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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:18 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Finally started my new engine. Yipee!


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:38 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Replaced the neutral safety switch and starter.
Wrapped my steering wheel in leather.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:13 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

got the pan finished! - 67 show ghia
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:34 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Memabe wrote:
got the pan finished! - 67 show ghia
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I'm very impressed with your pans, really well done.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:04 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

^^^ x2.
If I had that pan I would put a frame around it and hang it in an art gallery.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:40 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

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^^^ x2.
If I had that pan I would put a frame around it and hang it in an art gallery.

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Indeed a work of art. I’m looking forward to the rest of it Popcorn
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:41 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

sputnick60 wrote:
Evil_Fiz wrote:
^^^ x2.
If I had that pan I would put a frame around it and hang it in an art gallery.

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Indeed a work of art. I’m looking forward to the rest of it Popcorn
Nicholas

While it is indeed worthy of being hung on the wall of an art gallery, that wouldn't allow anyone to enjoy using it which IMO is half of the "beauty" in any vintage Volkswagen.

On the other hand, if a real life Karmann Ghia version of one of these old Wiking promotional VW Beetle model bodies could actually be made for it, ...

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... that would combine the best of framing it for diplay and being able to drive it.


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Well if her choice in airplanes is an invisible one, then I'm guessing her car would be an invisible Karmann Ghia with a pan like that.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:42 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

We joined a cool group hosted by Classic VW Bugs for a drive along the Hudson River to Bear Mountain in New York on a beautiful day.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:18 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

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We joined a cool group hosted by Classic VW Bugs for a drive along the Hudson River to Bear Mountain in New York on a beautiful day.

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Love those suspension bridges. American engineering at its best.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:16 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Beautiful!
That's a cool bridge with the sharp bends once across.

I took a drive up to High Point NJ today and not a leaf to be seen!
At least not in the upper elevations of the Park.

The Hudson Valley seems to have a week or two before they are turning.

Looks like you had a great day! I presume this was Saturday? It was a top 10 day on Saturday weather wise but we had a Fall event at work, no leaf peeping time at all.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:36 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Memabe wrote:
got the pan finished! - 67 show ghia
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Looks nice! Lots of time and money invested!

Rotate those axle boots 90° you don't want the seam flexing like you currently have them.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:55 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

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While it’s beautiful, I see a couple of issues. Unless this is to be a static display piece, you need to get rid of the shitty urethane steering coupler as these are known to fail with little provocation.

The brake hoses should be kept as short as possible & the current routing of the front hoses will lead to chafing on the tires &/or the pan upon steering hard lock.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:52 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

djkeev wrote:
Memabe wrote:
got the pan finished! - 67 show ghia
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Looks nice! Lots of time and money invested!

Rotate those axle boots 90° you don't want the seam flexing like you currently have them.

Dave


VW manuals show boots parallel to ground with seam towards rear of car (3 o'clock on drivers side, 9 o'clock on passenger side), but I install them with seam slightly raised, to roughly 2 & 10 o'clock. Less propensity for leaks, In my years of swingaxle ownership experience.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:04 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

I pulled my Ghia out of the garage, under its own power for the first time in 15 years.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:27 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

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Finally saw paint, only took about 8 years.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:38 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Nice!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:46 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

I replaced the transmission & then finished installing my torsion housing truss & skid plate.
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Speaking of making more work for myself...

I decided to toss the Pet back on the lift & finish fitting the torsion housing truss.

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After getting it fitted, I cleaned it up...
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And began laying a bead on it.
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Ah, what the hell, while it's up, it's a great time to fit the skid plate that I got several months ago.
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And now the Ghiapet has some underpants.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:14 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

On Sunday I got the brake cylinder wired right (and also replaced the steering column tube horn ground wire, while I was down there). It can now be seen as it decelerates...
...too bad it doesn’t run.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 4:55 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Had to throw in the towel for the fall.. Next summer, I vow to revenge!! At least I got Rolley under a roof..

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 5:49 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? Reply with quote

Got my '64 Ghia's long-overdue annual NY State safety inspection a few days ago, and took it for a 75 mile drive today. I was struggling with a fuel starvation issue for the past 3 years, and finally resolved it a few months ago.

Today I drove up to the West Point Military Academy area on the western side of the Hudson River, and took the old Storm King Highway (NY Rt 218, built over 100 years ago) to a small turn-out. This spot is about 420 feet above the river, and I was lucky to not encounter another car here. Shot is looking south along the Hudson River. Air temperature was only about 40F, but the strong wind coming through this narrow channel of the river caused quite the wind chill.
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I drove full-throttle up some long, local hills and was very glad that the engine ran strong, with no hesitation at all anymore. Also did a minor adjustment on my Gene Berg shifter to get into 1st gear easily.
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