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scotty timmerman
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 Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 10:26 am Post subject: 1971 ghia build |
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hello, i have a 1971 ghia coup that i am restoring. my dad bought this back in the early 90s but never did anything with it because of other projects so he gave it to me. i am 17 years old and a sophomore in high school. i have done most of everything by myself with the help of my dad occasionally. i started in may of 2011. here is what i have done: both heater channels, rockers, lower 1/4s, left headlight section, left floor support, left fresh air vent, both pan halves, under nose section, center and left engine compartment, left rear corner, and i have started bondo and primer.
(sorry for the blurry and small pics)
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Roadcow
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Great job, very impressive.
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mstencel
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Nice job, dude! Hope you keep the Amber color. Orange looks great on a KG! Now somebody get this guy a better camera so we can see the progress better!  |
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JayFab
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Nice job Scotty!!!
Does your Ghia have a name?
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scotty timmerman
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ernstben
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scotty timmerman
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borninabus
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looking good 
i have a 71 coupe that i've owned since i was 14 years old.
i certainly didn't need to put the amount of work into it that you have, but i do remember how much cool factor that car had (and still has) when i was a youngster.
keep the pics coming 
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Rome
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"im keeping the orange amber L20E color"
Excellent! Maybe it'll look as nice as this one?
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scotty timmerman
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das skiver
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Right On. Great work Dude.
Keep us posted. |
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scotty timmerman
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| Great work, she's going to look really straight |
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Greezy Joe
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Good work dude. You have talent  , my son helped build his (now mine) 74 Ghia and learned a lot of skills and is now a Sgt in the Air Force working on Jets 
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scotty timmerman
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Volfandt
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: Look'n good |
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You've got the body looking very good. Bodywork is truely an art.
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scotty timmerman
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FRNKNSTNGHIA
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I'm kinda jealous that it seams you have surpassed me bodywise. Then again I assume since your 17 you live at home. I'm 31 and my car is at my parents 30 miles away and I work 10 hour days so I only get to work 2 days a week. All my bodywork is done for the most part. Just need to sandblast the interior, going to POR-15 most of the interior panels since I am covering most of the panels with sound deadening material.
But great progress, I wish I had a sweet ghia when I was 17-18 trust me it is a hit with the ladies. My 70 rust bucket when I bought it was a hit with the college girls, so a smooth one would of been too much to handle. |
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