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moogie32
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 Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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That's really cool, Marc! Makes perfect sense when you see if in place but I am pretty sure i wouldn't have come up with how to shape that on my own. I would love to learn how to work with metal (might come in handy popping divots out of bumpers, if you know what I mean!  )
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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| moogie32 wrote: |
| That's really cool, Marc! Makes perfect sense when you see if in place but I am pretty sure i wouldn't have come up with how to shape that on my own. I would love to learn how to work with metal (might come in handy popping divots out of bumpers, if you know what I mean! ) |
Thank you Moogie.
Well... I didn't come up with it on my own. I just followed what others here have demonstrated. This is such a great community.
This was a very small job and luckily doesn't require any special tools. Like so many things, it can look more complicated then
it actually is until someone shows you how it's done. 
The welding though I will leave to more experienced hands since I don't have equipment and have no plans to get set up for welding.
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc |
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Marcdeb
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moogie32
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Those are going to look great Marc!
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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| moogie32 wrote: |
| Those are going to look great Marc! |
Thank you. I'm very happy with these tires, but more importantly, they will be much safer than the tires on the car which are so old that they predate the date codes required since 2000. 
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc |
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dc
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| Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Where did you end up ordering the tires from?
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Marcdeb
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moogie32
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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It's really coming along! Who gets the honor of attaching everything back to the body? I am hoping it's a collaboration between you and Bill..
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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| It's really coming along! Who gets the honor of attaching everything back to the body? I am hoping it's a collaboration between you and Bill.. |
Thank you Moogie.
Yes, the doors, deck lid, and front trunk lid will all go back up to Bills and we will hang them together.
Bill doesn't have any space to store them safely while painting the body and after stripping all that paint
mechanically, you can imagine the dust all over the shop. So in the next few days Bill and I will be doing
a deep clean in preparation for spraying the body.
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc |
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rbsurfguy
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Looks great Marc, the exciting part is yet to come!!!
Jeff
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Marcdeb
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iowegian 
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Good looking tires---------and with their 130 mph speed rating, you probably won't exceed that very often. |
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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| iowegian wrote: |
Good looking tires---------and with their 130 mph speed rating, you probably won't exceed that very often. |
Well, I can have fun trying!! Maybe a racing strip would make a difference?
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc |
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:57 am Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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The car is almost ready to be brought back home. Today we installed the trunk lid, engine lid, and doors.
Still have some fine adjusting to do. Everything is now painted except for the small parts like the fuel lid
and license plate light housing. No rubber seals or door wedges in yet and the car looks odd because it's on Jack Stands.
The windshield will go in maybe tomorrow.
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc |
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rbsurfguy
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 11:50 am Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Looks Awesome Marc, Congrats! Welcome to the arduous putting everything back together phase, Club!!
Can't wait to watch you start putting all those parts on you have been cleaning(?) in preparation!
Jeff
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2019 VW Atlas 4Motion
2012 Passat-Sold
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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| rbsurfguy wrote: |
Looks Awesome Marc, Congrats! Welcome to the arduous putting everything back together phase, Club!!
Can't wait to watch you start putting all those parts on you have been cleaning(?) in preparation!
Jeff |
Thank you Jeff.
Um,  . Nothing has been cleaned or prepped yet I've had my hands full trying to work full time, doing double duty as day care for my grand children as they are only in school 2 days a week, and also doing some outside subcontracting for an X employer. Not to mention going up to the body shop once or twice a week since June to help with bodywork and prepping for paint.
I've accumulated a lot of spares and plan to sort through to find the best of each part to clean and install.
This is the fun part that I've been looking forward to. 
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68 Karmann Ghia Cabrio Autostick
71 Karmann Ghia Cabrio
Previously Owned:
2011 VW EOS Hard Top Conv
2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T Conv
2003 Saab 9-3 SE Conv
2001 Saab 9-3 Conv
1998 BMW 3 Series Conv
1997 Saab 900 Conv
1997 Mazda Miata
68 Ghia Vert Survivor with 22,350 miles: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=768107&highlight=
71 Ghia Vert Restoration: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726710&postorder=asc
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Wow.. It looks fantastic for sure! 
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Trylon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Gonna look sweet in Stockbridge!
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moogie32
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: O Ghia's Restoration Journey |
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Oh, Marc! This has been a long time in coming- O looks amazing!!!! I can't wait to see her with everything back on her. Wow! Congratulations!!!!  [/b]
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