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sdinges Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2014 Posts: 85 Location: NC
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Newbie here
Well, it has only taken me 3.5 weeks to get her to new home in North Carolina but I finally got her home yesterday. Overall, she needs some TLC on the inside but all in all she is in fairly good condition. Of course, as soon as she arrived it started to rain but that didn’t stop me from taking her out for brief drive. For the past year I have been searching for small project for my father (80 years old) and I to do. So naturally my first stop was over to see my parents and to surprise the Colonel (Ret. US Army). It made his Sunday afternoon and the weather was appropriate; cold and dreary it brought back memories of being stationed in Stuttgart and Nuremberg in the late 60’s; he had a blast. My girls named her “Lucy”, I know not a German name but it has stuck.
The rockers and body panels appear to be free of rust and bondo. Naturally the clock doesn’t work - that’s the first thing the Colonel noticed. “They never could figure how to get them to work correctly!” But let the madness….I mean fun begin.
First on the list, dashboard, dashlights, door panels and carpet. Oh yeah....2nd gear
Cheers,
Sean
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4105
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:52 am Post subject: |
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It's great you can enjoy summer fun with your Dad.
Looks like you snagged a nice one. _________________ "Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.”
Mike Gerson
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retrofive Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2014 Posts: 88 Location: So.Or.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:11 am Post subject: |
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Cleaned up and painted a new to me narrowed beam. Had red in the garage already and was too lazy to go buy something else.
Bought some used 34ICT's as well. |
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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sdinges wrote: |
]Newbie here
Well, it has only taken me 3.5 weeks to get her to new home in North Carolina but I finally got her home yesterday.
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Cheers,
Sean
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Congratulations! Indeed it looks like you were able to find a very solid base to begin with.
Good luck with it! |
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kiwighia68 Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2013 Posts: 2867 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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sdinges wrote: |
Newbie here ... For the past year I have been searching for small project for my father (80 years old) and I to do. So naturally my first stop was over to see my parents and to surprise the Colonel (Ret. US Army). It made his Sunday afternoon and the weather was appropriate; cold and dreary it brought back memories of being stationed in Stuttgart and Nuremberg in the late 60’s; he had a blast. My girls named her “Lucy”, I know not a German name but it has stuck. ] |
Sean
I have no doubt that there will be many stories told in your family long after the car has been fully restored. I once sat next to a Dutch lady in her 70s who had been equipped with a small spy camera in Holland during WW2. Her own children were unaware of the fact that their mother could have been shot as a spy by the Nazis. I then gave my own mother (now 87 but no longer able to remember) a notebook and asked her to write down our family history as best she could. I learned that a small American plane had crash-landed in the cornfield on our family farm in South Africa during WW2 and that my mum had nursed the US pilot back to health - his wedding ring had caught on the fuselage when he jumped out of the cockpit and stripped the flesh to the bone. He would not leave the aircraft and it took weeks for the SA Air Force to arrive and take him and his plane to a secure base.
My mum always said that she admires a man in a uniform, and I asked her, somewhat mischievously, if she'd fallen in love with the American pilot - she spoke no English back then and was 16 years old - and she just smiled and said, "But he was married."
Ask your father to tell you all his stories. This is one Ghia restoration where the car is of less importance than the company. _________________ Festina lente - hasten slowly
1968 Ghia named Emiko
Resto completed Dec 2015
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AlienJohn Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2014 Posts: 253 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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sdinges wrote: |
Newbie here
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Looks good Sean,
Good luck to you, your Dad, and the Ghia
Have fun.
JB in Ohio _________________ All Hail Snorkelstang !
72 Standard Beetle
74 Karmann Ghia Coupe
76 Fender Telecaster |
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Jeromerino Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2013 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Finished the tie-road replacement that was just supposed to be tie rod *end* replacement. That damn passenger side outboard never broke free, even after using heat and all of the tricks I could find on the internet. A few other minor issues were found and remedied while her nose was in the air in the garage, along with completing a good re-lubing of the front end.
Also, while waiting for UPS to arrive with the tie rods on Monday, a couple of hours were taken to restore the fresh air inlets. The PO's paintjob had sprayed the outer screens and the inner screens a bit as well. The 50years of crud in the inner screens, channels and filters was pretty amazing, but cleaned up nicely. When taking a shakedown to City Star Brewing in Berthoud, I hit the fresh air levers and it sounded like a jet engine had just fired up. Yeah, it works now. _________________ 1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Beetle Sedan |
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AlienJohn Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2014 Posts: 253 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:06 am Post subject: |
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What year is the coupe?
JB _________________ All Hail Snorkelstang !
