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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:39 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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This is my current project. I also have a '69 that is sitting in the garage waiting for me to get started on. The engine is rebuilt and ready to install, but I plan to get her painted first.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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Imported from California.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

I was coming here - Middlemore Hospital - anyway to drop my wife off at work, but we nearly came in the other door at Emergency.

Some fool turned from a side road right in front of us. The disk brakes stopped us just in time with 6" to spare. Hardest breaking I've done for many years.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Whew! It sounds like you two were w-a-y too close to disaster that time.
Thank Goodness you were able to avoid any damage to either yourselves or to your Ghia.


At least you were able to get a great photo opportunity out of the day, anyway.

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You know, I always suspected that it may be true but it's nice to see that your photo may actually confirm my suspicions - the fabled "pot of gold" at the end of each rainbow is not, in fact, a literal cast iron cauldron filled to overflowing with gold coins.
Rather, the phrase "pot of gold" is merely used as a metaphor to describe a treasure even more valuable and desirable - a flawless Karmann Ghia that runs and drives as good as it looks!


On the other hand, your photo may simply be restating the obvious - one will likely need to spend a coin-of-the-realm equivalent in order to acquire or build a flawless Karmann Ghia that runs and drives as good as it looks. Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Hi KGCoupe, Yes, I'm thankful for my good fortune. Safe, healthy and happy, in that order of preference.

Every time I get into my car I remember the words of a senior attorney who was a mentor to me and also the VW dealer. Chris, he said, you must drive a car that makes you feel good every time you get behind the steering wheel.

This Ghia does that for me, more than any other car that I have owned (including several Porsches and a very, very nice Alfa Spider). Maybe it's because I know every nut and bolt on it; with most parts having been restored by hand right here in my garage - under the doubtful eyes of my sons, who know me as a suit-and-tie kind of father.

I think we love our Ghias because, like our chldren, we made them.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:26 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Ah...most of us have been there too Chris...I took this picture this afternoon to illustrate how vulnerable we are...

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...and that's just a medium sized SUV. I drive even more defensively than I used to which is a shame when you have a sweetly running supercharged KG. Confused
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:46 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

^^^ I like the black car better. What is that, some kind of Porsche?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

John Moxon wrote:
Ah...most of us have been there too Chris...I took this picture this afternoon to illustrate how vulnerable we are...

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...and that's just a medium sized SUV. I drive even more defensively than I used to which is a shame when you have a sweetly running supercharged KG. :?


John, I often travel next to a large truck and trailer combo and think, If I were to meet this thing at right angles I'm going to have to duck and hope I can get through under its chassis. My Ghia might be turned into a vert but I might just survive.

Best to stay on the quiet country roads.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

kiwighia68 wrote:

Best to stay on the quiet country roads.


I do. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:36 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Careful! If you're already making plans like these ...
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John, I often travel next to a large truck and trailer combo and think, If I were to meet this thing at right angles I'm going to have to duck and hope I can get through under its chassis. My Ghia might be turned into a vert but I might just survive. ...


... then next thing you know you just may find yourself trying something like this ...
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

KGCoupe wrote:
Careful! If you're already making plans like these ...
kiwighia68 wrote:
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John, I often travel next to a large truck and trailer combo and think, If I were to meet this thing at right angles I'm going to have to duck and hope I can get through under its chassis. My Ghia might be turned into a vert but I might just survive. ...


... then next thing you know you just may find yourself trying something like this ...


...


These are the people who shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.......

Imagine the angst that innocent truck driver would have to endure if he had to suddenly brake?

IMHO...... he defines what an idiot is.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

djkeev wrote:
KGCoupe wrote:
Careful! If you're already making plans like these ...
kiwighia68 wrote:
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John, I often travel next to a large truck and trailer combo and think, If I were to meet this thing at right angles I'm going to have to duck and hope I can get through under its chassis. My Ghia might be turned into a vert but I might just survive. ...


... then next thing you know you just may find yourself trying something like this ...


...


These are the people who shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.......

Imagine the angst that innocent truck driver would have to endure if he had to suddenly brake?

IMHO...... he defines what an idiot is.

Dave


Yep a prime candidate for the Darwin Awards. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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You have two or you painted the rusty one??


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

After almost 2 years the restoration is nearly finished. I can’t wait to start driving on these wonderful French country roads. Pete the guy that has been doing the work on my behalf has done a fantastic job. There is no way that I would have had the skills ( or the patience to learn!) to undertake the scale of body repairs that were required. Yes it is a ‘cheque book’ restoration but that has not stopped me from getting enormous pleasure in watching the work progress as well as admiring the skills of a craftsman.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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...I can’t wait to start driving on these wonderful French country roads. Pete the guy that has been doing the work on my behalf has done a fantastic job.
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Welcome to the Ghia RHD club. Not too many of us.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:15 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Looks great!

I find the radio antenna mount interesting.

Radios were never a factory installed item so it is fascinating the various locations dealers and owners chose for them over the years.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:28 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

The Ghia has been in the family 16 years, originally imported from South Africa and was bought for my daughter. Started to look very tired hence the ‘light’ restoration which inevitably turned into a major rebuild.

I did not like the ariel coming off the wing so I thought that this was a neater placement. Swan neck mirrors to go on and rear windows to be fitted. It will live at my house in France as I have a dry garage so it will be registered as a French car once it is finished
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 10:46 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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Looks great, color shows off the wheels very well.
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