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custom ghia
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We built a rottiserie last night. $100 in materials and about 4 hours work.here is a picture.
It is now time for blasting and epoxy
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: father/son finished pan |
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I sand blasted the pan, sprayed it with ppg epoxy, and put on two coats of single stage black.
then put on two coats of hurculiner bed liner for chip resistance
close up of front end
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject: posting |
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| I read the post on placing pictures in this forum, but could not get it to work using the IMG key. any sugestions |
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Racelook
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:34 am Post subject: |
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Nice work!!
Wiebrand
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volksnuts
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: posting |
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| custom ghia wrote: |
| I read the post on placing pictures in this forum, but could not get it to work using the IMG key. any sugestions |
Link to the image itself not the page....
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks I will give it a try |
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John
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Click on your picture in the gallery....click on it twice so it opens in it's owm window...copy that link and paste it.
Your missing one step!
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chopperfrank
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Joined: December 14, 2004
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Location: Orange County CA.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:10 am Post subject: PAN |
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Beautiful job!
Where are you guys doing the work,, is that a home garage? I would love to have that much space available...anyway nice job...keep the pics coming.
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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chopperfrank,
I am doing the work at a family ranch in their shop
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OTO X58
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did you come by bugformance of san jose one day and ask about wheel options? i remember talking to somebody about a ghia that was getting many of the same modifications. did you used to live in modesto? man, i can't put my finger on it but something seems familiar.
if you're the same person i'm thinking about, i'm glad you chose to go with something besides empis or smoothies for wheels! the rest of it looks very good too.
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jeremyrockjock
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That looks good. Keep it up.
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custom ghia
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roachghia70
I have been to bugformance a couple of times, not shure if I asked about wheels. I delt with bruce the two times I can think of. I was in just Monday night at 5:30 picking up a nose cone grommet and talking to bruce about shifters. I never lived in Modesto been in san jose all my life. hope that jogs your memory
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OTO X58
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MJMarkham
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different ghia i guess! sounded like a lot of the same modifications though.... oh well, yours is looking really good, so keep it up! i'll be sure to look for you at a show sometime to talk ghias. good luck,
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that an awsome ghia you got there yourself Thomas... still tearin up ricers with it? Your dad was telling me about your rear fender mods to except those wide wheels...
Michael in Houston...
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broke62'
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: update |
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Haven't updated the progress lately, just finished the exhaust.
didn't like seeing the header, so fabbed a metal extension to cover the header and enclose the mufflers
next step is to figure out what guages to use so I can finnish the dash
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: update |
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Working on the dash now, set guages back from the face in a cluster more like new cars. just need to do a little more bodywork to smooth out some warpage.
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: todayswork |
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today I removed the area where the dash dropped down for vent controls to get a straight line on the bottom. vents will have hidden controls, and radio will pivot down from dash bottom, and retract for a clean line.
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custom ghia
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:40 pm Post subject: dash update |
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It has been a while since I have updated my progress, Finished the hidden(drop down) radio, closed up all of the gaps in the glove box to get a uniform small line around. made a smaller latch assembly with removable knob. Sprayed the first coat of primer on the dash today.
side view
clos up of carbon fiber bezel |
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Racelook
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Verry nice project!!!
Keep us posted.
Wiebrand
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