sandy our 71 ghia
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sandy our 71 ghia
Picked this up on Aug 31, traded for it. Its a little rough round the edges. But it does run and stop. Didn't take a pic of the inside before we tore it down. But heres some shots of it. Had this over on the samba. Didn't even notice there was a ghia section on here till yesterday.
Pans are rough
Hit the back with a wire brush. It was mostly just surface rust. I had some eastwood rust paint so we painted it with that.
And need to get a seal for the engine
Heres got a rough cut out of the floor. will make the clean cut tomorrow and hopefully start on the pattern.
passenger side done patched up
well sanded down some of the layers of paint on this thing . This is what it looked like yesterday.
TODAY
I'll have some gnats to wetsand out. but came out pretty good considering.
Pans are rough
Hit the back with a wire brush. It was mostly just surface rust. I had some eastwood rust paint so we painted it with that.
And need to get a seal for the engine
Heres got a rough cut out of the floor. will make the clean cut tomorrow and hopefully start on the pattern.
passenger side done patched up
well sanded down some of the layers of paint on this thing . This is what it looked like yesterday.
TODAY
I'll have some gnats to wetsand out. but came out pretty good considering.
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Hey Good JOB. Sorry noone has replied/taken interest. Looks like you are well on your way. Any more pics of progress?
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Hi 69satellite,
You're showing us some really tender loving care for Sandy. Please keep us updated on your restoration progress.
I love to see these rescues.
FJC
You're showing us some really tender loving care for Sandy. Please keep us updated on your restoration progress.
I love to see these rescues.
FJC
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Took a few quick shoots of it, now that its mostly together. Engine lid is just sitting on there, I couldn't find the bolts at the time. And got some taillight lens on the way.
Its all good. I know this isn't a heavy traffic section anywaysfasty67 wrote:Hey Good JOB. Sorry noone has replied/taken interest. Looks like you are well on your way. Any more pics of progress?
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Nice look'n Ghia. You are doing a nice job.
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Pretty fast progress so far. Looks nice
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Forgot I even had posted this here. I'm hoping going to get back to work on it. She's been sitting almost a year now. We moved down to texas and bought a house that needed a lot of love and that's where all my time and money has been going. I posted over in the conversion section about how I want to go transverse tdi.
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
What neck of the woods?
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Welcome to Texas!69satellite wrote: I posted over in the conversion section about how I want to go transverse tdi.
I love the idea, I keep praying some idiot with insurance will (gently, but enough) rear end my Mk4 jetta TDi so I can swap the motor/trans into my Cabriolet, along with a GT22V.
Sandy looks to be in pretty decent shape after the work you did, be a shame considering it would end up with a rear subframe/rear all cut out.
You need to start with another one in really rough shape, we have plenty of room to park cars here in Texas.
Addendum to Newtons first law:
zero vehicles on jackstands, square gets a fresh 090 and 1911, cabby gets a blower.
EZ3.6 Vanagon after that.(mounted, needs everything finished) then Creamsicle.
zero vehicles on jackstands, square gets a fresh 090 and 1911, cabby gets a blower.
EZ3.6 Vanagon after that.(mounted, needs everything finished) then Creamsicle.
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
I'm in kerrville, and the pics made it look alot better than it really is. Shes rough
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Beautiful area...
Addendum to Newtons first law:
zero vehicles on jackstands, square gets a fresh 090 and 1911, cabby gets a blower.
EZ3.6 Vanagon after that.(mounted, needs everything finished) then Creamsicle.
zero vehicles on jackstands, square gets a fresh 090 and 1911, cabby gets a blower.
EZ3.6 Vanagon after that.(mounted, needs everything finished) then Creamsicle.
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Re: sandy our 71 ghia
Joined this forum as I have just bought a '71 Ghia. Your work inspires me. I'll post some pics.