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Re: 59 Ghia

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glad to hear that now you can enjoy it on the road
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Zeee pile of old junk certainly harbours many delights. Amazing how many pre 60's parts i have come across in that lot.
Congratulations on getting your Ghia back on the road. It certainly is a lovely car and will be a show stopper in time to come.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Hey that is excellent news all the closer to 100%

Keepem comming the updates
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Re: 59 Ghia

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forcecooled wrote:Zeee pile of old junk certainly harbours many delights. Amazing how many pre 60's parts i have come across in that lot.
Congratulations on getting your Ghia back on the road. It certainly is a lovely car and will be a show stopper in time to come.
If you junk you want to distribute...let me know :wink:
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Installed the left hand side mirror tonight. Measure twice, and three times more to be sure and drill once. Drilling holes into a restored car is quite something.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Looking good
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Nice, where did you get your mirrors?
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i also want to know were you did get those mirrors
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Didi, it's looking good. I want a spin next time I'm in Pretoria.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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The spray job really came out nicely :hangloose:
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ever thought about painting the mesh behind the grill holes black?
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Re: 59 Ghia

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Nice work Didi. Enjoy it. You worked hard to get it looking good.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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its looking very good didi. i like the og wheels.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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flatfourfan wrote:Nice, where did you get your mirrors?
I got mine from here:
http://www.karmannghia.com/viewDetail.a ... oduct=2261
I see they are out of stock, House of Ghia has the same part listed as well
ever thought about painting the mesh behind the grill holes black?
Should it not be Silver?
Talking about the vents. I opened the vents at about 60mph and I was blown away with sandblasting sand blowing through the vents :shock: They must have lying in the vent channels.
Didi, it's looking good. I want a spin next time I'm in Pretoria.
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Re: 59 Ghia

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didi wrote:
ever thought about painting the mesh behind the grill holes black?
Should it not be Silver?
i was talking about the mesh behind the grill bars.
i think painting the mesh black will make the grill bars stand out even more. will be cleaner too.
just saying
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