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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:11 pm
by Thumper
Welcome Gordz. Hope you find your bus.

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:24 pm
by Gordz
i hope so to. as i have the budget approved by the wife. so i better find one before she changes her mind

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:55 am
by vader
Way to go Gordz, Iron while the strike is hot, and welcome......
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:41 pm
by vader
What about all the other exhaust studs.... say hello already.... Insane Primate???and the rest.......
Hello and intro
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:14 pm
by Insane_Primate
Hi all,
Please excuse the brief intro, I'm currently reduced to using my left hand only for typing.
I'm Justin from Benoni, ex 60 Ghia owner. I sold my Jetta CLI in 95 cause I needed the cash when I got married 11 years ago and bought the ghia which was the our only car for nearly 2 years

, damn I miss those days

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Anyhoo, I've been threatening to get another and now that my business have settled down and there is some spare cash I've decide nows the time.
Just browsing the forum the last few days has been great and I hope to not only get great advice, but contibute in months to come.
I'm looking at this 62 tomorrow, anybody recognize the vehicle or know it's history ?
Cheers,
Justin.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:15 pm
by Insane_Primate
vader wrote:What about all the other exhaust studs.... say hello already.... Insane Primate???and the rest.......
Sorry this whole left hand only thing makes me a little slow

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See above
PS. Got rotties named Luke and Amidala, a dachshund named Leia and our ex-scottie named Yoda

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:39 pm
by vader
Sweet ride I hope you can get it.... What high school did you go to and when did you graduate?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:41 pm
by Insane_Primate
vader wrote:Sweet ride I hope you can get it.... What high school did you go to and when did you graduate?
Benoni High Class of 91. You source parts for the death star from this neck of woods at some point ?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:37 pm
by Tony Z
Welcome to the zoo, always glad to recieve new victims to our cause....

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:28 pm
by Gordz
That 62 Ghia. Is it the one that is for sale for R20k ? in midrand ? seen the add on another forum.
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:29 pm
by Gordz
oh and welcome !
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:48 am
by Merlin
The above KG is a 1960, NOT a 1962.
It was my car earlier this year.
I purchased two KGs from Natal, and drove that one up a few months ago before I sold it to Dean aka
Mr Ghia or something like that on this forum.
It was rescued from a cane field near Eshowe approximately 7 years ago, and was then sold to the guy I purchased it from.
That's the story, in short.
I have another complete 1962 project KG for sale if anyone is interested.
Cheers, N.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:51 am
by Insane_Primate
Merlin wrote:The above KG is a 1960, NOT a 1962.
It was my car earlier this year.
I purchased two KGs from Natal, and drove that one up a few months ago before I sold it to Dean aka
Mr Ghia or something like that on this forum.
It was rescued from a cane field near Eshowe approximately 7 years ago, and was then sold to the guy I purchased it from.
That's the story, in short.
I have another complete 1962 project KG for sale if anyone is interested.
Cheers, N.
Cool, that's the one. Any idea of the condition of the body work / rockers etc.? The coastal plates did bug me a little.
60 is even better in my books, my first ghia was a 60
Thanks!
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:53 am
by Insane_Primate
Gordz wrote:That 62 Ghia. Is it the one that is for sale for R20k ? in midrand ? seen the add on another forum.
Yip, cartoday.
Thanks for the welcome everybody.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:05 am
by Merlin
Somewhere I've got a lot of pics of the rebuild, but I've got major network issues at Home so getting them to you right now will be rather impossible.
I'm told the metal was imported from the states, and from what I saw photo-wise, it looks solid. I certainly did not find any evidence of filler, but then, I sold the car almost as soon as I got it.
The car was garaged once it was rebuilt, so it was out of the elements.
N.