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hpw
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sputnick60
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hpw
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olemasai
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Good work,great source of inspiration to me as I'm also working on a '66 vert -yes, for my wife too!!  Only my car is a complete resto-enuf rust there. Done the pan,pre finish. Incidentally,I'm also in the trade,but now full time into restoration.I'm African currently living in Germany...  I'd show some pics of my car,but its a bit complicated,posting a pic here |
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eyemyeye
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| The exhaust has a very low rumble at idle. I cant wait to get her out on the road to really hear what its going to sound like at speed. Have to wait till spring and all the snow clears. |
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Rome
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Great unified look to your dash with the late Beetle speedo and matching Porsche 914 tach!
How does the exhaust system sound, even when you only "drove" 5'? |
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djway3474
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eyemyeye
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I have installed the new stainless bumpers from ptt. They fit very well. Also started the convertible top install from M&T MFG. She's looking good!!
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eyemyeye
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A few more things are getting done on the Ghia. Have redone the convertible top frame and mounted it to the car ready for top installation. Also we shoe horned the engine in and started her for the first time. I drove her forward and back about five feet. I pushed her outside into the sunlight for a few pictures that will be sent to the Barrington Concours d'Elegance for entry consideration.The Barrington Concours d'Elegance is an annual car exhibition July 12–14 In Barrington IL. It would very exciting if they choose our car for display.
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djway3474
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Saweeeeeeeet! lady in red  |
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eyemyeye
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Here are a few more pics showing the progress so far.
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hpw
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eyemyeye
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Its been awhile but have been working on the ghia here and there when I can for awhile. Starting the long assembly process and here are a few pictures showing some of the progress so far.
Starting the wiring.
Picture showing wiring and the fatmat sound deadening.
Have all the lights installed including tail lights.
Picture shows gauge install,speaker kick panels and starting to install carpet with the tunnel.
Picture shows speaker kick panel including the the fasteners to left of the panel that I fabricated from a nut welded to a washer. I then used 3M panel adhesive to glue this to the car. this way nothing was welded to the car. That way I didn't burn any of the paint inside of the wheel well.
Picture showing fastener that I made and glued to car.
Gauge wiring
New horn rubber
Taught the wife how to cover the convertible hinge covers with vinyl. She did very well and they turned out spectacular.
I believe I now have all the vinyl down that needs to be before I can finish the carpet. |
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eyemyeye
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Thanks, Yesterday was a very long day 8am to 6pm but shes done. |
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Roadcow
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Very nice work. Looks great!
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eyemyeye
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It has been awhile since my last post but a lot has happened to the ghia. All the bodywork was finalized. Coated the entire car with spray poly. Then there was lots of block sanding until everything was nice and straight. Next was the primer filler which was also block sanded bringing her a little closer to perfection.And one final coat of primer before the final wet blocking for paint. A lot of work but very slow in visual progression. Have ordered most of the parts needed to finish the assembly, Interior , Wiring harness , CSP python exhaust and many more parts. Here are a few pictures bringing everything up to date.
Finished patch in lower right fender nose.
Finished patch in left rear wheel arch.
Inside of finished patch in left rear wheel arch
My best friend Ogre helping do all the body work.
Body work to the front end. Its hard doing body work with a handicap!
Engine compartment all prepped for paint.
Spray poly on the car giving a nice smooth finish to all the body work and final fitting of the parts.
Into the booth for the first of the two applications of primer.
All primed with last coat being a thin spray of base coat black for guide coat to aid in the sanding.
Parts into the booth for final primer coat.
Block sanding the car. Getting closer to final coat of primer.
Car all in the final primer coat ready for wet sanding with 800 grit paper.
Painted under the hood and engine compartment.
Painting inside of all the panels.
Painting the engine tins.
Final wet sanding of the panels.
Nice and straight!
All wet sanded and starting to mask the car for paint. Its Paint day!!!
My masking helper masking all the holes.
All the masking is almost done.
Spray booth all cleaned and ready for the ghia.
The car and all her panels nicely tucked in the booth ready for paint.
Giving her the final wipe down before the paint.
Ghia's first step the base coat.
Ghia gets her pretty red dress!!
Nice and shiny and perfectly straight. What a long day but she is painted. |
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eyemyeye
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Looks nice, makes me want to work on my jacks! Did she dis-assemble it?
Our Ghia came with two jacks; one like this, and one with a large gear and worm shaft. I tried the later one, but it had a tendency to try and scrape the paint off the car with the rotating gear! It's probably for a Beetle. The first one looked like the original that came with the car, but had no bar to use it with.
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Yes we disassembled the jack in order to paint the pieces and clean up the shaft. Its not to difficult. My wife has never worked on anything mechanical in her life. Every little thing to her is a big deal.
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Altema
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Looks nice, makes me want to work on my jacks! Did she dis-assemble it?
Our Ghia came with two jacks; one like this, and one with a large gear and worm shaft. I tried the later one, but it had a tendency to try and scrape the paint off the car with the rotating gear! It's probably for a Beetle. The first one looked like the original that came with the car, but had no bar to use it with.
Paul
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eyemyeye
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Here is what my wife has been working on. Not much but every little bit helps . She is very proud of the job she accomplished on her jack.
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sputnick60
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