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blarneyman
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| I wouldn't mind a lower note from the exhaust, a little less of the beetle tweetle. Any suggestions? With stock heater boxes? |
Run a screwdriver into the pea shooters and break the baffles. Then reach in with a pair of needle nosed pliers, grab the baffles and pull (you will probably have to rotate a few times to get them out). Learned this one in 1979 
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KarmannBob
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I think it would look even better with a set of chromie rims with the caps. And yeah I think a black interior would look better than the tan as well. Those pans look great, car has a lot of potential, nice score!
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iowegian 
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Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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| . In Iowa if you don't have a plate on front, you get pulled over. . |
Where in Iowa are they bothering you with that??
Yes, I know we are supposed to have one, but I've been running my '61
Ghia for years with a German plate on the front and my '66 Beetle with no
front plate. I never have been questioned. (but I keep the front plate
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Hiramhaus
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Iowa City - they make the most money off drunk drivers up there, so they'll pull you over for just about anything just to check you out. I never drink and drive but I also hate getting pulled over just for kicks. So I am trying to "blend" in with the masses as much as a silver ghia can.
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iowegian
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| Iowa City - they make the most money off drunk drivers up there, so they'll pull you over for just about anything just to check you out. I never drink and drive but I also hate getting pulled over just for kicks. So I am trying to "blend" in with the masses as much as a silver ghia can. |
Must be a local thing.
I'm just a few miles east of you (Muscatine) and have never had such a problem. (but, then, I'm a fat old man so the cops ignore me).
EDIT: if you need bumpers, PM me.
I have some (but they won't be cheap). In fact, I have a front with a Johnson County plate hanging on it.  |
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Hiramhaus
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Thats funny because thats where this car came from. I thinks its just a college town thing. They get a lot of eager recruits from the chicago suburbs who want to be someone up there, pulling everyone over and throwing drunks around. Its a good place to stay away from at night anyhow. But since I live to the south so close (Kalona (Washington County)) its easy to go to a movie or dinner there once in a while.
Some doctor from Muscatine owned this thing, and apparently lost interest. It seems to have sat for some time. I have a lot of receipts from Grosjean's Tire and Service on Mulberry in Muscatine that came with the car. A friends brother was painting the house and found it in the garage, then the next day it was out for sale (or something), he bought it - owned it for a week and a half then sold it to me. I'm pretty sure he got a good deal on it. Then I happened past it - told my wife and she arranged a deal to get it for our 3rd anniversary. Its gonna be a hard anniversary to beat. 
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Hiramhaus
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Here is the latch for the sunroof - missing something - I kind of hoped someone would know what it is supposed to look like and what it should do.
mike
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Rome
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| The PROPER handle might not be easy to find. However, to make it WORK, it seems you only need an L-shaped Allen wrench that will firmly fit into the center hexagonal opening. Go to a good car parts store and ask if they will lend you a single Allen wrench to see which one fits; would be either a metric or an SAE size. Then buy the one you need from them. You really need a wrench that fits snugly since you most likely have to exert quite some force/leverage onto the wrench to pull the sunroof tight and lock it; a cheap wrench will deform whereby one that "almost" fits will noodle out the hole after only a few applications. |
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BreesGhia
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Here is the latch for the sunroof - missing something - I kind of hoped someone would know what it is supposed to look like and what it should do.
mike |
That stud is actually longer and a T handle goes over it, then you secure the T handle down with a set screw the post above mentioned. I have it, don't like it.... |
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drzmark
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Must be a local thing.
I'm just a few miles east of you (Muscatine) and have never had such a problem. (but, then, I'm a fat old man so the cops ignore me). [/quote]
I've been running front plate-less for over a year in Iowa and never had a problem. I'm not fat or old (as old as Chuck anyway)! But I also keep the plate with me with a practiced, "It just feel off two miles ago" look.
Nice Ghia splittyshorty.
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Hiramhaus
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I have an allen with a T handle that fits it, it seems to hard too turn, I loosen the nut and it turns a little easier. I think I need to take the nut all the way off and see what I am dealing with on the other side. It seems the seal is good - if I could pull the two halves together with the hook. I think the hook is hung up on something else inside - like if the stud is longer it may be at a bad angle or something. Seems like everybody on theSamba is from Muscatine these days. Did they have a VW dealership over there or something?
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drzmark
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| I have an allen with a T handle that fits it, it seems too hard to turn, I loosen the nut and it turns a little easier. I think I need to take the nut all the way off and see what I am dealing with on the other side. It seems the seal is good - if I could pull the two halves together with the hook. I think the hook is hung up on something else inside - like if the stud is longer it may be at a bad angle or something. Seems like everybody on theSamba is from Muscatine these days. Did they have a VW dealership over there or something? |
Sorry I'm not from Muscatine (rode a bicycle there once though..) I think the first quote mark was deleted making it read as if I did. I'm located just south of Waterloo.
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Hiramhaus
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Hey wake up! Super old thread just saying hey, yeah I have family in Waterloo area. If you go to a show let me know - i'd like to check out your ghia if you still have it.
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drzmark
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Holy cow, talk about an old thread! Still got the Ghia and actually taking it to work tomorrow and then getting ready for winter.
Still have your 69?
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Hiramhaus
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CiderGuy
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| You should repost your pictures. None of the ones of the car no longer display. |
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Hiramhaus
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Thats as it was when i got it. This thread apparently is too old to edit, so unfortunately the first pictures can't get relinked. I am going to try and put the pictures back to the addresses I used if possible.
These are the rivieras I had powder coated, then painted the black and the luggage rack on the lid
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berliner
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:52 pm Post subject: ghia |
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Engine in the living room...must be single!
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KGCoupe
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: ghia |
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| Engine in the living room...must be single! |
... or has the best spouse ever! |
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