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Marcdeb
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Nice pictures. Congratulations on your win. Your Ghia always looks great.
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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=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc
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restocal63
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Excellent build, attention to detail, I'm pretty convinced your threads have been an inspiration to many of us who want to achieve the proper correct factory look 
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Late 1969 Ghia vert preservation/ restoration |
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Well deserved😎
Embrace the win!! |
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mcdonaldneal
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restocal63
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:01 am Post subject: Re: Late 1969 Ghia vert preservation/ restoration |
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Absolutely stunning. 
You have puts lots of effort in this preservation and your car is a reference point to others to want to build a factory correct year 69/70 model.
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mcdonaldneal
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jonat
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:52 am Post subject: Re: Late 1969 Ghia vert preservation/ restoration |
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Absolutely stunning.
You have puts lots of effort in this preservation and your car is a reference point to others to want to build a factory correct year 69/70 model. |
Thanks restocal63, that’s very kind. |
Lovely restoration.
I noticed you changed your ignition coil, to an original one early on, where did you source yours?
I have an original black bosch short coil, year correct and am considering putting that in for the stock look. The one in it currently is working fine so wondering if it is worth it. |
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Legacy
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mcdonaldneal
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Late 1969 Ghia vert preservation/ restoration |
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Absolutely stunning.
You have puts lots of effort in this preservation and your car is a reference point to others to want to build a factory correct year 69/70 model. |
Thanks restocal63, that’s very kind. |
Lovely restoration.
I noticed you changed your ignition coil, to an original one early on, where did you source yours?
I have an original black bosch short coil, year correct and am considering putting that in for the stock look. The one in it currently is working fine so wondering if it is worth it. |
Cheers Jonat.
I think I had the coil in a box of spare parts I picked up as a job lot for our camper. The resistance checked out as 3ohm and personally, I can’t tell the difference compared to what was there. The Ghia has run pretty sweetly for well over 5 years on the black coil.
I did pick up another black coil from eBay pretty easily. I say go for the swap-it’s an easy swap back anyway!
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mcdonaldneal
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Legacy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Late 1969 Ghia vert preservation/ restoration |
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Car looks great! Lots of work, as I can attest to, but really came out super.
Just finished the restoration on my wife's 69 coupe last week. Once I get a chance to take some pictures I'll have to update my thread so you can see how her car came out |
Thanks Legacy. Your restoration looks an awful lot more hard work than anything I have managed but you must be delighted it’s at an end! Looking forward to seeing the pics. |
Yea it really feels good to be done with the project. And most important, it passed my wife's inspection. You know what they say -- Happy wife, Happy life.
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mcdonaldneal
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I have been neglecting my various Samba threads, but there has been a bit of VW action in our lives over the last month or so. I’ll start by updating this Ghia thread.
About three weeks ago we travelled home, driving across Europe from Croatia. We had changed our holiday dates so that we could make it back to the UK for the KGOC annual ‘International’ meeting. We guessed we would bump into some of the International guests on the ferry from Amsterdam to Newcastle and we were right! I spotted a bright green/yellow Ghia driving onto the car deck and there were actually six Ghias on board, from various parts of Germany, Belgium and eventually the meeting had about 15 cars from abroad, the furthest was from Madrid, Spain (which is an epic drive!)
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mcdonaldneal
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The afternoon we arrived home, I got our Ghia out of storage and drove the four miles home. As I entered the village, the brake pedal went to the floor and the brakes failed. There was no obvious leak and the fluid level was ok, so I suspected a long overdue change of brake fluid was needed. It was a nuisance, but I got the brakes bled with Shona’s help and went for a test drive…
Sadly the car was pulling to one side and one front wheel was red hot when I got home, so I guessed the piston had stuck in the caliper. Too late to sort out before the meeting the next day, so I went to get the Kombi out of the garage. The garage door is too low for the Kombi, so I had the usual performance of deflating and reinflating the tyres, but got it all done before bedtime.
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