What did you do to your ghia this week?

Altema · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject:

Took my old stock-type muffler to a muffler shop and they welded up the leaking seam. Pulled off the Bugpack header and single quietpack muffler and re-installed... wanted to see if I could get the same power with the aftermarket stock-type as I did with the header. Nope. At least not with stock carb jetting. There was a custom main jet I used with this muffler that went missing, so the mixture is too lean. Hopefully I can get similar performance, if not quite the same, as the header. I really like the looks of a stock muffler and taper tips, and would like to leave it that way until the header has to go back on for the track.

Paul

INLANDGHIA · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject:

Kept it simple today replaced my worn out rubber brake and clutch pads

todd73ghia · Samba Member Joined: December 25, 2006 Posts: 162

Fixed clock and reinstalled. Tic tic tic TIC tic tic.

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Rome · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:15 am Post subject:

On Saturday I participated in a scenic cruise around the Bear Mtn, NY area (lower Hudson River) held by Chris (classicvwbugs.com). Mine's the last one in the line. Hal from NY also participated in his white '70 Ghia cabrio, seen near the front of the line. Here we are on break in Peekskill.

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squonk · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:55 am Post subject:

Used mine as a prop for some publicity photos of my boys' (well, 3 of the 5 are mine) band, Skinny Guys With Glasses.
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squonk · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject:

Installed a Retrosound Model One radio. It required making some pieces - including a wire bail and plastic cup to hold the dash speaker, but I'm happy with the result. With the one speaker, the sound is definitely retro, so I loaded up the Billboard Top 100 for 1971 and went old school.
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FRNKNSTNGHIA · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:14 pm Post subject:

Rebuilt the pedal assembly with the new clutch pedal extension kit and their double wall reinforced roller pedal. Both pieces are from AircooledParts.com. Primered all the pieces with VHT and then painted with a Black VHT. Cut of the extra piece of the pedal assemble after converting to the roller pedal.

foamermetal · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject:

Lost some acceleration coming home yesterday. Throttle cable was holding on by two strands at the carb. Picked up a cable on the way home today. thirty minutes later were back on the road.

Kar_Man · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 4:51 pm Post subject:

I phoned and got a different parking spot in my underground storage. I got a new one, a few spots away from a boat where the owner was scuffing up one side of the (thankfully covered) car. It also looks like over the winter he put something with seawater on the hood and it seeped through the car cover and dried on the paint.

Hopefully no damage done.
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Bleyseng · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:09 pm Post subject:

Took the front bumper apart to install a new center piece and the over rider braces. Took the passenger door apart to install new hinges and fix the sloppy window...got tired and left it til tomorrow to finish.. Very Happy

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77 SageGreen Westy Deluxe
Stock w/ 134K 2.0L w/Ljet, Camper Special engine-95hp and with LSD!
76 Porsche 914 2.1L L20c, 120hp Djet
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FRNKNSTNGHIA · Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:47 pm Post subject: Polishing wheels

Have Empi Riverias, completely stripped off the black paint. Fully polishing the outer lips. Then going to paint with primer, gloss black, then clear coat. Will post before and after pics. Have two wheels polished so far. Will finish polishing the other 2 and hopefully painted by this time next week. They are coming out sweet. Will mount 185-65-15 Falken ZE-512 on them.

Bleyseng · Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject:

Finished installing the top hinge on the passenger door, adjusted the window and the door latch. Wow, what a difference.
Adjusted the valves, clean the grime off the engine, reset the points and retimed it. Now it runs much better without a flat spot.
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70 Ghia Black convert-stock w/122k 1600 SP-barn find
77 SageGreen Westy Deluxe
Stock w/ 134K 2.0L w/Ljet, Camper Special engine-95hp and with LSD!
76 Porsche 914 2.1L L20c, 120hp Djet
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lasslo · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:01 am Post subject: Chestnut brown

Got the roof painted Smile

It´s accually chestnut brown, but it looks black on the picture ..
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Now It´s almost ready for the road, after more than 30years in a barn Smile

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kingkarmann · Samba Member Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 1583

I decided that after rebuilding the engine the stock rockers with unknown mileage should be replaced. The Mofoco 041 heads have heavy duty valve springs so I went with Scat stock ratio solid shaft rockers. The rocker side play was really off on the #3-4 side. It took a bit of fiddling with shims and washers to get the side play to .005. The #1-2 side was almost dead on. I only had to swap out the Scat shaft block with the old one. It was .03mm wider. It took out the excess play.

Have to wait for a couple of weeks to test drive. She's blocked in the garage with a stash of yard sale stuff that is happening Memorial weekend Rolling Eyes

Maybe the extra room could be filled with a Ghia vert project I have my eyes on Cool

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Kaerfaihg · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject:

well ive got a 61 convertible, in need of restoration. but yeah lately ive been tinkering with it. put the correct turn signals back on with the clear glass. cleaned the whole underside, buffed the steering wheel back to the color (it used to be all yellow), hammered the front hood hinge straight again and aligned the hood correctly, replaced old dried out fuel lines ( funny story, the whole fuel tanks gasolline has jelled up over the years so im trying to clean it completly out and re-coat the inside somehow), all of the things ive been doing to the car are basically cosmetic, but atleast it looks alot better than it did a year ago. all it basically needs is a new battery and clean gas tank to get it running. brakes also need work...but yeah ive been finding something to do to it every week.

My Patches · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject:

not a whole lot, but for motivation went to the Vintage VW show in Ypsilanti, MI to see what she will eventually look like.

Altema · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 8:11 pm Post subject:

Bobnotch · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:07 pm Post subject:

I tried to get to the Ypsy show yesterday, but ended up stopped on I-94 (near the I-75 split) with an electrical issue. Tried for over 45 minutes to fix it, before calling a friend (who was at the show) for help (he showed up around noon). We towed it back to his house, and a couple of hours later got it going again. Turned out the little nylon piece that holds the moveable part of the points had slipped out, and caused the points to ground out (no spark). I was mainly using the show as a shake down run for my 64 T-34. It was the first time it was out on the highway under it's own power since 1968. Shocked

Ran good though, other than that issue. I look forward to putting some more miles on it. Cool

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71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here; http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=240540 -tear down
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64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

Altema · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 6:31 am Post subject:

Bobnotch · Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:24 am Post subject:

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