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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:13 am Post subject: 58 patina ghia |
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i finally got my Lemke mats and they improve my interior quite a bit. also note the wheel skin, this helps a lot if you want to keep your steering wheel original.[/img] |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:16 am Post subject: 58 patina ghia |
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the bondo was starting to crack and bothering me so i scraped a lot of it out, this was what was underneath. i need to find a side badge now. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: 58 patina ghia |
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a few more shots. i got an original deck lid emblem from another 58 coupe. thanks to the international barter system. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13952 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: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:10 am Post subject: |
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took this shot of my ghia in the snow. i have moved to ohio and have been enjoying driving my car in the weather. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13952 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: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:28 am Post subject: |
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just for the record, wanted to post my zertifikat the museum sent to me to correct the earlier one that wasn't for my car. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:31 am Post subject: |
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John Moxon wrote: |
calexican wrote: |
took this shot of my ghia in the snow. i have moved to ohio and have been enjoying driving my car in the weather. |
Been fishtailing down the backroads John? Careful with that pristine nose. |
naw...i drive like an old lady....most of the time... |
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denizen224 Samba Member
Joined: June 10, 2007 Posts: 252 Location: Bill's Bug 'n Bike Barn, Merry Land
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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calexican wrote: |
took this shot of my ghia in the snow. i have moved to ohio and have been enjoying driving my car in the weather. |
Ugh! I wouldn't do a lot of that. Ohio loves using salt on their roads. Most folks I know from OH have two cars: a nice summer car, and a winter beater that's usually a pitiful rust box from all the road salt. _________________ Mr. Bill |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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I hear you Mr. Bill, I love my car, I have been rinsing the salt off, I rarely drive it when there is salt. |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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i took this shot a while back and just stumbled across it, i had quite a fleet before i moved. of course i miss the truck and bug. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:00 am Post subject: |
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Just a couple of shots on a beautiful fall day in Ohio. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13952 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: Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:18 am Post subject: |
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Thanks John, well...a restoration would be a lot of fun, but I have come to really like this car as it is....now if an antelope brown low light came up for sale, I would consider selling the dolphin blue, and restoring the brown....after seeing most of the color combos now on the samba, I like the brown the best. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13952 Location: Southampton U.K.
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lawn ninja Samba Member
Joined: January 02, 2006 Posts: 1009 Location: Round Rock, TX
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Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Damn that is an attractive color combo. _________________ Jason
My 64 1500 S Notchback project here
My 58 sedan project here
My 63 Ghia here |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:32 am Post subject: |
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If you click on the picture you will be redirected to photo bucket and see some nice shots of the restoration of that car, looks like he used a studio for those shots, really cool. |
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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: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:33 am Post subject: |
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lawn ninja wrote: |
Damn that is an attractive color combo. |
X2!
Now I'd like to see a picture of an Antelope Brown Ghia parked next to a Cognac Ghia so I can once and for all decide which one I like best.
BTW, what is that object mounted to the side of the Ghia just below the antenna? |
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calexican Samba Member
Joined: June 11, 2008 Posts: 730 Location: El Paso, TX
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Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Looks like a fog light from a Mercedes, my Dad had a 63 190 D that had those on the sides, he called them fog lights. |
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