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moogie32
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Beautiful day in southern Connecticut - Lilcar started on the second try from her winter slumber- nothing like the first drive of the season!
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pkbghia 
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Location: Wyomissing Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:42 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Jeff,
pretty much harvested something from my leftovers can of nuts and bolts, M6 i believe, maybe around 25 to 30 mm in length, used washers and long fingers and a lot of patience!
Enjoy 
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rbsurfguy
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Location: Fairfax, Northern Virginia Formerly Huntington Beach, SoCal
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:23 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Noted, thanks Kurt!
Jeff
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1971 Ghia convertible (Body off rebuild)
2019 VW Atlas 4Motion
2012 Passat-Sold
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Marcdeb
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Location: Vermont
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:10 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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| moogie32 wrote: |
Beautiful day in southern Connecticut - Lilcar started on the second try from her winter slumber- nothing like the first drive of the season!
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Nice photo Diane. Lilcar looks happy. 
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
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obus
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Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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| obus wrote: |
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Beautiful day in southern Connecticut - Lilcar started on the second try from her winter slumber- nothing like the first drive of the season!
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Such a beautiful car and color |
Ditto! 
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moogie32
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Location: Connecticut
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Awwww - thanks guys! Looking at those pictures makes me want to work on getting her doors adjusted better! She did run really well though first time out! So excited for the season to begin!
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pkbghia
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Location: Wyomissing Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Got the mechanicals working and the glass in place on the passenger side door
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jeffrey8164
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:21 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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That brings back memories. What a bunch of tedious loosening and tightening.
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Vladiiiii
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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| jeffrey8164 wrote: |
| That brings back memories. What a bunch of tedious loosening and tightening. |
True words. And something else. Don't mount those door cards, unless you are positive that you are happy with the window fittment. Nothing more annoying, than having to take them off, then tear down the vapour lock skin, to adjust the window again 
This would not be such a big problem, IF the door card cardboard would be really sturdy. But you really have to handle it with care, or it will break around a clip 
So take a drive or two in some windy days, to be sure it's bearable. I just finished my restoration and have to tear down the door cards on both sides because of the adjustment. Maybe I can get good results by only adjusting the bottom bolt but yeah.... 
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Vlad's 72 Ghia (Once in a Lifetime Restoration topic)
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kiwighia68
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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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| Vladiiiii wrote: |
| jeffrey8164 wrote: |
| That brings back memories. What a bunch of tedious loosening and tightening. |
True words. And something else. Don't mount those door cards, unless you are positive that you are happy with the window fittment. Nothing more annoying, than having to take them off, then tear down the vapour lock skin, to adjust the window again :x
This would not be such a big problem, IF the door card cardboard would be really sturdy. But you really have to handle it with care, or it will break around a clip :?
So take a drive or two in some windy days, to be sure it's bearable. I just finished my restoration and have to tear down the door cards on both sides because of the adjustment. Maybe I can get good results by only adjusting the bottom bolt but yeah.... :wink: |
Good advice: I was in a hurry to finish my restoration way back in 2015 and the fit of my door windows have never been satisfactory. I've decided to start all over. I have new rubber and channels on order from Mr Huber, and I'll upgrade the noise suppression at the same time.
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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This is what the next couple of weeks is going to look like...
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Mcberg
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| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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I removed the transmission from my '74 Coupe, first time in 40 years I've done this. Yes this appears to be a factory original swing-arm transmission beneath a '74 KG Coupe. There are no signs of a conversion - all the chassis elements are original, including the Z bar. Go figure.
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74 SuperBug
other stuff
94 Caravelle
78 Passat
70 Kombi (first car I ever sold in one piece)
74 Golf (which I t-boned into Nun!)
70 Beetle (mustard bugger which I tried to kill)
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Figment
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:30 am Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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After spending waaaaay too much time building a new engine I kinda got burned-out on it, so I changed gears and focused on the interior for a while.
KGPR had the lower dash pad in stock again so I went for it... and the difference is enormous, I mean serious bang-for-buck on both a monetary and installation effort basis.
Somehow it made the absence of a radio particularly acute, though... so I finally installed the retrosound unit I'd had on the shelf for three years, complete with the satellite radio accessory. The satellite seems heretical, but I absolve this sin by using it for the 60s and 70s stations, actually enhancing the time-warp experience of the car.
next ripple: speakers.
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Aschrock044
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| Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Got her moved home to start work!
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NoDents
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Location: So Cal
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Won 2 second place awards for my Ghia. My car turned 50 years old on Monday the 14th. Does not look a day over 20.
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rbsurfguy
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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No matter, it's definitely first to me, your Ghia looks spectacular!! The other one must have been a trailer queen!
Jeff
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1971 Ghia convertible (Body off rebuild)
2019 VW Atlas 4Motion
2012 Passat-Sold
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NoDents
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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| rbsurfguy wrote: |
No matter, it's definitely first to me, your Ghia looks spectacular!! The other one must have been a trailer queen!
Jeff |
Actually mine was the best, but since voting is done by those also showing cars, someone else had more voting friends than me. 
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Steelz21
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Location: Ontario canada
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| Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do to your ghia this week? |
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Installed my bamboo mats from boom boom wagons.
Top quality and they make it so much easier to slide my big feet in.
A bonus was the rear mats, they make great placemats on a picnic.
I know, they are not for everyone but I like them.
The tach is now installed in the dash hole too.
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