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calexican
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sputnick60
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calexican
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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| Thanks so much for your support Nicholas. We of course would love to tour NZ AUS it just depends on record sales there, so tell all your friends to buy the record!! Thanks again. |
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calexican
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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After 12 years I took my wheel skin off because it was wearing through… cleaned up the wheel, and gave it a coat of clear… |
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TRS63
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John Moxon 
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calexican
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:25 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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I hear you John… that’s why I put some clear coat on… it actually looks and feels really nice like this, nice change. I was thinking if I go with a wheel skin again I might go blue.
…and thanks Antoine, maybe someday I’ll be able to do a restoration, if so I’ll for sure reference your thread. |
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calexican
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:20 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Installed this really nice reproduction emblem from Sam [email protected]
The old repop that I got from the classifieds here over ten years ago looks pretty nice in the garage.
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GHIA
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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. |
Surprising country of destination, depending on the specific Mcode options for the USA |
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John Moxon
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 8:20 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Looks like it was a tourist delivery car. Delivered in France but with US spec items. Wonder if it was a diplomat or military or businessman who ordered it there, used it then brought it home. Cool history.
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calexican
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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. |
Surprising country of destination, depending on the specific Mcode options for the USA |
I wondered that myself… I figured it must’ve been a US soldier who ordered it, drove it around Europe, then shipped it home…the man I bought it from was the second owner, he got in 1960. |
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Trylon
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:17 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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What a work of abstract art that car is!
Pollock?
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calexican
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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| Trylon wrote: |
What a work of abstract art that car is!
Pollock? |
With a dash of Francis Bacon. |
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TRS63
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calexican
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:18 am Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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John Moxon
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bobnorman
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: 58 patina ghia |
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Lovely shot! Absolutely love the simple lines, and the rough paint on yours accentuates the minimalist quality of these early cars.
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TC/TeamEvil
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another shot....i visited the flat four project in tokyo a few years ago. saved this sticker for the right car. flat four, amazing place, one in kyoto too. |
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