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heramire
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 Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:43 am Post subject: 1960 Karmann Ghia cooking in Mexico, thoughts? |
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Hi guy, just wanted to share initial photos of my 1960 coupe Karmann Ghia that I just purchased in San Fco, brought it all the way to Mexico and started the restoration work.
To this date (October 2nd, Paint is at 50% Upholstery 60% and parts being delivered, once it take car out of paint shop will begin the accessories work)
General Information:
It bought it with:
2054 Stroker Engine
Dual Weber 40 IDFs
Freeway flyer Transmission
Scat Drag Shifter
Front disk brakes
Electric fuel pump
Putting New:
100% leather seats and door panels
New Carpet and ceiling
3 point seat belts
Mazda MX5 Seats
New paint (Alloy Ford Color from Mustang 2007)
Empi GT5 15” Wheels
PKE Car alarm system with Engine Start Stop Push Button
Halo Bi Xenon Headlights
Kenwood KIV-BT901 Unit
Rear View Camera
12” Infinity SubWoofer
4x Inifnity Speakers (rear + front)
Inifnity 5ch Amplifier
Shaved Bumpers
All metal and crome re-done and polished
New window and door handles
Lots of new rubber and seals
Bullet style rear view mirrors
Still on the works but will share images as they come in,
Any ideas? Initial thoughts?
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:50 am Post subject: Photos of the Car when i bought it... |
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This is how it looked:
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:05 pm Post subject: First Color test.. |
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This is the hood painted and finished in my selected color.
Toughts?
This is a litthe piece of the seat leather to see if the color matches
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:09 pm Post subject: Stripped to bare metal. |
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Caliherold
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Very Nice! |
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carl4x4
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jpjohns
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Nice and solid, good looking car. Watch it in Mexico, VW's are a hot item there. A lot of them get stolen quick.
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:31 pm Post subject: Mazda MX5 miata seats arrived! On their way to the leather w |
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:41 pm Post subject: Yes, not planning leaving that car out of sight. thanks! |
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| jpjohns wrote: |
| Nice and solid, good looking car. Watch it in Mexico, VW's are a hot item there. A lot of them get stolen quick. |
Yes, not planning leaving that car out of sight. thanks!
Plus i got a pedal lock and the car alarm (at least will hold them a bit)
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:43 pm Post subject: Right Color. |
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| carl4x4 wrote: |
| Looks like a nice solid car, I like the paint/interior combination |
You wont beleive how hard it was choosing the color!! At the end seeing that hood painted in that color , WOW, it is really good. Thanks |
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heramire
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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I just got this wheels, I will wait until the end to decide whether to leave that color or paint them a Little bit darker.
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heramire
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:07 pm Post subject: White Halo Bi Xenon Ligts |
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Have anyone installed this ones on a Karmann Ghia? I think they would look awesome! i just got mine and one was broken (shipping thing) I am waiting for a replacement. What do you think?
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RHough
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Karmann Ghia cooking in Mexico, Amazing, you think? |
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| heramire wrote: |
Hi guy, just wanted to share initial photos of my 1960 coupe Karmann Ghia that I just purchased in San Fco, brought it all the way to Mexico and started the restoration work.
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Did you import the car to Mexico? How much hassle was the paperwork? |
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heramire
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:25 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Karmann Ghia cooking in Mexico, Amazing, you think? |
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| RHough wrote: |
| heramire wrote: |
Hi guy, just wanted to share initial photos of my 1960 coupe Karmann Ghia that I just purchased in San Fco, brought it all the way to Mexico and started the restoration work.
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Did you import the car to Mexico? How much hassle was the paperwork? |
You need in fact to hire a "Customs Agent", they make all the paperwork for you and they charge you a fee for their services.
But basically i had a friend purcashed the car, drove it to tijuana where the customs guy received it, he made all paperwork , them put it on a truck to me and 2 weeks i got it in my city.
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:05 am Post subject: Re: White Halo Bi Xenon Ligts |
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| heramire wrote: |
Have anyone installed this ones on a Karmann Ghia? I think they would look awesome! i just got mine and one was broken (shipping thing) I am waiting for a replacement. What do you think?
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I'm not a fan of the H4's. The lens profile seems too flat to me. However, Samba member Philermonic installed a set. Apparently used on motorcycles. They have a nice rounded profile.
Some are too flat for my taste. like this:
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heramire
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: White Halo Bi Xenon Ligts |
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I haven’t noticed that they are that flat, totally agree with you, the ones on the blue karmann look awesome!.
I will keep my fingers crossed that the ones I got look good, if not, I will definitely will try and get those rounded ones.
Thanks for the post. |
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heramire
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| Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject: Latest progress... first paint job pictures..like? |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:22 am Post subject: Re: Latest progress... first paint job pictures..like? |
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