisions, decisions...Will have to wait and see if I go french stitch or early ribbed style on the vinyl. I still need to mount my FV tach (its just zip tied to column), open to any ideas Idea
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't have the holes in my dash to use the stock mounting when I got my dash pad (HOG) and they of course didn't come with any...so I ended up using industrial strength Velcro...worked good for me.

For the tach, is it the same size as the clock (Hard to tell from the pic)? But if so, since your clock isn't original and has different colored hands, might consider swapping the tach in there?

Just a thought..
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the velcro tip!!
This FV Tach is about 80mm stock clock hole is 52mm.
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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pull your stock Speedo and save it -- -- then stick one of these GPS Speedo/tachs in it place -----

http://www.speedhut.com/gauge/GR4-DUALGPS-ST-03T/1...high-beam)
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PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2015 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^^Cant do that! I just got a trip speedo!!
Look what showed up in the mail today. Glass Actions dash cap. Initial thought, for $102 shipped to my door in less than a week, tough to beat.
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I didnt wait long to give it a test fit. Smile 10 minutes at lunch to get the grab handle off and...
Initial fit isnt bad. Its made wide, width wise. You can see in this pic I have close to 1/2 inch to custom fit.
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To get perfect fit I was told to trim/sand/shorten the leading edge (near window). That should tighten it over the dash and get it tight under the window seal.
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There is a little space on the left, but not much.
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I think once covered in vinyl and centered should fit pretty well. Now I need to decide early ribbed w/ lowlight handle of French stitch across the front...hmm. Going to plan a trip to Julio's Upholstery next week. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2015 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks good...and covered will look "right". Will you attach the grab handle to it as well? Or leave that off?
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2015 1:37 pm    Post subject: Nice work Reply with quote

Just wanted to let you know that I've read your forum over the last week and its inspired me tremendously. Great job love what you've done!
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

c21darrel wrote:
...I think once covered in vinyl and centered should fit pretty well. Now I need to decide early ribbed w/ lowlight handle of French stitch across the front...hmm. Going to plan a trip to Julio's Upholstery next week. :D


You're going to be a tough act to follow. I repaired and then covered my dash pad with French stitching across the front. I still have to see if it fits, but it helps to know I can trim it on the sides.

I also got a wooden steering wheel from Cip1, and will have to work out how to fit that in the next two weeks or so.

Your car looks really, really good, inside and out. And a '68, to top it all. Now who would have thought?
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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And a '68, to top it all. Now who would have thought?

Really, only me so far. As you know I take my car out alot, even at VW shows never once has anyone guessed my year correctly.

As an update ... I polished up the ends of my grab bar.
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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

great build, quick question if you dont mind, where did you get the speaker grille? working on a 66 right now for my buddy and he does not want to put the dash pad back on.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

check here in the classifieds for a speaker grill. I put the one I just pulled off my car up and sold it in about 30 minutes last week. Dropped the dash cap off at the upholstery shop. Made a column mount for the tach. No holes/no hack Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I worked on a few little projects recently.
I recieved in trade some nice Hella tail lights. Euro taillights one is NOS the other just really, really nice Smile Unless you stare for a bit and closely you can not tell which is NOS or the nice one Very Happy
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I used an original swan neck mirror and added a Albert pear shape mirror head on it.
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I went and had my GlassAction dash cap covered in matching black vinyl with the French stitch across the front. I did not discuss thread color with my upholstery guy, I just assumed he would use the linen/off white color of the piping. He used black and it has grown on me, It doesnt stand out as much, more reserved. I like it. As far as installing, the dash cap is held on by one screw under the driver side door A pillar. The grab handle holds down the other side so just one screw in original location. Also made a little steering tube clamp to hold my FV Rev Counter, it had just been zip tied the last few months. I disassembled my VDO Quartz clock and painted the blaze orange hands off white to closer match the other gauges.
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I also polished up my lowlight grab handle and had it wrapped in leather. I recently read Lorens response re grab handle seals on a padded dash. As I am ALL about keeping things perfectly stock and original, I may not be using Dwaynes fine work on the seals. Cool
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To install the single stud lowlight handle, I drilled 2 new holes right in the middle of the 2 holes used on the later 2 stud grab handle. Always seems like there is something else to do on this car Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The devil is in the detail, and you're making that devil look like an amateur. And that on Karmann Ghia's "Michael-in-the-middle" child. The '68 is mechanically the best of the '67 and earlier Ghias, and the best looking of the post '67 ones.

In my humble opinion.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Chris, and I am a middle child Very Happy
Now how did you create almost 50 pages in your build thread and I can barely squeak out 6 Sad Embarassed
What are you doing, writing a freaking book over there? Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

c21darrel wrote:
Thanks Chris, and I am a middle child :D
Now how did you create almost 50 pages in your build thread and I can barely squeak out 6 :( :oops:
What are you doing, writing a freaking book over there? :wink:


I'm a first child; totally spoilt by my mother. But also obessive-compulsive, as first children often are. Middle child is the lucky one; no fuss no bother people.

I went to a writers' festival in 2002 - before I started writing - and Jeffery Deaver told the audience that he writes 70 pages of outline before he writes his 300 page novel. I have about 60 pages of outline on my Saving Emiko story, with about 10 to go, and no idea how to bring the story to an exciting and credible conclusion. The rest of my thread is probably just recounting - as in a diary - what I've done each day, plus some conversation with my friends on the Samba.

At any rate, I'm sure you write as much as I do, except that you're writing a most of it on other people's threads helping them with their restorations and repairs. For which we are grateful.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awesome so far, you guys are definitely inspiring! I love that dash cover, it looks great. I really didn't want to have to use the plastic wood dash face and this is definitely worth the time of making the dash look good for paint!

I'm also amazed that you painted this in your garage! great job.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I'm also amazed that you painted this in your garage!


+1. And it took only 4 years for someone to call that out. Plus I noticed you didn't even hang tarp for a diy paint bay... you must be one confident painter and it certainly shows. I'm guessing you weld without gloves too. Love it!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Painting is a pretty misunderstood art, like there is black magic involved. Its scary because you dont want to screw anything up at this late stage in your build. We wet down the garage before we painted sans booth, tarps, fans...we kept the garage door open. We picked a nice, windless, overcast morning, got lucky is more accurate. This was a team effort. My paint mentor Albert shooting the exterior of the car then handing off the gun to me... I only painted the inside, you know the part covered by Rattletrap, carpet, under gas tank firewalls, bottom of engine area, back seat anything where the painter is on knees, back, or squatting Embarassed . The master is the guy who does the part people see. There were very few things on this build that were not done by me at my house. One of the smarter things i did was to pay a pro to color sand for me. Idea Last Christmas I went to a local All Cars car show and won "Best Paint", Accepting I mentioned it was a garage paint job. Lots of "really?" afterwards.
@ J1,90% of the time 2 gloves. i like to position the welding gun then close my eyes and pull the trigger, we dont need no stinking welding helmet Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

c21darrel wrote:
Next I stripped the body of everything including paint.
While working on the package tray i noticed someone at Karmann decided to sign my car in grease pencil or something before paint. Anyone seen something like this on any other ghias??
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It says "fichte", meaning fir, as in the color it was to be sprayed (green).
One further down says "gelb", meaning yellow...
(Ooops just now saw later in the thread that someone else already clarified that)
No signatures, those had to wait til the Mac and Amiga guys started signing their cases...Wink

AWESOME restauration Darrel!
I am in awe...

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