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RBurn
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PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2016 6:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Wife had a coupe and sold it in the late 80's, wanted another for her 50th. Found this rust free vert, i have work to do, already pulled motor. Have stock wheels and searching for stock bumpers. Love the Ghia.

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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2016 4:22 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

RBurn wrote:
Wife had a coupe and sold it in the late 80's, wanted another for her 50th. Found this rust free vert, i have work to do, already pulled motor. Have stock wheels and searching for stock bumpers. Love the Ghia.



Best of luck with her, the samba classifieds may have many of the parts you're looking for.
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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2016 8:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2016 12:11 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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Very nicely presented...Olympic Blue?
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PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Yes, 1973 Olympic Blue with Empi Sprintstar, 2-1/2 Drop Spindle in front, stock rear
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:47 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

nice, McDuff! any further info? year? description? etc?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

It's yawning -- must be time to put it to bed

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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At the Canepa Cars & Coffee meetup in Scotts Valley, CA.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:57 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

My 71 Ghia, which I've had about a year now. Knocking on wood, but this one has behaved extremely well since I bought it as a project. One of the few VW's that I ever got cheap, anticipating spending lots of $$$ and effort to make into a daily driver, but it surprised me and went straight into daily driver mode with only a used battery and bleeding and topping off the brakes, new tires, and 4 ball joints. And resetting the rear torsions to stock height. That was it! The thing has been reliable as all get out and I've already taken it on several 600 mile round trips.

The engine, of unknown heritage except it looks like a totally stock 1600 dp, is the nicest running air cooled VW I've ever had. It has a sticker on the fan shroud from Ebert's VW Repair in Santa Cruz, CA. Doesn't even leak oil, like some of my VW's that I've spent thousands of $$ on getting new engines, etc, and they still leak. And gets down the road at 70 without a hitch.

So here's a pic as bought, before raising the rear back up:


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And a few afterwards:


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 5:31 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

dmercer wrote:
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At the Canepa Cars & Coffee meetup in Scotts Valley, CA.

I bet it's that little green car that gets all the attention. Cool
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

thruhiker74 wrote:
motorhead364 wrote:
I love the flat blue on your car.


Thanks! It's far from perfect, but I like how unique it is.


Yeah, I'm loving it too
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

New Zealand at its very best. Blue sky, volcanic rocks, sandy beaches, Pacific islands and hilly pastures, winding coastal road through indigenous forests, biker on his breakfast run, and with, as she refers to herself, my "first wife".

The car feels better every day. The engine runs smoother, the gear changes are tight, the steering is direct and the brakes quite firm. The exhaust note sounds just right, a bit throatier than the original muffler. What's not to like? Mm! Some second gear hills, and long stretches of third gear climbs.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:04 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

Beautiful setting for a beautiful car...looks a lot of fun. Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 8:00 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

John Moxon wrote:
Beautiful setting for a beautiful car...looks a lot of fun. Smile


^^x2! Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

We took the Ghia to a classic car show at Brooklands. Didn't see any other Ghias but did enjoy being parked under Concorde's nose!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:42 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia Owners...Post Your Ghias Reply with quote

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