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PostPosted: Sun Aug 25, 2024 7:11 pm    Post subject: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Drove 800 miles round trip, in one day, for my new to me 74 ghia. What have I done?
No door or door glass seals, at least 4 colors in its lifetime, no door cards and 15y/o tires. But... it does run.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 12:50 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Well you got the bumpers and rain gutters so that's a big item to clear. Nose may need some love and the torsion covers have been sealed up. Have fun with it.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 12:52 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

The nose, from the inside, seems much better than the outside. I know this car is full of mud, just not in a hurry to discover it.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:53 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Wow, that cracked filler neck hose makes the cabin difficult to sit in when filling the tank. Just wow!
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2024 9:08 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

At 70mph the car is quieter in the cab with the windows down. Haha...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2024 11:47 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

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The nose needs to come down a touch.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:54 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

This was my 1st ghia, back in 1996, I believe. It was better innthis picture than real life. Real life was almost no engine bay (rusted away) and a big push in the right front fender.

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The nose was perfect. I sold it to a buddy in the upper midwest that could not find a ghia without a bondo nose job.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 02, 2024 5:11 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Does that seal look installed the correct direction?

Thank you!

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 6:15 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Been 95+ lately... car still climbs 6% grades with out issue. It ain't fast, but it keeps chugging.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:17 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

I've got headlights, taillights, hazards but not turn signals or hi/lo beams.

Would you suspect the signal switch or elsewhere in a 74?

Thank you!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:40 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

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Putting on new shoes.... waiting for rear tires to arrive
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:09 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

It's looking good. I like your wheel choice.
Did you get your turn signals and hi/low beams figured out?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

They are intermittent signals now, but still no high/low
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 01, 2024 10:29 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

I'd check the simple stuff first like grounds and the relay (for the high/low beams).
Recently found out, while putting my 74 back together, that one out of place ground can screw a lot of things up!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 10:31 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Thank you for the suggestions
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:18 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

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New shoes
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 11:19 pm    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Two inch drop spindles on the way.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 6:08 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

Looks like a good start. At least you're driving it and having fun.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:36 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

I am going to try and mount early type 3 bumpers on the ghia. Just not into box bumpers.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:52 am    Post subject: Re: 74 driving project Reply with quote

vwfye wrote:
I am going to try and mount early type 3 bumpers on the ghia. Just not into box bumpers.


It's a matter of taste and I confess that I never liked the Bug-lookalike bumpers on a Ghia. Your car, your choice.
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