1964 Type 34 Ghia Convertible Project

[notchboy]

Not much going on with the project. Other life things going on for sure.

After seeing what Pedro did with his fog lens - I had to have mine chromed as well. Just back from the shop with my euro headlight lens ans well.

See the top pick? Baller on a budget, shade tree mechanic paint style. Sorry, I had to have the tripple chrome plate.

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[Tram]

Baller on a Budget:
Been meaning to tell you that a 1989-98 Miata soft top frame is a decent candidate as well. In fact, the only reason I went from that to MBZ was because with the MBZ W107 frame I could make the frame fit the harsher corner on the rear of the roll up window.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154514425324?hash=item23f9c705ec:g:RZYAAOSwQZdcLlbd
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Немає виправдання для війни! Я з Україною.

[notchboy]

[notchboy]

As with all things, prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

I started in on getting some of the red off the upper door panels. I had planned on recovering them, but wanted to see what the og stuff looked like.

Then I went on FB and found a nice set. Dropped some coin - plan B now on.

Originals.

Whats coming

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[notchboy]

I went parts hunting in my own stash today and found some headlight lens gaskets and some tail light to body gaskets.

Then played around with assembly.

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[lawn ninja]

Lights look great. I always love how small things no one else is likely to notice make such a huge difference in the end product.
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Jason

My 64 1500 S Notchback project here
My 58 sedan project here
My 63 Ghia here

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[Bobnotch]

Expensive front lights and T-34 only fog lights that use bulbs inside, versus sealed beam set ups for both.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[notchboy]

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[notchboy]

So these bad boys are completely redone and restored. New gaskets, lens, 12v bulbs, repainted and re-chromed. Ready to install.

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[djway3474]

May I ask where you got your chrome work done?
I just had some headlight rings chromed and you can see the scratches from a belt sander.

[notchboy]

So a good and a bad thing happened.

I bought a convertible top that I thought was Ghia one. Turned out to be a Bug top. This after waiting a month for Greyhound to get it to me to find out it was wrong. I was pissed at first, but could only blame myself in the end as I know the difference by seeing pics. I made the purchase at night, late, there may or may not of been libations involved .....

So I sourced one in LA - drove up to get it. Sold the other top already as well at a $25 loss. Not bad. And I still have the MZB top to sell.

So I did a real rough, and I mean rough - nothing to gain set up other than to see it on it shots with the T14 top.

The mounting points on the B pillars are the anchor points. The holes Tram already cut weren't big enough to slide it down into - so it sits high.

Fun to imagine though.

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[Bobnotch]

[notchboy]

[notchboy]

Onto some of the goodie finding. The door tops I have are decent when you consider most are just trashed. Having a crack or two is common for these. Also most have the metal backing rotted out. Most Ive seen have this problem bad.

So when I saw some nice ones in the NL I jumped on them. They one has some rot and a bit missing. Easy fix when shown next to the ones I had. Since the car will be a convertible - the rears wont be needed.

I also played around with the fresh air grills I had and the heater outlets.

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