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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:51 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Had to post this here so it can be seen correctly... Instagram seems to cut off the borders and messes up the balance of the photos... I must be doing something wrong there. |
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dc Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2004 Posts: 1426 Location: Kitsap Peninsula
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Good composition - I like the leading lines of crop rows - it visually ties the clouds to the patina paint _________________ 1963 Karmann Ghia |
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Trylon Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2019 Posts: 4853 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 12:16 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Remarkable what a Karmann Ghia adds to a landscape! _________________ 1973 Porsche 914 2.0
1959 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
1979 Volkswagen Rabbit
1973 Volkswagen Bus
1970 MGB-GT
1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire
More tomfoolery on
The Karmann Ghia Fever YouTube Channel! |
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TRS63 Samba Member
Joined: December 17, 2017 Posts: 999 Location: Stuttgart - Germany
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:51 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Thanks gents. I seriously got lucky with the rows symmetrically placed in the window. I parked the car, got out, centered, took one shot and that was it. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:03 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Thanks to John Moxon for the ‘oil paint’ filter here, I think this is beautiful.
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aerosilver Samba Member
Joined: July 29, 2006 Posts: 882 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:29 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Great shot |
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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calexican wrote: |
Thanks to John Moxon for the ‘oil paint’ filter here, I think this is beautiful.
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Wow, that filter reallydoes make quite a nice difference on an already great photo.
Get yourself some inkjet printable canvas sheets and a fancy frame, and you can create a work of art suitable for hanging on your studio wall in amongst the framed gold records.
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Good composition - I like the leading lines of crop rows - it visually ties the clouds to the patina paint |
Agreed that the whole photo composition is great, and the clouds in the blue sky certainly do mimic the lovely patina of the OG paint.
I probably wouldn't have noticed that on my own, so Thanks to dc for pointing it out. |
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rich caramadre Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2014 Posts: 145 Location: United States
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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calexican, I love how you have approached your car. Although I just finished my 2nd oval beetle down to bare metal and new shiny paint I really enjoy cars that look their age. My next project is this 58' Ghia. I am so torn whether to take your approach or totally restore it. I'm leaning toward fixing the rust and getting it running and enjoy as it is. We will see if I feel the same after I get into the repair work. Cheers.
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Thank you! I think your car has great potential for a patina ghia. I didn’t fix any of my rusted parts... would still love to do that, but I can’t really afford to do it right, and don’t have welding skills, so I dream on looking at other people here on the samba do it. Something kind of great too just leaving it original, (this is what I tell myself) and cruise down the road care free. Keep us posted, you can always do a full restore later after you get her running and driving and enjoying. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Feeling good about this... been needing to replace tie rod ends since forever... turns out to be a pretty easy job if you get the tie rod tool... the left side was original, so I’m waiting for the complete assembly to come in to finish up. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2020 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Here’s the old and the new.
The old one looks to be original.
Installed! Now I got to get an alignment. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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So nice to be back on the road, solid front end and good alignment. Looks like we might have good photo for some album art. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13955 Location: Southampton U.K.
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:58 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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They don’t... I haven’t met them, it’s a used car lot, very small and I haven’t seen them open in a while, usually there are cars parked where I parked, so I popped in there when it was vacant and took the shot. I was thinking that could be a cool oil paint filter shot too. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13955 Location: Southampton U.K.
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7951 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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how about a photo on a starry night...?
_________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Ha ha ha ha!! I’m sure he would a loved it. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Thanks a lot John. I think it’s great. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13955 Location: Southampton U.K.
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