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Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:30 pm

I just ordered my copy on CD... and the T shirt... better prices at the Calexico shop than at Amazon :lol:

Are you doing a world tour? Please tell my you are coming to Auckland or maybe Sydney!
Nicholas

Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:53 pm

Thanks so much for your support Nicholas. We of course would love to tour NZ AUS it just depends on record sales there, so tell all your friends to buy the record!! Thanks again.

Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:22 pm

After 12 years I took my wheel skin off because it was wearing through… cleaned up the wheel, and gave it a coat of clear…

Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:20 am

Really love the patina on your ghia ! Nice pic !

Antoine

Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:23 am

calexican wrote:

After 12 years I took my wheel skin off because it was wearing through… cleaned up the wheel, and gave it a coat of clear…

You're a braver man than I John. What if it were, like mine possibly, the only thing holding the wheel together? 8-[

Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:25 am

I hear you John… that’s why I put some clear coat on… it actually looks and feels really nice like this, nice change. I was thinking if I go with a wheel skin again I might go blue.

…and thanks Antoine, maybe someday I’ll be able to do a restoration, if so I’ll for sure reference your thread.

Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:20 am

Installed this really nice reproduction emblem from Sam [email protected]

The old repop that I got from the classifieds here over ten years ago looks pretty nice in the garage.

Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:35 am

calexican wrote:

just for the record, wanted to post my zertifikat the museum sent to me to correct the earlier one that wasn't for my car.

Surprising country of destination, depending on the specific Mcode options for the USA

Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:51 am

calexican wrote:

Installed this really nice reproduction emblem from Sam [email protected]

Yep Sam does some good stuff. Not seen that repro badge in real life but it looks like it would be difficult to tell from an original. When you see what people are asking for an original €50 for the repro is a good price.

Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:20 am

Looks like it was a tourist delivery car. Delivered in France but with US spec items. Wonder if it was a diplomat or military or businessman who ordered it there, used it then brought it home. Cool history.

Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:22 am

GHIA wrote: calexican wrote:

just for the record, wanted to post my zertifikat the museum sent to me to correct the earlier one that wasn't for my car.

Surprising country of destination, depending on the specific Mcode options for the USA

I wondered that myself… I figured it must’ve been a US soldier who ordered it, drove it around Europe, then shipped it home…the man I bought it from was the second owner, he got in 1960.

Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:17 am

What a work of abstract art that car is!
Pollock?

Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:18 pm

Trylon wrote: What a work of abstract art that car is!
Pollock?

With a dash of Francis Bacon.

Wed Nov 02, 2022 12:58 am

Well done, also received it for my 60 and it looks great!

Antoine

Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:18 am

Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:02 am

Loving the black and white John. :D

Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:34 pm

calexican wrote:
Lovely shot! Absolutely love the simple lines, and the rough paint on yours accentuates the minimalist quality of these early cars.

Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:09 am

Cool pic, simple yet beautiful! 😍

Antoine

Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:52 pm

calexican wrote:

another shot....i visited the flat four project in tokyo a few years ago. saved this sticker for the right car. flat four, amazing place, one in kyoto too.