72 Standard Beetle
74 Karmann Ghia Coupe
76 Fender Telecaster |
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Jeromerino Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2013 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:45 am Post subject: |
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1964, it's in my sig line. _________________ 1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Beetle Sedan |
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AlienJohn Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2014 Posts: 253 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Jeromerino wrote: |
1964, it's in my sig line. |
Thanks. Are those the 70's style bumpers on it or did 64's have those too?
JB _________________ All Hail Snorkelstang !
72 Standard Beetle
74 Karmann Ghia Coupe
76 Fender Telecaster |
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Jeromerino Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2013 Posts: 209 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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I think you may have my Ghia confused with another.
_________________ 1964 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Beetle Sedan |
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AlienJohn Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2014 Posts: 253 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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I definitely did
Thanks
JB _________________ All Hail Snorkelstang !
72 Standard Beetle
74 Karmann Ghia Coupe
76 Fender Telecaster |
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kiwighia68 Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2013 Posts: 2867 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Jeromerino wrote: |
I think you may have my Ghia confused with another.
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Nice car, great scenery. _________________ Festina lente - hasten slowly
1968 Ghia named Emiko
Resto completed Dec 2015 |
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sdinges Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2014 Posts: 85 Location: NC
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:15 pm Post subject: Master cylinder install |
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Well this was fun; it actually was fairly easy. At least now I have better brakes and I am not losing brake fluid like crazy.
The worse thing was the clean-up of all the brake fluid in the drivers floor board. |
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O2COOLED Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2007 Posts: 452 Location: Pac NW
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Master cylinder install |
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sdinges wrote: |
The worse thing was the clean-up of all the brake fluid in the drivers floor board. |
Had that happen to me with my Bug, what a mess. I now check my brake lines every chance I have . _________________ "Sometimes people forget they signed up to a HELP & SHARE Forum not a pissing contest"
"At my age time is too short to respond to people with short minds"
Current: '69 Ghia Coupe
VW History:'63 Bug;'70 Bug;'73 412;'83 Rabbit;'86 Golf;'76 Fat Chick; 67 Ghia Coupe; '70 Bug |
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mountainkowboy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2008 Posts: 951 Location: Socal
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Left Saturday morning and spent the weekend at the new house getting things done. Got home this afternoon to fine I left the key on in the Ghia........good thing I had the coil unplugged! _________________ Chuck in Socal
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78 Honda CB750K
06 Honda CR-V (wifes)
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CiderGuy Samba Member
Joined: December 23, 2013 Posts: 1351 Location: Bucks County, Pa
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:28 am Post subject: |
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Yesterday we drove 4 hours one way to go pick up someone elses failed project. A 1973 Karmann Ghia in pieces, with many new and old parts like new brakes, ( doors, trunk lid, hood, some extra glass) from a 1971 donor car.
The car also comes with dealer installed AC, and many new parts ( headlight assemblies, mirrors, engine parts and metal replacement panels). |
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Gwdghiaguy Samba Member
Joined: December 06, 2013 Posts: 340 Location: Greenwood, SC
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Took the '71 out of the shed and hosed all the pollen off and we went for a drive to a 5k walk/run. Beautiful weather in SC today and the car just drove like a champ. My wife got in and said that it smelled like her grandfather. He owned an early 60's beetle; she was a little misty-eyed as we drove down the driveway...all in all, a great day. _________________ 1957 Oval Window
1963 Alabama Camper Bus
1971 Ghia
1971 Baywindow Bus
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Volfandt Samba Member
Joined: March 15, 2012 Posts: 500 Location: Knox County, East TN
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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My daughter talked me into running her downtown in rush hr last night. I decided it would be a good task for the Ghia. It's about an 8 mile open run until the cities traffic hits and then it's about as much time navigating through the bumper to bumper as it took to get there. The Ghia performed outstandingly
Had one fellow in another car beside me at a red light tell me how he loved Ghia's.
I really need to get it looking as good as it runs _________________ 1972 Karmann Ghia, the Dragon slayer.... |
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Altema Samba Member
Joined: June 20, 2010 Posts: 2903 Location: Lower Michigan
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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I put quite a few miles on mine today as well. Took my son to see a car that someone is giving him, then I used the Ghia to charge the battery so I could turn the engine over and get oil pressure up on the other car after going though the checkup. Then I did a food run to get pizza, beverages, and snacks. After that was running another one of the gym rats... er, I mean kids, up to the gym. Then it was a too brief nap and off to another city for a basketball tournament. After the game, it was four hours until the finals, so we went home and came back. Best thing about these trips (aside from going home with a win), was five round-abouts each way, so that gave me twenty of them! My wife does not like them, but the Ghia and I do! There was little side traffic, so for most of them I just slowed and shifted into second and powered my way around. Ironically, a standard Golf was playing along and handled much flatter (of course) but was getting left behind leaving each roundabout. Irony |
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