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Beautiful Ghia! Just spent 30 mins reading all the history. Worth all the pain though I'm sure....inspirational to me, certainly. Thanks
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The new front beam is in. It still handles a little stiff, but i'm sure it will loosen up 'n bit.
Also installed the fuel tap.
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New tap and a lever handmade by Werner Alker. (it took him about 15 minutes!)
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Went to the show at Smuts house in Irene today.

My '59 Ghia

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Gerhard's '66 Ghia

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Werner's "Groenie"

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Stewart's old Westy

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There were a few other beetles and busses as well. I didn't get round to all to take pic's. Nice event and venue.
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Blitzkrieg wrote:It will cost R500-00 to replicate the bonnet chrome strip on a Type 3 in carbon fibre...
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http://www.typethreefrontchromestriprep ... ibre.co.za























































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Re: 59 Ghia

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LMAO

I thought you were going to spend more time on the buggy, the wife, etc?
The only substitute for cubic inches are more cubic inches.
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I am :wink:

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Me and 2 of the girls were there.Check the T shirt.They real vdubbers.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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The Ghia is going on retirement. It's not my daily driver anymore. At the moment it's standing at work. I must admit, I miss driving it to work and back, but thankfull that I don't have to drive it in the rain.
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I removed those fake whitewall tyre inserts. It looks like the inserts and tyres do not match. The insert is quite abrasive on the outside and caused damage to the tyre.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Wow, that is quite a bit of scuffing. Shame though, because it looks nice on a classic. WTF dont they make whitewalls for classics anymore???
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There's alway's https://store.coker.com/search.php?mode ... ing=560-15
But at the current exchange rate as well as import rates you probaly looking at R1800 a tyre.
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After work today I decided to take the Ghia for a quick drive to the petrol station and back. It started alright. I drove down the driveway out the gate and then...it was dead. It turned over but no petrol coming into the carb. I opened the bonnet and looked into the petrol tank. Enough petrol in the tank. I suspected the pump, got behind the drivers seat again and then my eye caught the fuel tap. It was half closed, half open :oops:
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