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don.ville 
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| don.ville wrote: |
Just saw an old rerun of this today.
When they showed a shot of the hood after the engine was put in, the center lines at hood and nose were way off like the hood was misaligned and shifted to the drivers side.
Along with the quick cut of the rear apron, it seemed like a rush job.
Can’t imagine all that work media blasting and not even taking the body off the pan. |
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Era Vulgaris
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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That car is for sale here in the classifieds
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2624973
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don.ville
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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Just saw an old rerun of this today.
When they showed a shot of the hood after the engine was put in, the center lines at hood and nose were way off like the hood was misaligned and shifted to the drivers side.
Along with the quick cut of the rear apron, it seemed like a rush job.
Can’t imagine all that work media blasting and not even taking the body off the pan.
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misterh
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Location: Central Texas
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| Martin Bros. is only about 6 miles from my house. Where I live, that's next door. |
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obus
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vw_bud
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:05 am Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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Hes a customer of mine,really chill dude
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vw_bud
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:52 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| This is a customer of mine pretty neat working on it but the show cut alot of corners on wiring and the fuel system |
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bhartwell59
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| Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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Sent here from another post.
Did they even take the body off... and check the pans? If they did, I don't remember it or maybe that's "on the cutting room floor".
I've meet Elliot Vancel... nice guy and big VW expert/organizer here in Dallas.
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Onceler
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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Just saw the show on re-run, and enjoyed it. Since they're not VW guys I thought it turned out pretty nice style wise. I would've liked to see more of the before though, I have my suspicions on the rockers and floors and all the normal rust issues since all the trim was removed and several quickie shots throughout the show looked kinda wonky. Some of the technical comments were cringe worthy especially coming from the so called VW expert. I don't think the doors fit especially well at the end and the rocker seams were filled.
But for one of these type shows it was enjoyable to watch.
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tperazzo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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I noticed they used the Zalex Industries Engine Test Stand to fire it up. Nice! and great job on the build.
www.zalexindustries.com
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xzener
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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I hate on RMD when he walks around with his phone making a video... I bet his workers do too.
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NOVA Airhead
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:39 am Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| scottvw wrote: |
I think Joe and the rest of the guys on that show are pretty down to earth......very little drama. I like how he deferred to the VW professionals instead of trying to act like he knew what was going on.
Too many of the other builders try and do VW's and just mess them up. RMD just did one recently. Not that great of a build. Don't get me started on the Foose bus. |
I agree. One of the better cars shows. Very little drama and nonsense...and they do great work.
I saw the RMD show on the Beetle build. I don't like that show and only watched it because they were doing a 67 Beetle. How many times could he have said "dude" and "bro"?
All the work they put into that car and they left that crappy looking exhaust on it.
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scottvw
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:17 am Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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I think Joe and the rest of the guys on that show are pretty down to earth......very little drama. I like how he deferred to the VW professionals instead of trying to act like he knew what was going on.
Too many of the other builders try and do VW's and just mess them up. RMD just did one recently. Not that great of a build. Don't get me started on the Foose bus. |
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ivwshane
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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I thought the bodywork they did was amazing. I wonder what the cost on that alone would go for?
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stanthedog
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| 60ragtop wrote: |
I watched it. I usually don't watch car shows on TV because of the drama. To bad they don't disclose how much time and money they had into it 
I would like to see more pics of that 64 bug at the show with 19k on the clock. |
My wife also noticed they didn't say how much it cost. Maybe that's why he decided to keep it. |
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stanthedog
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| I enjoyed the show but, would like to know how to get 150 hp from a "stroked" 1915 cc. |
I thought they said it was a 2 liter. I'm making around 150 with my 2074. Thats hella fun in a ghia. |
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NWGhiaGuy
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| they should have called me...I have parcel trays...lol. |
No doubt. I was thinking the same thing!! |
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NOVA Airhead
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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| ronjonlasvegas wrote: |
| Did anyone else watch the episode that aired last night? It was a full 1 hour TV show build of a custom Ghia. If you have access to the Velocity channel try to check it out. They brought in a local TX VW club to help them with the build. They also attended the TX Classic show to buy parts. It was a fun episode to watch if you like customs. I tried to find the episode online, but it looks like you have to be a Velocity subscriber in order to view it. For those of you who get the Veolcity channel it is iron resurrection season 2 episode 7. |
Scroll down about 2/3 of the way on the page for further details on the show.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89103&start=340
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HouseofGhia
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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they should have called me...I have parcel trays...lol.
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satterley_sr
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Iron Resurrection TV show Ghia build |
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I enjoyed the show but, would like to know how to get 150 hp from a "stroked" 1915 cc.
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