Had some time for my '58 low light today

[John Moxon]

'Tis a thing of great beauty Dave, from any angle.
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My 1958 Shorrock Supercharged Karmann Ghia
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[rbsurfguy]

I know the feeling Dave, as do many of us, putting the puzzle together of the bumpers. I did my front already and getting it bolted into place was monotonous! Haven't started the rear yet as I still need one bumper bracket cover, two would be better, but what I see available in the classifieds just seem way too overpriced to me.

The struggle putting these bumpers on without chipping paint and getting everything lined up can be frustrating, but they sure look nice when on the Ghia...yours look great!
Jeff
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[dc]

Having just installed the front bumper a few days ago and the rear bumper a couple of months ago - I can relate!

For me, the rear was harder- I think the farther reach of the wrap-around means angles and alignment is more critical. When the holes don't quite line up it is easy to rub/scratch the paint. I scuffed the paint on one of the side mounts

But, my '63 is a mess -paint wise

Front bumper - I used a motorcycle jack to raise it exactly up- wrapped the outer ends in towels and carefully pushed the whole assembly into place.

Loosely installed the four inner bolts - tilted the bumper up to install the outer bolts - all good (although those outers are giant pain- with the weird two piece rubber spacer having to align just so)
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1963 Karmann Ghia

[lonotch]

I put a couple pairs of socks around the ends when I did mine.😉
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[Porschedave]

You can't see from my photo but I taped a light cardboard along the fender sides with a hole cut out where the bolt goes through the fender into the bumper. That prevented scratches, and I've put it on and taken it off more than once.
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1965 Sunroof Notch build thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5600139&highlight=#5600139

[Braukuche]

[sputnick60]

I just built it up on the car. There was too much of a struggle getting it up in one piece without scratching the fresh paint. Instead I built it up starting from the corners with all the bolts loosened until it was all good.
The sock idea is good. I wish I thought of that.
Nicholas
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'65 Porsche 356C Coupe...
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[Porschedave]

Hey Folks

I have another window question.

This is a closeup photo from the driver's side window, to the right is the quarter window with the chrome strip and vertical rubber in place. My question regards the rubber that forms the top of the driver's side window. You can see in this photo that I have simply butted it up against the vertical rubber. I'm thinking that it needs to be trimmed off or the top rubber of the vertical piece needs to be trimmed. I would appreciate it if someone would send a photo or advise me what the best approach would be.

Thanks in advance.

Dave
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1965 Sunroof Notch build thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5600139&highlight=#5600139

[merlinsbus]

Low lights are just a dream, what a great color too! Nice work man!
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[Loren]

This is an image from an original low light Ghia. It's a little hard to see, but it might be of some assistance:

[Karmann Gheezer]

I wish there were better images.
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[udo dreisoerner]

i love the lowlight Details...…………...
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[Inchpincher61]

Indeed! I am not the 100% OG guy but not with glas - soooo good those Sekurit prints!

By the way do we have a thread for changes of the glas logos somewhere? I have several sets of quarter windows with at least 4 different types of logos. Would be interessting to know when vw changed them and whats the correct glas for the different years.

[Tall Bloke]

Dave, My car is also a December 58, it has the original “small” Sekurit mark on the fixed quarter glaas, I also have the large Sekurit windows in my stash, I believe the logo changed May/June 58 - someone will correct me if I am wrong. The small logo on the qtr window matches the size of logo on the door glass .
I will post pics later.
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[John Moxon]

My April '58 Windscreen...

My driver/passenger/2x quarter and rear windows all have this identical logo:

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[Tall Bloke]

Dave

I have taken photos of my Dec 58 Qtr window and passenger door glass showing the Sekurit marks.

The second photo compares the earlier "large" Sekurit mark with the "small" sekurit mark, also note, the passenger door window has the VW roundel with the Sekurit mark, but the drivers door glass only has sekurit mark!

As previously mentioned in other posts, my car has cross-over details (hard waffle sun visors, dash has the smooth steel preparation for the dashpad, but without the dashpad as this comes in Jan 59 ).
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[Porschedave]

Hi folks

A short update. First, I fit the front hood, not with the seal yet ...

And I put the gas tank in with gas and ran the engine with gas from the gas tank. Yahoo!! All went well.

However, on the other side, after fitting the rear bumper all my car friends pointed out that the chrome was in terrible shape. I looked into re-chroming and it was very, very expensive. So after reading all the details about the SS bumpers from Viet Nam I went ahead and bought a set. The rear seems to fit okay but the front has been a challenge. I was able to re-orient the outrider bolt orientation but I seem to have some other issues specific to my Ghia, Namely, the bumper rubs up against the turn singles and if I re-orient the bumper to clear them then it is pointed down. I have to have a careful look at the bumper brackets to see whether I can modify them to lower the bumper, not by a lot but enough to clear the turn signals.

Still a lot of work to do.

Dave
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1958 Karmann Ghia build thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=571683
1965 Sunroof Notch build thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5600139&highlight=#5600139

[KGCoupe]

[Porschedave]

No, the door has a chip in the paint. I think that it can be easily fixed but that's way down on the list of things to do - need to figure out these bumpers.

Dave
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1977 911S
1958 Karmann Ghia build thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=571683
1965 Sunroof Notch build thread here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5600139&highlight=#5600139

[lonotch]