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halbug Samba Member
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Ian Godfrey Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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for a really good chrome finish I would suggest sanding the 'pits' out of the bronze as flux often is at the bottom of the pits and the first copper coat of the plating process won't cover the pits.
Sometimes the polishing people at the plating shop are not as thorough as I would like in the preparation |
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halbug Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 3:24 am Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Thanks Ian, I will check for pits and will sand them out, or have the plater do it. I will for sure talk to him about it.
But now back to the pan. This is what I discovered last night: Totally misaligned
Frustrating when someone does such a shitty job. Luckily I found this in my storage, but still more unexpected work.
I wonder why the first owner had to install a hand brake bracket in the first place. Doesn't the Thing have one like the bug??? _________________ Stealth Ghia Transformation: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7226044&highlight=#7226044
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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halbug wrote: |
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I wonder why the first owner had to install a hand brake bracket in the first place. Doesn't the Thing have one like the bug??? |
I just did a Samba Gallery search for "hand brake" in the Thing/Type181 category, and there are half a dozen photos there - maybe one of them will help you. |
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halbug Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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I checked them, but unfortunately they do not give me an answer. But Thanks for letting me know!
It seems as the replacement pan I am using had an awkward heater cable set up. The cable tube that sticks out of the tunnel in the front is (was) the original heater cable tube
The previous owner cut it at the hand brake position and modified all heater stuff in the tunnel to be like in a bug. Therefore he needed a handbrake bracket with provisions for the heater levers I suppose...
But question remains, how the heater boxes where operated in this Mexican Thing the pan was a replacement for
Cheers halbug _________________ Stealth Ghia Transformation: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7226044&highlight=#7226044
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halbug Samba Member
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halbug Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Hi Dave, very nice selection of Vdubs you have there!
My Ghia is from Germany, exported to Michigan and than brought back to Germany. BUT the pan I am using is a (altmost ) NOS replacement Thing pan built in Mexico...
The heater cable tube ran from the back of the pan to this one point on top of the tunnel shown on above picture. Similar to old bugs, but does not end in a turning knob for adjustment...
I had not seen this before. I know that VW Mexico has been building some unique stuff. I just assume the heater cable exits the pan at this point and somehow ends in an extra mechanism, maybe attached to the body?
Either way I welded it up, as I am now using the mechanism on the hand brake bracket now
Thanks
halbug _________________ Stealth Ghia Transformation: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7226044&highlight=#7226044
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halbug Samba Member
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halbug Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Making progress - slowly
Seat attachments are done. The outer rear pod is lower. The alumuminum spacer will be machined to fit under the track. This will give me an even plane, once the pan is mounted to the body.
Complete assembly
Small stuff, but it all takes time
In parallel I am working on a custom fuel catch tank, because the space under the tank is very limited with the Mendeola, transmission oil cooling plus ton's of other things... _________________ Stealth Ghia Transformation: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7226044&highlight=#7226044
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Please fit the seats first, I found that you don't want an "even plane". When I mounted the seats (Miata) in my car, I found that the front of the seat needed to be at least 1.5" higher than the rear or I was only sitting on my tail bone which became uncomfortable quickly. _________________ 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.
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halbug Samba Member
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halbug Samba Member
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halbug Samba Member
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Clatter Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Wow.
Epic build.
Love the details. Thanks for taking the time to document it here. _________________ Bus Motor Build
What’s That Noise?!? |
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Onceler Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Cool! I’m envisioning a modern version of Rodbuster with this build
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halbug Samba Member
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halbug Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home |
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Trail assembled the rear end. It's very busy back there, between the trailing arms...
I was searching spots to install all the parts for the transmission oiling/cooling as well for exhaust, rear brake calipers, heater tubes, the gas lines and the Käfer-Cup-Bar. I will have to address a lot of it again, when the body is fitted. Things are just too tight to guess. Either way, some brackets are already in the making.
The chassis went out to be professionally welded today
as always... very slow progress _________________ Stealth Ghia Transformation: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7226044&highlight=#7226044
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