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Craigbro
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 Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:01 am Post subject: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Just sharing a before and after picture of my 1964 Ghia project.
Took a year and a half of reading and watching videos with tons of help from this site. Never had done any body or interior work and had some mechanical experience and an electrical background.
I did 100 percent of the work right through painting, interior, mechanical, electrical, etc.
Thanks to everyone who pitched in their knowledge!
Learned a ton and now ready to enjoy it!!
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SandHamwich
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Location: Orangevale
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:09 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| Congrats and beautiful results! Quite the transformation. It took me a year and half to swap engines haha! |
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Steelz21
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Location: Ontario canada
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| Well done, I love the colour choices too. |
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Dr_P_in_WV 
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Location: Morgantown, WV
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| Wow! Drive it proudly! |
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Another save!! 
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Marcdeb
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| kingkarmann wrote: |
| Another save!! |
Very nice work. Congratulations. You kept very busy. In October, I will have had my 71 convertible for three years and I'm not finished yet.
Would love to see more pictures.
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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
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Craigbro
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Location: Louisiana, USA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Thanks for the kind words!
Marcdeb: anything in particular that you want to see just let me know. I didn't want to flood a bunch of pictures. |
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Peter D.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Awesome work! I love the color.
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restocal63
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:21 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Nice indeed well done
Any photos of the interior trim  ?
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Craigbro
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:54 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| restocal63 wrote: |
Nice indeed well done
Any photos of the interior trim ? |
Here's a few interior pictures.
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restocal63
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Nice contrasting colour scheme
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TRS63
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Craigbro
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rcooled
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Looks like you've done a really nice job. Especially for someone having no prior body/paint or interior experience. You taught yourself well 
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Marcdeb
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Craigbro
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:13 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| Marcdeb wrote: |
| Very nice work. Looks like your car had a very good body to start with. |
Being my first project I did try to minimize the bodywork that I would have to do. Although I did get my feet wet with the hammer and dolly, some welding, and a little filler here and there to smooth things out.
Most of the metal replacement was the obvious lower sections around the car like below for example.
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:25 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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Very nice work indeed.
There are very few Ghias without some lower rot, but the rest of the car looks like it was pretty straight.
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halbug
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Craigbro
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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| Braukuche wrote: |
Very nice work indeed.
There are very few Ghias without some lower rot, but the rest of the car looks like it was pretty straight. |
For sure, mostly just lower rust issues. Aside from the dents and dings the rest was pretty straight. |
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Craigbro
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Finally Complete! Before/After 1964 Ghia |
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A few pictures of the under carriage. Cleaned, treated with Ospho, and 3 coats of epoxy primer.
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very nice restauration and the color scheme is one of my favorites on a Ghia
