Time Masheen Ghia - Old West Tale of Restoration and Redemption

[TDCTDI]

You're in for about $4,000 to do that top, if you do it yourself.
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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.

[crocteau]

[StinkyCat]

Received the new joint axle beam, but quickly realized that I had made a mistake as I did not get a complete set with torsion arms. I went ahead and returned the axle beam, knowing that my priorities will be shifting to the new project of the 1971 convertible VW Bug I just purchase as BIL’s and my intentions are to do a proper restore and flip it after having a bit of fun with it.

This will be the last update for the Time Masheen for a little while I believe, while I will be actively working on the ‘71 build updates.

Chat with you all back in a bit.
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Sometimes being an adult is exactly what you imagined it would be when you were five: staying up late and eating Lucky Charms for dinner.

[StinkyCat]

Known to poke things with a stick or best not well left alone, I had a pair of rough looking dual port head BIL provided to me previously a few months back ago and informed me I could try my luck at getting them refurbished. The first roll of the die, I had talked with a small engine shop owner, when after looking over the heads and with a grimace to his face, said he could ‘possibly’ recondition them for around $280 usd. I had let several weeks go by with the heads in a box in the back of my trunk when I finally ran across an older shop that I had visited with a co-worker years earlier but had forgotten about that specialised in VW repairs. I went to the shop and spoke extremely poor spanish with one of the mechanics in the shop whom, after a quick inspection of the valves, said he could recondition them for $160 usd. After about four days, they called me back to pick up these:

I have been contemplating if I should put these on the 1971 Convertible Bug or keep them for the Ghia… Decisions.

Although I didn’t get anything done on this Ghia this week; It has been part of a ‘build’ up where I have obtained a 2-stage 60 gallon compressor and a 90 pound sandblasting tank. The thought is BIL and I will use this to get the paint of both vehicles for a proper off-the-body restoration. I’m looking forward to getting back to work on the Ghia!

Extra bonus! When working on the 1971 Convertible Bug over the weekend, I swung by the house to drop off the truck and pickup the daily driver and I was thrilled to see my package finally arrived in the mail:

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Sometimes being an adult is exactly what you imagined it would be when you were five: staying up late and eating Lucky Charms for dinner.

[TDCTDI]

You gotta put the blinders on, building one project will empty your wallet & take up all of your time. Doing multiple projects will burn you out.
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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.

[StinkyCat]

This past weekend has been some steady progress on the other project (‘71 Convertible), but seeing how things are progressing each weekend, I figure it won’t be long before the Ghia can be getting ready as I still need to do the deep dive to inspect the entire body, head to toe.

I went ahead and started to disassemble some parts, put them in ziplock bags and box them.

Working the doors, this is when I notice that the glass is indeed, very special. It was a bit tricky removing the metal harness and I could see the rubber or soft buffer was not coming off. The holes in the glass were my indication that this is special:

While working the drivers side door, I notice that some emergency work had to be done:

Getting the floor cleaned up a bit, despite the obvious holes, the metal is still pretty sturdy. I’ll be replacing regardless, but I was comparing to what I’ve been working with on the ‘71 Convertible. <sigh>

Removing the running boards, I could see that these won’t be reused:

I was able to work the chrome trim off the door using a small plastic pry tool. One strip however, I can see is held down with some worn out Phillips screws. I’ll need to work gently around these ones:

She’s starting to clean up really well. I’ll keep working this into my weekend schedule until we get ready for paint.

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Sometimes being an adult is exactly what you imagined it would be when you were five: staying up late and eating Lucky Charms for dinner.

[TRS63]

Good to see some progress on here, keep on it

Antoine
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Antoine
My 62 ragtop daily driver:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728873
My 914 restoration&lightweight project :
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9698432#9698432
Resurrecting a 60 ghia : https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=713906
My 52 Standard Zwitter :
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10086685#10086685

[jeffrey8164]

Customer name:Stinkycat

That’s hilarious!
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