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TDCTDI
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rbsurfguy
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Joined: August 10, 2008
Posts: 1757
Location: Fairfax, Northern Virginia Formerly Huntington Beach, SoCal
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| Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 5:11 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Found this pic of my Ghia circa 2001 before I drove it cross country from So Cal to Virginia. Can't wait until I get it back to driving condition!
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1971 Ghia convertible (Body off rebuild)
2019 VW Atlas 4Motion
2012 Passat-Sold
See my build on The Samba at:
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locopny
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Joined: May 20, 2019
Posts: 17
Location: South Dakota 57402
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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here's my 69 as I found it. A true barn find. Sat here for 34 years when I first took the photos. I just started on its restoration about 2 weeks ago.
and the day I hauled it home
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Evil_Fiz
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Joined: May 06, 2011
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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| Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| locopny wrote: |
...I just started on its restoration about 2 weeks ago.
and the day I hauled it home
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Welcome. It doesn't look like a lot of restoration is needed. It appears to be a nice survivor. Congratulations, start a build thread so we can follow along in you progress.
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Emil
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locopny
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Joined: May 20, 2019
Posts: 17
Location: South Dakota 57402
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| Evil_Fiz wrote: |
Welcome. It doesn't look like a lot of restoration is needed. It appears to be a nice survivor. Congratulations, start a build thread so we can follow along in you progress.
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Thank you for the welcome.
Forgive the blindness of this poster...but where does one start a build thread here?
I have a few photos of progress thus far. Its pretty decent...time in the unconditioned garage has taken its toll on the fuel/brakes/interior however. Nothing I can't handle.
Edit: I started a build thread. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9082917#9082917
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sputnick60
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Joined: July 22, 2007
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Location: In Molinya Orbit
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| locopny wrote: |
......where does one start a build thread here? |
Welcome from me too.. Starting a build thread is the equivalent of opening a new topic. There’s a button for that on the top right corner of the forum list, right next to the search box.
Adding photos is slightly different whereby you add them to the Gallery under the corresponding album (in this case “Ghia Coupe’”). Look on the menu bar for “Gallery” Click that and a dialogue opens, choose “New Photo”
There’s a bunch of details about that in the stickies topic “How to post pictures in the Forum”. If you are unsure about anything, just ask and we’ll happily help you.
Nicholas
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coupekid
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Joined: September 05, 2013
Posts: 3
Location: Dublin
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| Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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KGCoupe
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Joined: July 01, 2005
Posts: 3580
Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 6:26 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Well, it certainly looks like you've been dublin down on your efforts! 
... but wait - I see by the dates on the photos in your gallery that you've actually been working on this for at least 5 years now.
That sounds about right. 
The color looks intriguing - the way it appears different in each photo, I can't tell if it's charcoal gray, or more of a steel blue.
It doesn't appear to be the original color for your Ghia, but is it an "original" VW color from some other year/model?
I definitely like it very much - Looking Good! |
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The ADAC
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Joined: June 07, 2011
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Location: Earth
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Getting out finally..
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malley56
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Location: Martinsville, VA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 6:53 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| The ADAC wrote: |
Getting out finally..
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Love it! Looks great! |
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Herbie3Rivers
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Joined: May 07, 2001
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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| Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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My latest buy. About a month and half ago I purchased my first Karmann Ghia. 74 auto stick coupe. I'm the 3rd owner. It's numbers matching with only 36,000 original miles. It hasn't been run or driven since 2007-08, so I've been slowly going through it to get it back on the road. I got it running, but I can't get it to go into gear, so I think there's a vacuum leak in the tank under the car. It's had one repaint in the original Phoenix Red and the interior is practically mint outside of a crack on the dash top.
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1983 Mercedes 300D
1974 Karmann Ghia
1972 Super Beetle
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1959 Original Herbie #6
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John Moxon 
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Herbie3Rivers
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:10 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| John Moxon wrote: |
.how's the nose under the Alfa grille.  |
Perfect. The car doesn't appear to have ever had any accident damage other than dome door dings and an il-fitting bumper from a tow. A portion of the spare tire well was patched prior to the paint job which led to that mess of overspray in the trunk which I have since fixed with steelwool and paint thinner.
Under the grille though, there's no damage. There's undercoating or something that was used to seal the black rubber mat to the nose, so I'm waiting for a hot day to scrape all that off. It's still the original paint under that as well.
There's a a few rust bubbles in the rear quarter panels, but everything else is solid and there's no bondo in the car at all, so I'm just going to leave it all as is for now and drive it and enjoy it.
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Yeah I like Herbie AND New Beetles. Got a problem with it? Tough.
2010 New Beetle Final Edition
2009 Ford Mustang Bullitt
1999 New Beetle GLS
1983 Mercedes 300D
1974 Karmann Ghia
1972 Super Beetle
1970 Beetle Sunroof
1959 Original Herbie #6
1956 Oval
Three Rvers VW Club
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
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John Moxon
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:22 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| Herbie3Rivers wrote: |
| John Moxon wrote: |
| .how's the nose under the Alfa grille. |
Perfect. The car doesn't appear to have ever had any accident damage other than dome door dings and an il-fitting bumper from a tow. A portion of the spare tire well was patched prior to the paint job which led to that mess of overspray in the trunk which I have since fixed with steelwool and paint thinner.
Under the grille though, there's no damage. There's undercoating or something that was used to seal the black rubber mat to the nose, so I'm waiting for a hot day to scrape all that off. It's still the original paint under that as well.
There's a a few rust bubbles in the rear quarter panels, but everything else is solid and there's no bondo in the car at all, so I'm just going to leave it all as is for now and drive it and enjoy it. |
The "Alfa Grille" comment is the usual joke about that particular Ghia accessory as they were usually fitted to conceal the all too common nose dent. Not a lot of love for the grille among Ghia owners...they fall into two camps, the "I don't really like its" and the "I really hate its"
Agree with the leave it as it is and enjoy it.
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Herbie3Rivers
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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I think the grille was installed by the dealer. I have a friend who has a
68 or 69 coupe that came from the same selling dealer and his also has the Alfa grille.
I lucked out and happened to have a metal plate frame from that dealer in my collection for the car. So that’s a win.
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Yeah I like Herbie AND New Beetles. Got a problem with it? Tough.
2010 New Beetle Final Edition
2009 Ford Mustang Bullitt
1999 New Beetle GLS
1983 Mercedes 300D
1974 Karmann Ghia
1972 Super Beetle
1970 Beetle Sunroof
1959 Original Herbie #6
1956 Oval
Three Rvers VW Club
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:25 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Welcome to the club!
Maybe I'll see it the PVGP one day  |
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Redlabel6
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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| Herbie3Rivers wrote: |
I think the grille was installed by the dealer. I have a friend who has a
68 or 69 coupe that came from the same selling dealer and his also has the Alfa grille.
I lucked out and happened to have a metal plate frame from that dealer in my collection for the car. So that’s a win.
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Very Nice!
I have '73 Autostick, once you figure them out they are a lot of fun to drive!
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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nwvdub
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| Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:40 am Post subject: 67 Ghia get it back on the road and repair and service |
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It will need a lot of help, people reaily run them into the ground sometimes.
Has not been on the road for about 30 years |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:01 am Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias |
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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