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JAL78 
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 Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 9:14 pm Post subject: Lowlight raised base under hood emblem |
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I was replacing the rubber base that goes behind the hood emblem on my 58 Ghia and noticed that the sheet metal on the nose has a raised base that is formed on the nose that is slightly larger in diameter of the hood emblem base. I have 7 other Ghias including a 1959 Ghia and they don’t have this feature. Can an expert on Ghias tell me if this is a factory manufactured feature or if it’s custom body work?
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 12:27 am Post subject: Re: Lowlight raised base under hood emblem |
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| Jeff L. wrote: |
| I was replacing the rubber base that goes behind the hood emblem on my 58 Ghia and noticed that the sheet metal on the nose has a raised base that is formed on the nose that is slightly larger in diameter of the hood emblem base. I have 7 other Ghias including a 1959 Ghia and they don’t have this feature. Can an expert on Ghias tell me if this is a factory manufactured feature or if it’s custom body work? |
It’s an early lowlight feature, I always thought it was 55-57 production but I think it was also early 58?
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 7:22 am Post subject: Re: Lowlight raised base under hood emblem |
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Not on my December ‘58
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