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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Plans are for it to be kind of an 80s look crossed with German look. Completely dechromed and silver vein on all the chrome. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:18 am Post subject: |
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Had a snow day yesterday. Snow didn't amount to much. What was supposed to be 20" turned out to be about 3". It did give me time to get the other axle assembled.
_________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Engine is starting to go together. 1641 for now. The heads aren't done yet. They're ugly and need to be cleaned. Also pulled the valves and inspected the guides. They're in great shape. Lapping and reinstalling them. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Worked on the Bug finally yesterday after taking a few weekends to work on my wife's Thing.
Took the heads apart, walnut shell blasted them, lapped the cylinder sealing surface, and lapped the valve seats.
Then started assembly.
Oil cooler with color matched Hoover bit.
Starting to come together. I have gathered most if the parts needed to have it run and stop. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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runchman Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2012 Posts: 254 Location: Algonquin, Illinois
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good, definitely moving faster than my 71 super. I took some time off to build a rock climbing wall in my bedroom, just now starting to get back to the super. |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Thank you. Progress has been slow going. Just got promoted at work, so not as much free time, plus working on my wife's Thing has limited my time with it. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Drove down to Keith's auto parts in Clendinin WV today. Got a few things for my Super.
That is the 80s look I'm going for all the way. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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Out of nowhere the other day, I remembered how Prelude seats in VWs was all the rage in the 80s and 90s. I looked on Craigslist, and found a pair 2 miles from home at a great price.
Got to fabricate a seat track for them. They're quite comfortable and look pretty at home in the car. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Been a while since I posted anything. Went to install the seats in the bug, dropped a bench grinder on my Ghia, and the bug got sidetracked a little. Took about a week to fix the Ghia, of work I didn't do. A friend did. He did an excellent job. Fixed some other flaws too.
Giant dent and chip in my Ghia.
Repair my friend did.
After color sanding.
I finally got back to it this weekend. Unfortunately, I am leaving for Atlanta today. I'll be back on Friday. In the meantime, I got some work done yesterday.
The drum on the rear drivers side tried to fight me on the way off. I won.
The backing plate is ugly
As is the trailing arm.
Mirrors are on.
Passenger side is looking better.
Silver vein powder coated wiper arms are installed.
I bought a windshield at the Bug Out a few weeks ago. So, slowly it's improving. Just need a little time and some funds. I am going to replace all the ugly hardware. Wrote a list yesterday. Need to place a fastenal order. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
My Patina 66
My 74 Ghia
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james74sb Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2013 Posts: 73 Location: Saint Albans,WV
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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You sure did tear that brake drum a new ass! The powder coating color combo looks great! Keep the pics/posts coming.. |
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Forgot to share this:
Little bit of an early 90s touch. KROQ sticker from 93 or so. I had them on my 69 growing up in SoCal. Bought 5 on eBay. Put one in each quarter window. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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webberjames95 Snorkelstang Finder
Joined: January 18, 2011 Posts: 1091 Location: Pullman, Washington
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:08 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I'm planning on painting it. Not sure when. Just want to get it running for now.
After watching my friend paint parts of my Ghia it doesn't seem as mysterious as I always thought it was. Funny thing is, he used all my tools, including my hvlp gun, so it's something I could've been doing all along. There is a paint place close by that can mix paint to the OE color code. Clementine. L20d if I remember right. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Well, last week I played with the car a little. Cut the old seat up, and welded it to the Prelude seat. Needs to be cleaned up a little, and so does the car, but the driver's side is in.
Today I powder coated the ugly backing plate. It's still ugly, but at least it's ugly and shinny now. The sliver vein hides some of the ugliness.
Also did the heater levers.
Last thing I did was the accelerator tube. Can't have it not match.
_________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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My 74 Ghia
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:03 am Post subject: |
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Ordered 2 more quarts of Masterseries this morning. Now I can finish the passenger trailing arm, paint the drivers trailing arm, and clean, weld, and paint the pans. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Well, worked on the Bug some today.
A little PB blaster
Some phosphoric acid and a wire wheel followed by Masterseries.
I actually took the stub axle off and painted it off the trailing arm.
Started the trans fork too.
Just the 1st coat so far. It's getting at least one, possibly two more. The whole chassis is getting masterseriesed. Have to weld my new pan quarters in. I'm going to paint the trans too, as soon as I decide on a color. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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My 74 Ghia
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Worked on the chassis and floor a little yesterday.
Welded some holes shut
Found a new hole I have to fix
Started to rain so i threw some rusty metal primer on it and cleaned up. Needs to be ground down and painted with Masterseries. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Well, got a little bit of work in on my Bug this weekend.
Pulled some mouse nests out of the tunnel.
Looks cleaner.
Blasted and put the 1st coat of Masterseries on the frame head front inspection cover.
And powder coated a few things orange.
I decided that I am going to powder coat the pan retainers orange. Started cleaning them up. They actually clean up quite nicely.
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swhitcomb Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 5673 Location: Inwood WV
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Some progress from this weekend.
Powder coated pan retainers:
This floor looks awful:
All the loose under coating scraped off:
Cleaned with a wire wheel. A storm rolled in right about when I got this far so I sprayed the floors with rusty metal primer. Also removed some dents from the pans.
Welded the trim holes on the hood. Going to fill them on the body too.
This weekend I'm going to try and make the time to weld some new metal into the pans and paint them. _________________ My 71 Ghia Been in my family since 1980
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My 74 Ghia
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TheRustySuper Samba Member
Joined: June 24, 2009 Posts: 2076 Location: New Albany, IN
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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great! Love the color...is it Kansan Red? (L30B) That's the color my Super is...I quite like it. _________________ My '72 Super |
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