Another '69 Coupe joins the gang

Endopotential · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 11:26 pm Post subject: Another '69 Coupe joins the gang

Hi all,
After months of soaking in your collective experience and laughs, I finally took the plunge and got a '69. Picked it up in LA, and brought it up to SF. Happily she (is there consensus that all Ghia's are girls? Very Happy

) still has the original black California plates.

Thanks for providing such a great forum. Enjoy!

Here it is in SoCal getup, at the PO's home. I didn't get to take home the K5, sadly.

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At her new home in foggy Pacifica.
I'm thinking she looks better with a cleaner look.

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I know you purists out there will groan, but I think the PO did a fine job with the interior. Clean, but restrained. And oh, such comfy seats.
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Endopotential · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: Dynamite!

One of the selling points for me was also that the PO really cleaned up the interior metal. It was sanded down, covered in POR 15 throughout, and then plastered with some fancy tin foil. I haven't driven in a whole lot of other Ghia's for comparison, but the ride is pretty reasonable for a 40 year old car.

Though I have read that some of you are against gluing anything down to the floor boards given moisture concerns?
Your thoughts?

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61 BUS · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:11 am Post subject:

Though I'm a bit of a purist myself (the Porsche seats in my 74 notwithstanding), I do like this car. The black exterior paint looks great on a Ghia. It does take some guts to paint a car gloss black, as every little ding and dent will show up when it's done. Very nice.

I would be inclined to remove the foil from the floor if it is glued on and replace it with something that can be easily taken out to dry the floor if (when) you get a few leaks.
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mlhsquared · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:33 am Post subject:

rusty57 · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:49 am Post subject:

Leave the dynamat in there. Much quieter ride. Inspect the area frequently and dry it out( vent it ) once in a while. Make sure there's a drain hole. Perhaps the POR-15 will do its job.
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sactojesse · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:54 am Post subject:

Nice car! I recall checking it out in the classifieds and liking pretty much everything about it except for the upholstered dash. I used to own a 1969 ghia coupe for nearly 20 years and was daydreaming about getting another one. Best year for a driver ghia, IMO. 1st year of the IRS and last year of the small taillights and front blinkers. Smile

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mstencel · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:20 am Post subject:

Nice Ghia! Nice K5, too. I had an 89 K5. I miss that truck. In the 5 years I had it, it never let me down.

Greezy Joe · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject:

Nice find

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swavananda · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 4:48 pm Post subject:

nice one

that looks like a black mamba shifter, very pricey. what is the engine set up ? if they installed that shifter , i'm sure they put other top end parts as well

Basketcase · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 5:15 pm Post subject:

that is sweet! I like the cleaner look too.

Endopotential · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject:

Endopotential · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject:

Basketcase · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 2:24 am Post subject:

your car
your $$
do what makes you happy

Rome · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:41 pm Post subject:

You won't get any crap from me. Although my '64 Ghia came with the swan neck mirror on the driver's front cowl, I relocated it to the front edge of the door. Then added a matching one on the passenger door. Since the mirror is much closer, you see a bit more than if it were in that "far away" stock location for '64. And having a matching one on the right door enables you to also actually see something out of it. If you try to install a swan mirror on the right side cowl to match the original factory location on the left cowl, the field of vision is blocked by the windshield post. On your '69 I think the swan mirror would go well.

Do you still have the driving lights? Might want to reconsider installing them for nighttime driving, or for FLASHING slowpokes out of the left lane when you come up on them with your 1776.

Here's my '64 with driving lights and the L&R mirrors-
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ovghiaguy · Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:40 pm Post subject: another 69

for the carpet I used industrial velcro I got at home depot so the carpet can be removed if need be. works great.

61 BUS · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject:

I just noticed that you're in Pacifica.....I grew up there. Lived up on the hill in Fairmont. Smile

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Endopotential · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 10:50 pm Post subject:

Endopotential · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject: Swan neck mirrors

Hi Rome,

Any chance you can post some close up pics of where you mounted your mirrors? And how did you go about filling in the hole where the original mirror was located?

Rome · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject:

Here you go. Front tip of mirror base is 1" straight/level back from door front edge. Widest part of base at top is 1/2" straight down from the chrome trim.

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When I relocated the mirror back in '85, I simply filled in the two small cowl holes from the original mirror location with filler. Might've been a dab of "gorilla hair", with fine filler on top.

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