eviloval
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Joined: May 03, 2003
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| My 2nd Ghia project |
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 7:44 pm Views: 847
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Got this 70 as a parts car for $500 to feed my 69's lust for parts. After looking at the pan and body I figured it was too good of a car to cut-up....so....I put an ad up on thesamba looking to trade this car for a later super since I really didn't want to restore/rework another ghia. Well after blowing some dust off things and digging into the car it turned out to be an old EMPI GTV car with a few of its original parts intact (gauges, rear sway, shifter and oil pump/filter combo). Fortunately my trade ad didn't have any decent hits....so it became a keeper. Anyways, the car has a stock beam, 2-1/2" dropped spindles, just added the empi 8's today, stock 1600 with nothing special, I redid the wiring (now everything works....it was an absolute mess originally) and fixed the doors so they close perfectly. While there are a few quirks left to fix (dead ball joints and a lousy interior) I've only sunk $900 into it so far (including the car's original price.....its a driver). Once everything is fixed I'll be installing my 17x7 911 rims on this car (from my 69....which will be using another set I have laying around) and maybe a repaint. But, for now it'll stay like this so that I can take out the little gremlins it still has.
And the EMPI parts that I took off the car. Those will be cleaned up and/or restored and will be used on my 69 when its finished. |
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